tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post4341904261600559243..comments2024-02-17T03:35:22.796-05:00Comments on Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations: Bill Moyers on Health Care8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-55978133145921894502009-09-09T11:20:20.395-04:002009-09-09T11:20:20.395-04:00There you go again. Who has this government had sh...There you go again. Who has this government had shot? <br /><br />If they are in dire straits, we should help them. Helping them with their mortgage, and then taking the house away again when they get sick and go into debt, seems pointless. <br /><br />The penalty affects those mythical people who would rather finish the wood floors on their beach house than pay for health insurance. Not having 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-35127939580597878802009-09-08T21:40:40.341-04:002009-09-08T21:40:40.341-04:00"Again, why should families have to choose be..."Again, why should families have to choose between housing and health? Can't we help them have both?"<br /><br />If they are in dire straits, that penalty part of HR 3200 might causes them to lose the house too. Poor families do not need such a kick in the teeth, and that is all the penalty is.<br /><br />I am strongly opposed to complete government takeover, because unaccountable dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-86840586264410533592009-09-08T19:04:07.724-04:002009-09-08T19:04:07.724-04:00Really? That's the "choice"? Housing...Really? That's the "choice"? Housing, food, education, or health? John Galt would be proud to hear you say that. <br /><br />I dont think HR 3200 will pass-I don't think any of them will pass. <br /><br />I dont think HR 3200 is a very good bill-if it were up to me, I would impose the government takeover of health care everyone seems to be afraid of. <br /><br />But the failure 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-7519312000026279912009-09-08T17:20:14.837-04:002009-09-08T17:20:14.837-04:00final point: The stick approach should not be used...final point: The stick approach should not be used against families and individuals like this. <br /><br />Make health insurance more attractive. Don't rob them of hard-earned money because the family makes decisions that they'd rather spend the money on housing, food, or college.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-37383416219946949262009-09-08T17:16:35.674-04:002009-09-08T17:16:35.674-04:00I found this article:
"Punishing families wh...I found this article:<br /><br />"Punishing families who can't afford health care to begin with just doesn't make sense," [Obama] said during his party's primaries. At the time, he proposed mandatory insurance only for children.<br /><br />White House officials have since backed away somewhat from Obama's opposition to mandated coverage for all, but there's no dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-77095968402766298142009-09-08T16:52:52.453-04:002009-09-08T16:52:52.453-04:00"Do you really believe that citizens DECIDE t..."Do you really believe that citizens DECIDE to not have health insurance? Do you really believe that?"<br /><br />Some do. And this part punishes that choice. It has no business being there.<br /><br />"I really don't have a problem with people being forced to carry health insurance. You have to have car insurance, and homeowner's insurance-why not health insurance?"<dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-69489609708502444002009-09-08T12:32:35.290-04:002009-09-08T12:32:35.290-04:00All the conservatives I know have a fetish about c...All the conservatives I know have a fetish about choice. Do you really believe that citizens DECIDE to not have health insurance? Do you really believe that? <br /><br />People don't have health insurance because they can't afford it, or they can't even get it even if they could afford it because they were in the hospital once when they were 10. <br /><br />No, I'm not 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-56879708667005589592009-09-06T22:19:12.652-04:002009-09-06T22:19:12.652-04:00In regards to your quote: "Poor Obama. He cam...In regards to your quote: "Poor Obama. He came to town preaching the religion of nice. But every time he bows politely, the harder the Republicans kick him."<br /><br />If the "bully working families" provision in HR 3200 is one that Obama pushed for, it showes that he came to town preaching mean from the get-go.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-30677594616983813062009-09-06T22:17:39.208-04:002009-09-06T22:17:39.208-04:00The health care bill is a disaster. The worst aspe...The health care bill is a disaster. The worst aspect (and I read it described as being a true part of the bill on left-wing sites) is the part where families are punished by the federal government for not choosing to spend a certain amount of their money on health insurance.<br /><br />HR 3200 lighting into working families like this is pretty outrageous. <br /><br />I wonder who specifically dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com