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2007-05-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Spot 2007-05-29 08:01|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Why doesn't he a just put every man, woman and child on Medicare from the day they are born to the day they die?

Posted by eLarson 2007-05-29 08:12|| 2007-05-29 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Back off, eLarson. That's my plan...

Posted by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 2007-05-29 09:01|| 2007-05-29 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 My apologies to Sen. Mrs. Bill Clinton.

Posted by eLarson 2007-05-29 10:05|| 2007-05-29 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 There is a massive, government program that is inflexible, hard to wade through the paperwork, filled with waste and nearly impossible to work with.

I know! Let's give it to everybody!

Asshats....

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-05-29 10:08|| 2007-05-29 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Under Obama's proposal, every American would be required to carry health insurance, and the Illinois senator would create a National Health Insurance Exchange to monitor insurance companies in offering the coverage.

Ya' know, there's this little tick I get in my eye every time I hear some politician say something stupid like every American would be required to. I guess it's something to do with that pesky "freedom" idea and that dirty old scrap of paper called the Constitution.

Not that either of those mean anything to someone with the power hunger of Obama or the Hildebeast.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-05-29 10:51|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-05-29 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Under Obama's proposal, every American would be required to carry health insurance, and the Illinois senator would create a National Health Insurance Exchange to monitor insurance companies in offering the coverage.

Ya' know, there's this little tick I get in my eye every time I hear some politician say something stupid like every American would be required to. I guess it's something to do with that pesky "freedom" idea and that dirty old scrap of paper called the Constitution.

Not that either of those mean anything to someone with the power hunger of Obama or the Hildebeast.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-05-29 10:52|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-05-29 10:52|| Front Page Top

#7 --virtually all businesses would have to share in the cost of coverage for their workers.--

Don't they already?

--every American would be required to carry health insurance--

Ohhh, the Indians are a separate nation, wait until the Akaka bill passes - both opt out - people won't like that.

And legal immigrants just might stay legal immigrants because they won't be required. Conversely, businesses can say, "You're not an American - I'm not going to pay for your insurance," - wait, we already have it.

How are they going to find the homeless to make them carry insurance? They move from city to city.

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-05-29 11:58|| 2007-05-29 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 And another argument from 1993-4 - why in the world would the post office or any members of an org which has wonderful bennies want to get their bennies cut?

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-05-29 12:01|| 2007-05-29 12:01|| Front Page Top

#9 In his next proposal, he'll explain how he'll control health costs by requiring every American to spend twenty minutes a day exercising, banning red meat, alcohol, soft drinks, tobacco, and unprotected sex.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-05-29 12:02|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-05-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

#10 During the Clinton administration. Cinton's VP, Al Gorge, was from Tennessee. Tennessee was used as a trial baloon for universal health care for the poor. The health care system caused Tennessee to go from a healthy balanced budget to one that hemorrhage red after several years. The health care system was a dismal failure that tax payers could not afford. It was recently scrapped. The donks are good at spending other people's hard-earned money.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-29 12:11|| 2007-05-29 12:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Two points.

The first is a great article from last year outlining the failures of the National Health care system in Great Britain.
Link

The second, watch what happens in Massachusetts. Before Governor Romney left office, a plan for required Health care for all Massachusetts citizens was passed. It kicks in on July 1st and it will be interesting to see what happens down the road.

See article:
Pros & Cons of Massachusetts' Mandatory Health Insurance Program
Link

Posted by Delphi 2007-05-29 13:14|| 2007-05-29 13:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Thought Vermont had passed legislation to create a statewide health care plan also. Maybe it was New Hampshire.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-29 14:04|| 2007-05-29 14:04|| Front Page Top

#13 Hey, it's gotta happen eventually. I submitted an article just a couple minutes ago about how the US has an upcoming liability of something like $40 Trillion for upcoming Social Security. This would make a big chunk of that vanish.

Hey, it's either that or leave your parents by the side of the road when they don't want to go on anymore.

Posted by gorb 2007-05-29 14:44|| 2007-05-29 14:44|| Front Page Top

#14

#9 Don't give them any ideas.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-05-29 15:18|| 2007-05-29 15:18|| Front Page Top

#15 Thought Vermont had passed legislation to create a statewide health care plan also. Maybe it was New Hampshire.

It would explain why the Old Man of the Mountain dropped his face, if it was NH.

"Live Free or ... well... just give us goodies. That's cool, too"
(sounds more like something Vermont would do, though)

Posted by eLarson 2007-05-29 15:44|| 2007-05-29 15:44|| Front Page Top

#16 The governator is pushing the same type of bill through the Colliefornia legislature...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-05-29 17:58|| 2007-05-29 17:58|| Front Page Top

#17 He's out-Hillaried Hillary, guarding her left flank.

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-29 18:16|| 2007-05-29 18:16|| Front Page Top

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