Comments on: Why Doesn’t America have Single-Payer Health Insurance?

By: ColumbiaCowboy

ColumbiaCowboy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

@sanchez1973 Tort reform is a horrible idea, robbing of the people our constitutional right to seek redress in court from corporate criminals. It is, like EVERYTHING else the right supports in this discussion, about putting profits ahead of people. The assinine lie that the government “can’t run this with efficiency” is PROVEN wrong by dozens of nations with single payer systems far more efficient that ours, where thousands are dying yearly so HMOs can stay profitable.

By: narwhalfreedomforce

narwhalfreedomforce — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

im not even going to argue with you. government is the problem. but beyond just the healthcare issue, i dont want the government to have anymore power over my life.

By: sanchez1973

sanchez1973 — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

I agree our system does need fixed, starting with interstate competition and tort reform. But the Fed govt cant run something as large as our system with any type of efficiency. That’s naive. I’ve been in the military where the govt supplied my healthcare and it was no where near private industry standards. I used to literally wait for hours. Plus, where’s the money to run it coming from? BTW ease up on that ‘decent people’ talk, we all want the same thing here, improved care for everyone.

By: ColumbiaCowboy

ColumbiaCowboy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Getting “government” out means no oversight, thousands already are dying and you want far, far more to die all so big business can hoard more wealth. That’s not what any decent human being thinks needs to be done.

By: ColumbiaCowboy

ColumbiaCowboy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Absolute bunk. This health care “reform” of Obama’s is the best friend big business ever had, it’s an absurd lie to call it “socialized medicine.” A single payer system would be GREAT for small business, eliminating one of their biggest costs, health insurance, and it would save thousands of lives. Saying Obama hates the “free market” is a lie, of course, although any decent person does hate the mindset of putting profits ahead of people. This country IS failing.

By: oddcoupple

oddcoupple — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

subprime credits default is due to the simple fact that US workers ran out of money … The Wall Street’s subprime sistem of credit is useful to support the weak demand only to squeeze US citizens and workers.

This is the collapse of the Friedman’s neoliberal economy…Thatcher & Reagan…Blair & Obama 30 years of neoliberal economic sistem leads to the probably end of the capitalism…Unless another Keynes will come to save it from its moby greed.

By: oddcoupple

oddcoupple — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Rep,Teapartiers,Beck are CEOcommunists…They want you pay your bloody rates to the CEOs gains and private health care bureaucracy!

40 milions US uninsured citizens and US bailed out economy really need a National Health Care (Single Payer) founded by progressive tax (not flat tax) on the capital gains.

Single Payer Now!

By: clearlyblurry

clearlyblurry — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Lies and falsehoods. Most people are happy with their health insurance? No way.

By: sanchez1973

sanchez1973 — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

We dont need more new taxes and a Nanny State. BO is crashing the dollar with cap+trade, new taxes across the board, and chasing whats left of industry offshore. Socialized medicine puts us at the mercy of the Fed govt to do with as it wishes. Why isnt BO cutting tax breaks for corps that off shore jobs, imposing tariffs on imported goods, and cutting tax on small business. Oh, because that would heal our free market economy which he hates. BO wants to see our country fail, its obvious.

By: ALAGemArt

ALAGemArt — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:03:04 +0000

This is all soo incredibly paltry to even argue about.