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If We Want Good Health Care from Obama, We Better Push ... - 9/3/2008 1:23:00 PM

celticlord2112

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If We Want Good Health Care from Obama, We Better Push Him to Change His Plan

Somebody not exactly known as a right-winger is less than pleased with Obama's healthcare ideas. Seems there might be a few cracks and flaws in his plans for universal healthcare--such as it not being actually universal.

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Barack Obama's health care plan coddles the corporations that profit from the misery and illnesses of tens of millions of Americans. The plan is naive, at best, and probably disingenuous when it insists that we can coax these corporations, which are listed on the stock exchange and exist to maximize profit, to transform themselves into social service agencies that will provide adequate health care for all Americans. I wish we lived in such a rosy world. I know, and I suspect Obama knows, that we do not.

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RE: If We Want Good Health Care from Obama, We Better P... - 9/3/2008 1:27:45 PM

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The part of his plan that confuses me is, the government is going to provide healthcare for anybody that is not covered by their place of employment. What incentive is there for companies to pick up this overhead, when the government is going to pay it?

I envision a serious sucking sound coming about if this is passed, as companies that are not bound by law or contracts pull out of private health insurance programs.

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RE: If We Want Good Health Care from Obama, We Better P... - 9/3/2008 1:34:41 PM

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I can't get the link to come up.

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RE: If We Want Good Health Care from Obama, We Better P... - 9/3/2008 4:00:57 PM

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