Comments on: Obama’s prescription for health reform more of the same http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/ The Daily Caller features breaking news, opinion, research, and entertainment 24 hours a day. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rainmaker1145 http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-37109 rainmaker1145 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:59:57 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-37109 Your prescription is to preach to the choir? How about a sustainable alternative that is actually sustainable? The real story is that there is an alternative universal care system structure that has been available for years that costs $30 per person with copayments of 2% on everything but electives (and that copayment is only 7%), with no exclusions for any existing condition. This system provides a unique funding construct that pays all costs off on a current basis and provides built-in tort reform and allows no discrimination to take place. Is anyone interested? Nope. Fixing this problem would result in a reduction of political power and that is the real story. All of you feed at the same trough so as long as the trough fills with slops (even if they are fetid, revolting or even deadly) you will continue to put bother trotters into the mix and gorge yourselves at our expense. Thanks for nothing. Next time maybe you could use your "privilege" to promote an original thought. Your prescription is to preach to the choir? How about a sustainable alternative that is actually sustainable? The real story is that there is an alternative universal care system structure that has been available for years that costs $30 per person with copayments of 2% on everything but electives (and that copayment is only 7%), with no exclusions for any existing condition. This system provides a unique funding construct that pays all costs off on a current basis and provides built-in tort reform and allows no discrimination to take place.

Is anyone interested? Nope. Fixing this problem would result in a reduction of political power and that is the real story. All of you feed at the same trough so as long as the trough fills with slops (even if they are fetid, revolting or even deadly) you will continue to put bother trotters into the mix and gorge yourselves at our expense.

Thanks for nothing. Next time maybe you could use your “privilege” to promote an original thought.

]]> By: matedeirdre http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36486 matedeirdre Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:18:35 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36486 Ok Fine, forget the source. What do you think of the Plan? It can be done quickly. People ARE losing their health insurance right NOW. So why not do something quickly while they hashing this out. That proves to me that the dems don't really Care about the people, cause why not do something NOW instead of making this big complicated plan that doesn't even kick in for 3 years Ok Fine, forget the source. What do you think of the Plan?
It can be done quickly. People ARE losing their health insurance right NOW. So why not do something quickly while they hashing this out.
That proves to me that the dems don’t really Care about the people, cause why not do something NOW instead of making this big complicated plan that doesn’t even kick in for 3 years

]]> By: scorpioman http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36426 scorpioman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:32:39 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36426 Excuse me, with all due respect, Michelle Bachmann is bat s hit crazy. And this is what I think about her plan. NO! Excuse me, with all due respect, Michelle Bachmann is bat s hit crazy. And this is what I think about her plan. NO!

]]> By: matedeirdre http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36411 matedeirdre Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:23:32 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36411 You know we all know that insurance companies are a pain in the ass to deal with. We've all heard horror stores of people being denied coverage and having to fight with the insurance companies. Most of us get it. But this Health insurance bill won't help this person for another 3 years and in that 3 years her taxes will go up as well, as her insurance premiums so who knows what will happen to her house in that 3 years. Michele Bachman put up on her website solutions to many of these healthcare problems with 3 very simple and quick fixes that can help this person tomorrow. 1. Allow people to buy insurance across statelines. (people can shop around and find a plan that works for them) 2. Make individual insurance premiums Tax free ( big companies get a tax break on their insurance premiums why can't individuals) 3. Make Medical expenses Tax deductible ( Medical care, dental care, etc.... take them off of your tax returns at the end of the year) See, simple solutions that don't costs the taxpayers anything AND it can save people about 30% on their medical expenses. Sure there's more that can be done but if the Dems were SO CONCERNED about helping people and making sure it was "deficit Neutral" they would implement this type of plan tomorrow instead a 2700 page bill that will turn our healthcare system into the DMV. You know we all know that insurance companies are a pain in the ass to deal with. We’ve all heard horror stores of people being denied coverage
and having to fight with the insurance companies. Most of us get it. But this Health insurance bill won’t help this person for another 3 years
and in that 3 years her taxes will go up as well, as her insurance premiums so who knows what will happen to her house in that 3 years.
Michele Bachman put up on her website solutions to many of these healthcare problems with 3 very simple and quick fixes that can help
this person tomorrow.

1. Allow people to buy insurance across statelines. (people can shop around and find a plan that works for them)
2. Make individual insurance premiums Tax free ( big companies get a tax break on their insurance premiums why can’t individuals)
3. Make Medical expenses Tax deductible ( Medical care, dental care, etc…. take them off of your tax returns at the end of the year)

See, simple solutions that don’t costs the taxpayers anything AND it can save people about 30% on their medical expenses. Sure
there’s more that can be done but if the Dems were SO CONCERNED about helping people and making sure it was “deficit Neutral”
they would implement this type of plan tomorrow instead a 2700 page bill that will turn our healthcare system into the DMV.

]]> By: doncicciofitipaldi http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36389 doncicciofitipaldi Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:53:10 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36389 Yep. Parmalat milk. Yep. Parmalat milk.

