Jeff Eckman Is curious..if you’re happy about the health care bill, why…and vice versa.1 via Mobile Web · Comment ·
Curtis L. Ferrell We’ve traded our freedom for a false sense of security. We’ve placed the government in the position that only God should hold – Provider, Protecter, Healer. We’ve placed our trust in the most pro-abortion president and the HHS Secretary who, when Governor of Kansas was the most pro-abortion governor in the nation . . . for starters . . .
Matthew Stone I think most people realize that our Health Care System, although being State of the Art, is broken. Being a person that does not have any health care, you are treated quite differently when seeking medical attention. We have noticed this difference as we now pay for insurance for Kristin and the way they treat you and care for you is based on a little card with an insurance companies logo at the top!
I don’t really believe that this health care bill will be the “silver bullet”! As some of the things in it, such as forcing people to purchase insurance or be subject to fines is a bit extreme. However, when I think about the people who work a good job and have a family, yet still have no insurance of any kind and can’t afford it, I feel for them.
A great example of this is that you can be a family of four making around 35K per year and you are at 150% of the federal poverty guideline. That is a $17 per hour job! That is pretty good (for most people). However if you employer doesn’t provide health care for you, you are likely to have to spend around $300-$500 per month in insurance premiums to have “very” basic coverage…. See More
The people I think about are those. Those that are honest, hard working, and good people. Those that might have a child with type 1 diabetes and they are spending $200-$300 dollars per month just for supplies to help their child stay healthy. It is tough to just sit around and see needs without wanting to meet them.
This issue has become way too political and sadly isn’t about the people anymore :(
Jerry Bailey II Ok. It is not that health CARE is broken. We have some of the best access in the world. The problem is the insurance companies and what they provide as “coverage”. As a provider (physician here) I get paid less and less each year from insurance companies. They raise your rates each year just for using your insurance yet are paying out less and less to providers. Where does the rest go? investors and stock holders pockets along with upper management. We over utilize health care here and run every test imaginable on patients that do not need to be run just because the insurance will cover it. If it does not or you have a large deductible, no worries you can do a payment plan at a whopping 20% interest for the life of the “loan”. Realizing that if you paid in to an insurance plan, you would have easily saved 50% off of what the hospital, physician etc charged you. I have many insurance agents as patients and they would rather pay cash then use their insurance because they know that if they use it their rates increase.
They make the arguments about malpractice claims being a huge cost of health bills. It is not for the most part. Pending where you live and what specialty you are in. For example OB/GYN, not unheard of to be $10,000/month for malpractice coverage ($120,000/yr). Family practice can be $1000/month.
When we listen to the “media”, pending either slant we are listening to, we are engrained in to believing a certain way. If you hear lies enough they tend to become truth. Research the real facts then make a decision, not the word jumbles that are reiterated along party/media lines day in and day out.
We pay enough in taxes across the board from income, medicare/SS, gas, food, import, export, tarriffs, etc that we are close to if not above 60 cents for every dollar. So of course if we are paying that much in tax why would we not want full health coverage. Even the most socialistic society does not may that much and has it for when ever they NEED it.
Curtis L. Ferrell Our hospital president has stated that 1/3 of the cost to hospitals and doctors in New Castle are a direct result of out of control malpractice costs.
Jerrey Bailey II Must be some really bad doctors there. Or some litigation happy attorneys.
Jerry Bailey II And I doubt anyone would still be in business if their payments for malpractice claims were 1/3 of their operating costs.
Erich Eckelbarger With the Dems, there is no uniting, there is only changing the Constitution to make it convienient for them. This is UN-Constitutional and it’s all lies. Health care is not a RIGHT, it is a luxury for those who work hard and can afford to pay for it, just as a car, a home, a bussiness, etc. Nothing more than welfare for the entire nation. I will be… See More working hard in the coming months to make sure every Democrat who voted for this is thown out of office, and to see it’s repeal, if it isn’t struck down by the Supreme Court first. You will not keep your own health insurance, this bill will run all health insurance companies out of business. You will ONLY be able to get the public option. If you choose to not have health insurance, you will be fined, so in other words, the government will force you to buy a product/service you may not want or need, again, that is unconstitutional. The executive order against funding for abortion is also a lie, the language is already in the bill, so the order is nullified, and all an executive order needs to have to be repealed is the stroke of any Presidents pen.
And yes, this country desperately needs Tort reform so doctors don’t have to pay such high premiums.
Shelly Rolley Wontorcik Small businesses that can’t afford to offer health care get fined. Poverty level families that can’t afford health care get fined. It’s a win-win situation for the government collecting the fines. I’m very concerned where this is going to end.
Don Hendrick In a word… UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Nick Rolley im not into politics im into bumper stickers that voice my opinion……. you think health care is expensive now?..wait till its free! …. and Dont tax me Bro! i think its dumb none the less i know im lucky but i also work my butt off and travel alot to have the insurance that i have and now all his bros can have health care and free money because i work my butt off and make too much money so i have to pay alot in taxes just my two cents.
Greg Dana I heard a stat today that the government is now in charge of 48% of the US businesses like GM, Chrysler, AIG and now in they want in on the health industry. Granted something needs to be done about malpractice insurance but, anytime you put the government in charge of anything, all you get is red tape. Just look at Cash for Clunkers.
Jake Wyse As long as Im still able to buy my Bushmaster AR-15 M4 type I really don’t care
Nick Rolley thats the greatest point yet! im with jake
Jake Wyse Im going to stock up on guns and then go off the grid.
Jake Wyse but not in a crazy physco way.
Jeff Eckman Great Stuff….I hate health insurance…for all the reasons previously stated…but I have recently been without it, and that stinks too, because the Dr’s are mandated to charge me the most any insurance company will pay. I think we are in for a bumpy ride…but let’s not forget that we are living this life in preparation for the next. The Gov. can do alot to make our lives complicated, but they can’t take our faith. Only anger and bitterness over what they do can destroy our faith and credibility…let’s not give them that! Jake, if I see you in the woods outside my house, I’m calling Chuck Norris :-)