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Originally posted by Walkswithfish
I am currently insured through my employer, and president Obama said in his speech today that if you have good coverage you can keep it, if you like your doctor you can keep them.
The problem is I have looked at enough of this projected plan to realize that if health care is socialized in the ways they want, no private insurance company will be able to compete with the government plan, employers will likely be forced to adopt the government insurance plans.
We really will have no choice when all is said and done with this kind of health care reform they are pushing for.
Originally posted by Ansiroth
Iv'e listened to both sides of this argument nearly all day, and iv'e come to a conclusion.
This wouldn't be a bad idea if our government wasn't so corrupt.
Honostly, if our government really had the common peoples interest in mind, you'd really enjoy the fact that you could get healthcare from a trustworthy source at very little cost to you. However, since our government is very slowly eroding our feedoms and butting into our lives, we can no longer trust them to regulate something so valuable to us. We feel that its just an underhanded attempt to get closer and closer to our personal lives, and we're probably right. That's all they've done in the past.
does anyone agree/disagree or have anything to add?
Originally posted by milesp
I don't understand why so many people on this board are railing against healthcare reform.
Every other industiralized nation has a public healthcare system and it's a travesty that we don't have one here in America. A single payer system wouldn't be perfect, but it would be a lot better than having to deal with insurance companies who will do everything they can to not have to pay out benefits.
Originally posted by AceOfAces
I honestly feel at this point he's serving us on a platter to the world.
The excellence of medical care would not be affected by Obama's healthcare plan.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
You are beating your head against a brick wall, Proto, until they live it
They will not get it.
Live and learn.
Originally posted by AceOfAces
I honestly feel at this point he's serving us on a platter to the world.
There is nothing worse than a government that seeks continuous control. An ever growing need for power and control. Just a prelude of things to come...
I agree with Obama telling the AMA 'America may go the way of GM' and as long as he is running the show I whole hardily believe what he says.
Originally posted by Ansiroth
Iv'e listened to both sides of this argument nearly all day, and iv'e come to a conclusion.
This wouldn't be a bad idea if our government wasn't so corrupt.
Honostly, if our government really had the common peoples interest in mind, you'd really enjoy the fact that you could get healthcare from a trustworthy source at very little cost to you. However, since our government is very slowly eroding our feedoms and butting into our lives, we can no longer trust them to regulate something so valuable to us. We feel that its just an underhanded attempt to get closer and closer to our personal lives, and we're probably right. That's all they've done in the past.
does anyone agree/disagree or have anything to add?
Good thought. How long after Government insurance is the only thing we can get ,will mandatory proceedures and vaccinations and drug/DNA testing be done?