Healthcare Reform rant #6

I certainly understand why Barnie Frank told that women there was no more point in discussing her ridiculous ideas with her than with a table. She was asking a gay Jew why he was supporting a 'nazi' policy????

Where did this Nazi stuff come from? Do you people know anything at all about the Nazis? Or socialism or the difference between a communist or socialist government? Do you know anything about Europe or the rest of the world? Most of the countries in Europe have some form of socialist system, especially compared to ours where socialism is a dirty, scary word. And guess what? They are very nice places to live, work and prosper.

The population of the European Union is roughly the same as the population in the United States. And the GDP of the European Union is roughly the same as in the United States. Which means it works just fine. It's not oppressive. And it doesn't hold back business or innovation.

Oh, and guess what? Several of those socialist countries are already coming out of the recession that the United States caused.

Healthcare Reform rant #5

In response to someone's question:

The only choice employees have is in the case of big companies that provide options for more than one plan. They get to choose between the plans the employer offers. That's all. And most of us don't have that.

And the employers can change plans for any reason they want, and the changes can include lesser coverage. It can include a plan that uses different doctors which means people do have to change doctors. And you can change jobs which means you change insurance which means you may not have a plan that lets you go to the doctor of your choice.

There's no way to fix that and keep the free market for profit insurance system in which insurance has anything to do with your job. Which is just stupid system. Especially with the way Americans change jobs so often.

Healthcare Reform rant #4

To someone else's comment of: 'the easiest remedy to it would be to just offer the same health care plan that Congress has.'

Or expand some other existing program like medicare and medicaid. Just figure out what the premiums would be and let us pay it if we choose.

However, that is only one part of the needed reform and I think it should be separated out from the rest. Just to avoid all the confusion of the ignorant masses, not to mention reduce the number of things that can be criticized by people wanting to stop anything this administration attempts to do.

Since they agree on most of the rest, they can pass it now.

This is what they should have done with the stimulus package as well. It should have been separate bills, some of which could probably have been executive orders. Like extending unemployment benefits. They could have done that quickly, and taken more time on the others.

Healthcare Reform rant #3

The trouble is, they can't really provide a good solution because that would require too much change. Look at the panic at just the suggestion that there be not for profit option be available for people to choose if they want it.

My response to Sen Cornyn who sent me some BS about competition lowering Healthcare costs. Ha!

With all due respect, competition and the free market is what caused our ridiculous healthcare costs. Especially when our lawmakers deliberately pass legislation to increase industry profits at the expense of individuals so we pay more and get less.

And if lawsuit reform in Texas has lowered premiums for providers, it's not evident when it comes time to pay a doctor bill. My last dentist and doctors visit cost roughly 2 days salary for someone making $10 per hour. And many people don't make $10 per hour and couldn't spare that much even if they did.

Healthcare does not need to be free. It needs to be affordable. Insurance should be for major issues. Routine healthcare should be affordable. As it was when I was a child. My family of six never once came anywhere near the deductible on my father's insurance. Because a doctor's visit was easily affordable.

And btw, many people are on waiting lists and denied care now, with your beloved for profit insurance system. As a small business owner, I pay quite a lot of money for a limited policy and it's basically a waste of money. I'm never sick, it rarely covers anything I need done and should some catastrophe befall me, the amount they'd pay out is very limited and would probably only make a dent in my bills.

Healthcare and insurance for profit makes little sense. It also should have absolutely nothing to do with your job.