Great! Now it will take EVEN longer for issues to get resolved in the Senate! As if they weren't taking long enough as it is
The President has been in office just over a year and our American "must have immediate change now" attitude & general lack of patience is shining brightly.
I think you've got it wrong. They don't want immediate change, they want thoughtful and considerate change. What we were getting was "change at the speed of light, like it or not." Did you see the exit polling? Health care reform was a MAJOR issue for these voters. It wasn't that they don't want reform, but they don't want it shoved down our collective throats.
I appreciate your situation and the cost of insurance is not cheap, I can empathize with that. But there are solutions to this debacle that don't require us to bend over and take one for the team. Allowing us to buy medications from Canada (which will eventually cause the drug companies to reduce costs here,) allowing us to buy coverage across state lines (competition breeds price reduction,) and tort reform, which will also reduce medical costs all around. In the end, there are so many viable options on the table that would cost taxpayers nothing...so I think we're trying to comprehend why Washington is trying to spend their way to a solution instead of removing the regulation...which is so often the cause of most of our problems anyway.
On a difference note....have you looked into high deductible indemnity policies? When my wife and I were first married, we had coverage for emergencies only which protected us from massive health bills...but we were still required to pay for doctors visits and drugs for less than emergency type situations. It's not ideal, but it might be an option? I hope you don't think me too presumptuous to offer some suggestions.
Watch Fox news and be informed.Ok...I hear ya.
Personally I think The President has done the best possible job on the HC reform that he can. Bringing in the smartest minds, changing & re-changing it to best accomodate all parties, and offering a plan/plans that are feasible for just about anybody.
It just upsets me that everyone wanted "change" ......and with him only having been in office a year....they're all ready to bail on him!
Curently I do not have insurance. And if his office can come up w/ a plan that will allow my family & I coverage for less then the "bend me over a barrel" price that Blue Cross Blue Shield NC is asking....then I say why not!?
Excuse my basic knowledge of politics, but these are my thoughts & opinions for someone who can only be informed as the news he watches & reads.
Watch Fox news and be informed.
How about we all just get the same plan that members of congress get?
How about we all just get the same plan that members of congress get?
I think you've got it wrong. They don't want immediate change, they want thoughtful and considerate change. What we were getting was "change at the speed of light, like it or not." Did you see the exit polling? Health care reform was a MAJOR issue for these voters. It wasn't that they don't want reform, but they don't want it shoved down our collective throats.
If we all had the congressional health plan our nation would be bancrupt within a year
I appreciate your situation and the cost of insurance is not cheap, I can empathize with that. But there are solutions to this debacle that don't require us to bend over and take one for the team. Allowing us to buy medications from Canada (which will eventually cause the drug companies to reduce costs here,) allowing us to buy coverage across state lines (competition breeds price reduction,) and tort reform, which will also reduce medical costs all around. In the end, there are so many viable options on the table that would cost taxpayers nothing...so I think we're trying to comprehend why Washington is trying to spend their way to a solution instead of removing the regulation...which is so often the cause of most of our problems anyway.
If we all had the congressional health plan our nation would be bancrupt within a year. ???
I appreciate your situation and the cost of insurance is not cheap, I can empathize with that. But there are solutions to this debacle that don't require us to bend over and take one for the team. Allowing us to buy medications from Canada (which will eventually cause the drug companies to reduce costs here,) allowing us to buy coverage across state lines (competition breeds price reduction,) and tort reform, which will also reduce medical costs all around. In the end, there are so many viable options on the table that would cost taxpayers nothing...so I think we're trying to comprehend why Washington is trying to spend their way to a solution instead of removing the regulation...which is so often the cause of most of our problems anyway.
On a difference note....have you looked into high deductible indemnity policies? When my wife and I were first married, we had coverage for emergencies only which protected us from massive health bills...but we were still required to pay for doctors visits and drugs for less than emergency type situations. It's not ideal, but it might be an option? I hope you don't think me too presumptuous to offer some suggestions.