"Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago."
Answers only.
Almost every president since Teddy Roosevelt recognized the need for healthcare in America.
Exceptions were Reagan and the Bushs.
After defeating President Clinton's attempt to improve healthcare for all Americans, the republicans did nothing. They will do nothing again. So why their talk now? Nothing.
In a real sense our government already manages healthcare through regulatory structure. Would you go to any quack or unlicensed doctor?
Do we as concerned citizens want corporations, the AMA, the insurance companies, and the hospitals having total control over healthcare choices? Citizens, average working people sure don't. So yes, we need more competition even if it is government pulling some strings to help all Americans.
What loss of personal liberty is there if everyone can easily obtain healthcare. Not having it is a real loss of freedom and liberty.
If freedom means anything, it means freedom from fear that an illness will destroy your savings and your life. If freedom means anything it means options that you make, not insurers whose motive is profit. To some your death is cheaper than your care.
In a market system, insurance companies, if well run, should be able to compete. We have insurance for medicare recipients, and FedEx and UPS do OK.
In the corporate world competition is often agreement among the plutocracy or economic oligarchy. Choice is limited to all except the wealthy already. To them your death is cheaper than your care.
The Constitution thankfully misses a lot of things and we then can fill in the blanks based on what works best. It is a excellent guide not a rule. The time has come for universal healthcare.
The majority of Americans want UHC, oddly worded survey questions created by interest groups are hardly the place for a decision on something so critical to our small businesses and to all of us.
Yes, government can do things well. Consider the following: The military is excellent, although I have to say they could save money too having been there, done that. And veterans health services are darn good and well run. Medicare helps so many.
Social security is excellent for lots of Americans. For a few cents the postal service gets my packages to me and from me. The internet works well. Weather forecasting is excellent as are the communications satellites. And I don't know about you but I love those backroads that make travel in America educational and fun. Police help too, our money is insured, food is safe, and planes are safe, the museums, national parks, and all that history. All good stuff.
Many Republicans naysayers are corporate tools. Consider only their billion dollar bailouts to the banks and then consider their opposition to minimum wage. Make sense to you?
And consider these statistics.
"Nearly 46 million Americans, or 18 percent of the population under the age of 65, were without health insurance in 2007, the latest government data available.
"The number of uninsured rose 2.2 million between 2005 and 2006 and has increased by almost 8 million people since 2000.
"The large majority of the uninsured (80 percent) are native or naturalized citizens.
"The increase in the number of uninsured in 2006 was focused among working age adults. The percentage of working adults (18 to 64) who had no health coverage climbed from 19.7 percent in 2005 to 20.2 percent in 2006.1 Nearly 1.3 million full-time workers lost their health insurance in 2006."
Do corporations always do the right thing or even care for the people? If they did would this debate still be going on after nearly eighty years? Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and others realized we needed it long ago.
Government is all the people expressing themselves. Corporations are elitist boards whose sole goal is profit and your care matters not at all. It used to be that healthcare insurers were non profit. Add profit to any picture and soon a cheap employee on a video conference call will manage your operation. OK, joke there.
Do the executives making millions really care that the working person has no healthcare? To some your death is cheaper than your care. Your are only a number, a liability to some.
There are no saints in this picture, but concern and empathy, and that great America spirit are all missing in the picture of 'this is hard', 'this is too costly,' 'we can't do this!' Bah humbug, we can do it if we care about America.
UHC is required now for a free and prosperous America.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
Reform will stop "rationing" - not increase it
The "euthanasia" distortion on help for families
Vets' health care is safe and sound
Reform will benefit small business - not burden it
Your medicare is safe, and stronger with reform
You can keep your own insurance
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'We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.'
Answers only.
Almost every president since Teddy Roosevelt recognized the need for healthcare in America.
Exceptions were Reagan and the Bushs.
After defeating President Clinton's attempt to improve healthcare for all Americans, the republicans did nothing. They will do nothing again. So why their talk now? Nothing.
In a real sense our government already manages healthcare through regulatory structure. Would you go to any quack or unlicensed doctor?
Do we as concerned citizens want corporations, the AMA, the insurance companies, and the hospitals having total control over healthcare choices? Citizens, average working people sure don't. So yes, we need more competition even if it is government pulling some strings to help all Americans.
What loss of personal liberty is there if everyone can easily obtain healthcare. Not having it is a real loss of freedom and liberty.
If freedom means anything, it means freedom from fear that an illness will destroy your savings and your life. If freedom means anything it means options that you make, not insurers whose motive is profit. To some your death is cheaper than your care.
In a market system, insurance companies, if well run, should be able to compete. We have insurance for medicare recipients, and FedEx and UPS do OK.
In the corporate world competition is often agreement among the plutocracy or economic oligarchy. Choice is limited to all except the wealthy already. To them your death is cheaper than your care.
The Constitution thankfully misses a lot of things and we then can fill in the blanks based on what works best. It is a excellent guide not a rule. The time has come for universal healthcare.
The majority of Americans want UHC, oddly worded survey questions created by interest groups are hardly the place for a decision on something so critical to our small businesses and to all of us.
Yes, government can do things well. Consider the following: The military is excellent, although I have to say they could save money too having been there, done that. And veterans health services are darn good and well run. Medicare helps so many.
Social security is excellent for lots of Americans. For a few cents the postal service gets my packages to me and from me. The internet works well. Weather forecasting is excellent as are the communications satellites. And I don't know about you but I love those backroads that make travel in America educational and fun. Police help too, our money is insured, food is safe, and planes are safe, the museums, national parks, and all that history. All good stuff.
Many Republicans naysayers are corporate tools. Consider only their billion dollar bailouts to the banks and then consider their opposition to minimum wage. Make sense to you?
And consider these statistics.
"Nearly 46 million Americans, or 18 percent of the population under the age of 65, were without health insurance in 2007, the latest government data available.
"The number of uninsured rose 2.2 million between 2005 and 2006 and has increased by almost 8 million people since 2000.
"The large majority of the uninsured (80 percent) are native or naturalized citizens.
"The increase in the number of uninsured in 2006 was focused among working age adults. The percentage of working adults (18 to 64) who had no health coverage climbed from 19.7 percent in 2005 to 20.2 percent in 2006.1 Nearly 1.3 million full-time workers lost their health insurance in 2006."
Do corporations always do the right thing or even care for the people? If they did would this debate still be going on after nearly eighty years? Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and others realized we needed it long ago.
Government is all the people expressing themselves. Corporations are elitist boards whose sole goal is profit and your care matters not at all. It used to be that healthcare insurers were non profit. Add profit to any picture and soon a cheap employee on a video conference call will manage your operation. OK, joke there.
Do the executives making millions really care that the working person has no healthcare? To some your death is cheaper than your care. Your are only a number, a liability to some.
There are no saints in this picture, but concern and empathy, and that great America spirit are all missing in the picture of 'this is hard', 'this is too costly,' 'we can't do this!' Bah humbug, we can do it if we care about America.
UHC is required now for a free and prosperous America.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
Reform will stop "rationing" - not increase it
The "euthanasia" distortion on help for families
Vets' health care is safe and sound
Reform will benefit small business - not burden it
Your medicare is safe, and stronger with reform
You can keep your own insurance
Share This Page: Give others a healthy dose of reality
'We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.'