gr8Dad
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...the Dem's are saying, "Now healthcare is a right!" and touting that this will provide healthcare to 96% of the people....hmmm, isn't a "right" something that ALL people have access to? I mean could you see the right to free speech or to vote only being applied to 96% of the population? Isn't that discrimination?
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JennyLynn
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I agree with you Cassie. There are always those who fall between the cracks - which is why personally I think there should have been reform in the current healthcare system, rather than writing up something new that is costing us 1.2 trillion dollars.
I do believe there needs to be reform, but I don't agree with the way in which it's happening right now, and the way some want it to go.
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Sherron
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"She is 61, not old enough for Medicare, but makes too much money for Medicaid."
Can she get on insurance through her employer?
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Cassie23
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I agree JL...
And I agree with gr8 as well! 96% hmmm....
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JennyLynn
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Geraldo who's on Fox hosting the election on that channel pointed out the other 4% are the illegal aliens?
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JennyLynn
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Also interesting - requires individuals to either purchase healthcare, or pay a fine.
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gr8Dad
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...someone ELSES fault? She chose to NOT have insurance BEFORE she got sick, now that she IS, she wants to complain that it costs a lot. I mean you don't need CAR insurance until you have a accident, so would you feel sorry for someone complaining that they couldn't get their car fixed cause they didn;t have car insurance when tey got in a wreck, and NOW the insurance company wants to much?
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Cassie23
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She is working as of right now, she has neuropathy which is causing her some pain. Last year she was in the hospital 3 times for a stroke, and other diabetic related incidents. She is working FT, but then had to cut her hours. She wants to start working PT and live off the social security death benefits she gets from my Dad. she was going to try and declared disabled, which is what she was told she could do...but that could take months if not years. She is kinda stuck between a rock and hard place. Right now she works in the hospital pushing carts with trays and picking up boxes. She is having issues walking and problems with her hands and wrists (carpal tunnel). She had surgery for the one wrist and she ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks. It was really bad.
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Redlegg
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I agree. I do see the flip side for people who can't have insurance privately or through the state. My mother is a perfect example right now. She is 61, not old enough for Medicare, but makes too much money for Medicaid.
So what if we used the programs that exist, and work for coverage. Why not expand the limits. get your mother, and others like her covered by an existing program. does it make sense to change something that works for the majority of the people now.
This going to be shameful, watch what happens, surely people will get covered, but what about your insurance. it is sad that the government is saying you can keep your insurance now, when you don't even have that choice now.
The cost of healthcare will not go down. Like medicare, what the government will pay for for healthcare will go down, but the cost of it won't go down. When the organizations that provide it, cannot fund improvements, well, what will happen is obvious.
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gr8Dad
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...DEPENDS on fines of 168 BILLION to fund part of it. So if everyone follows the rules and gets insurance, the program will be underfunded, LMAO.
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