]]> By: doncicciofitipaldi http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36387 doncicciofitipaldi Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:52:06 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36387 LOL. It sfunny how carefully she chosses her words just like a lawyer. Example teh CBO determined that the cost "will go up in the INDIVIDUAL markets". Yes....maybe in the INDIVIDUAL markets it will go up...but arent they going up already by 39% in some cases? LOL. We are talking aboout teh NON-individual markets. Im so sick and tired of this lawyery way of tricking people. LOL. It sfunny how carefully she chosses her words just like a lawyer. Example teh CBO determined that the cost “will go up in the INDIVIDUAL markets”. Yes….maybe in the INDIVIDUAL markets it will go up…but arent they going up already by 39% in some cases? LOL. We are talking aboout teh NON-individual markets.

Im so sick and tired of this lawyery way of tricking people.

]]> By: hurtzallot http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36245 hurtzallot Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:51:36 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36245 I predict this administration will have the shelf life of milk. I predict this administration will have the shelf life of milk.

]]> By: scorpioman http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36109 scorpioman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:07:16 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36109 Thanks so much, you beat me to it. I only have this to add, from an American citizen... Dear President Obama: I am 50 years old. I was diagnosed with carcinoma in-situ 16 years ago and following my divorce 12 years ago I became self-employed. After my Cobra ran out I was able to find costly, but affordable health insurance. As a responsible individual, I have struggled to maintain my individual coverage and have increased my deductible and out of pocket-limits in an attempt to control my cost and keep my health insurance. Last year (2009) my insurance premium was increased over 25% even though I increased my deductible and out of pocket to the highest limits available. I paid out over $6075.24 in premiums, $2415.26 for medical care, $225 in co-pays and $1500 for prescriptions. I never reached my deductible of $2500 so the insurance company only paid out a total $935.32 to my providers. I must repeat, in 2009 my insurance company received $6075.24 in premiums and paid out only $935.32! I have just been notified that my premium for next year 2010 has been increased over 40% to $8496.24 ($708.02 per month) !!!! This is the same insurance company I have been with for over 11 cancer free years!!! I need your Health reform bill to help me!!! I simply can no longer afford to pay for my health care costs!! Thanks to this incredible premium increase demanded by my insurance company, January will be my last month of insurance. I live in the house my mother & father built in 1958 and I am so afraid of the possibility I might loose this heirloom as a result of my being forced to drop my health care insurance. The health insurance industry has not denied me insurance directly, but indirectly they have by increasing my costs. They perceive me as becoming a higher risk factor to them despite being a loyal customer. I will never be able to obtain new health insurance due to the lack of real competition. We are talking about Anthem who apparently has no respect for your attempts to reform the health insurance industry. Please stay focused in your reform attempts as I and many others are in desperate need of your help. Sincerely Natoma Canfield Thanks so much, you beat me to it. I only have this to add, from an American citizen…

Dear President Obama:

I am 50 years old. I was diagnosed with carcinoma in-situ 16 years ago and following my divorce 12 years ago I became self-employed. After my Cobra ran out I was able to find costly, but affordable health insurance. As a responsible individual, I have struggled to maintain my individual coverage and have increased my deductible and out of pocket-limits in an attempt to control my cost and keep my health insurance.

Last year (2009) my insurance premium was increased over 25% even though I increased my deductible and out of pocket to the highest limits available. I paid out over $6075.24 in premiums, $2415.26 for medical care, $225 in co-pays and $1500 for prescriptions. I never reached my deductible of $2500 so the insurance company only paid out a total $935.32 to my providers.

I must repeat, in 2009 my insurance company received $6075.24 in premiums and paid out only $935.32!

I have just been notified that my premium for next year 2010 has been increased over 40% to $8496.24 ($708.02 per month) !!!! This is the same insurance company I have been with for over 11 cancer free years!!!

I need your Health reform bill to help me!!! I simply can no longer afford to pay for my health care costs!!

Thanks to this incredible premium increase demanded by my insurance company, January will be my last month of insurance.

I live in the house my mother & father built in 1958 and I am so afraid of the possibility I might loose this heirloom as a result of my being forced to drop my health care insurance. The health insurance industry has not denied me insurance directly, but indirectly they have by increasing my costs. They perceive me as becoming a higher risk factor to them despite being a loyal customer. I will never be able to obtain new health insurance due to the lack of real competition.

We are talking about Anthem who apparently has no respect for your attempts to reform the health insurance industry.

Please stay focused in your reform attempts as I and many others are in desperate need of your help.

Sincerely

Natoma Canfield

]]> By: elyriaohio http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/obamas-prescription-for-health-reform-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-36045 elyriaohio Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:59:21 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=540140#comment-36045 On May 20, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Galen Institute president Grace-Marie Turner and American Enterprise Institute scholar Joseph Antos promoting congressional Republicans' health care proposal as "a clear alternative to the health-reform plans being developed by the White House and Democrats in Congress." However, the Journal did not disclose that the Galen Institute reportedly receives funding from the pharmaceutical and medical industries, which obviously have an interest in the outcome of Congress' health care reform deliberations. -No one takes Galen seriously anymore. They lie.- On May 20, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Galen Institute president Grace-Marie Turner and American Enterprise Institute scholar Joseph Antos promoting congressional Republicans’ health care proposal as “a clear alternative to the health-reform plans being developed by the White House and Democrats in Congress.” However, the Journal did not disclose that the Galen Institute reportedly receives funding from the pharmaceutical and medical industries, which obviously have an interest in the outcome of Congress’ health care reform deliberations.
-No one takes Galen seriously anymore. They lie.-

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