http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704500604574485452637584852.html I guess we're not smart enough to understand when we're being fooled, however. A cost is a cost, no matter how much you try to hide it. At some point, those on the Left in this country need to have enough respect for the American people to realize that no matter how it's packaged, the American people don't want the government dictating the health care they receive.
I'd say the majority of my peers are for the public option, including people in medicine and insurance. Many moderates and independents are for the public option as well. It's incorrect to say no one wants a public option except the left. I could post a link to a poll that supported this but then there's a whole other thread for that... It's hard to tell whose numbers are real and who's are fake. I've seen reports that the government can provide health care for pennies on on the dollar compared to insurance companies. I've seen numbers that the public option will put us trillions of dollars in debt. Even supposed independent fact checking organizations have conflicting reports. I don't know who's telling the truth anymore. Also, I dislike Nancy Pelosi. I think she's annoying.
Even my right-wing friends are all for the public option. I don't think I know anyone who hasn't lost a loved one due to unaffordable healthcare. I am baffled by the foot dragging of the radical fringe that opposes it.
Universal health care was part of Obama's Presidential campaign platform from day 1. If a majority of Americans don't want it, than a majority of Americans should have voted for Senator John McCain.
I've never lost someone due to unaffordable insurance. Then again, every male in my family for 3 generations has been in the military. I have had a grandfather who died under the knife of a VA surgeon, and 3 cousins who are nurses at VA hospitals. Maybe check one of those places out.
Yeah, I'm obviously not suggesting that is the only reason people voted for him. What I'm saying is it was clearly not a "deal breaker" for people when they were inside the voting booth.
HA! To think MARIS would have a right-wing friend after repeatedly calling right-wingers evil, greedy, and every other derogatory name he can think of. You don't think much of your "friends" do you, Maris?
Whoa. Wait a minute. Back up the horse, James. Am I understanding you correctly? You're saying that everyone you know has lost a loved one because of "unaffordable healthcare"?? Is that what you're saying? That's about the most preposterous thing I've ever heard of, and completely unbelievable. I don't know anyone who has "lost" a loved one due to unaffordable healthcare, and last time I checked, you and I lived in the same country. You simply cannot say things like this and expect people to take you seriously.
