Brain
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Umm, Brain ? I'm not blaming this on Kennedy. I used him as an example of the hypocracy of it all. Obama doesn't want you, or your child to have repeated testing or a red pill when a blue will work, but Kennedy < the example, but applies to all on the federal program > can do exactly what Obama is saying is killing the healthcare in this country.
Providing health insurance to employees is one of the biggest financial burdens on companies, if not the biggest. Do you really think corporations will continue to offer health insurance when the Gvt. creates it for us ? The simple answer is : No. We will be stuck with whatever is shoved down our throats.
Corporations are not going to provide health care because it makes them uncompetitive. They will go out of business if they have to provide health care for their employees they cannot compete in this new global economy.
So if the government doesn’t provide it nobody will and if you have to pay for it yourself it’s just not going to work. Look at the great benefits people get working for Wal-Mart as part-time employees. Not.
If you got in a car accident and it cost $10,000 to fix your car and $10,000 for the other guy, so already you are out $20,000. Most people can afford that maybe but it could be worse. What if the other guy had a serious injury and he sued for all his medical expenses and other expenses into the future? That could be getting into the millions of dollars. It just doesn’t work. You have to have insurance if you get in a car accident.
You also must have health insurance. Also, if companies are moving or trending towards not providing it by making deductibles more expensive, and these plans were getting worse and worse as time goes by, then the only place people will get decent health insurance is to get it from the government.
That’s why this bill has to pass preferably with the single-payer option. Because too many people are going to have health and financial crisis in their lives. And if they don’t do something people will go bankrupt. Already the number one reason Americans go bankrupt is because of health care costs. You will be better off with the government plan anyway. At least the government will not take you off because you are costing too much. That's what happens with private companies providing insurance.
Believe it or not, the healthcare you get from the government will be better than from the private sector. And there will always be entrepreneurs trying to make money by providing health care services to people outside of the government. They talk about Canada but do you know that people in Canada can still get Blue Cross? There are all kinds of doctors setting up places/business in Canada where people can go and get health services outside the system. So you will still have other private sector options if the bill passes. If enough people feel the way you do somebody will meet your demands and provide the service.
They have to pass this health care reform bill. Failure is not an option.
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