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Okay, first of all, that wasn't Jefferson you're quoting. It's Henry David Thoreau. Secondly, how many people who previously thought it was just groovy if the government suspends habeus corpus, lies about the rationale for war, and listens in on our phone conversations wholesale is now up in arms about the tyranny of universal healthcare?It's reasonable and healthy to be suspicious of government power, but it's foolish to be completely trusting of corporate power. In a democracy, government is expected to be accountable to the people, there is an expectation of transparancy. Corporations are accountable to their stockholders only, and routinely make decisions in secret. Everybody knows about Enron, who ripped off electric customers for millions but we only learned about this because somehow, Enron managed to swindle from people and still go broke. If they had only managed to make stealing millions from utility customers profitable, they'd still be doing it today.   See 7 other replies

Well sense our legislators are the highest paid in the world, and they don't trust some government-proprietary organization, shouldn't that tell you something. And from what you understand is talk about possibilities and nothing real so my point still stands. Why is it that we have all this talk before anything is actually there? Why not break the time span down and say first they write something up, then they bring that to the town hall meetings with people that have read it and then let us decide if we should back it or make changes? Why spend all this time and money on town hall meetings and broadcasts over something that hasn't been created yet and expect people to be convinced that it will work? Would you trust a car salesman that says a car that you can't look at will be perfect for you and start paying for it before you can see it in action? I doubt it! And it would be much easier to take that car back then to try to reform the health industry while it is still trying to get used the previous set of new rules and regulations. We need to stop spending so much energy trying to understand the non-sense and start requiring our representatives to be able to speak in clear english that is valid to the topic. If they can't speak about the topic, then shut up and stop making noise so we can hear the ones who are.   See 7 other replies

From what I understand, some of what the reform does is actually make ordinary citizens have options the same way Obama's staff and Congress does. For example, Congress gets a list of health care options to choose from solely because they are a large group. Under the reform, Americans will be grouped together and become a large negotiating group the same way Congress is.I was surprised when a Congressman showed me his insurance ID care: It's Blue Cross Blue Shield, not some government-proprietary organization. The difference is that he got to choose BCBS plan that fits him best at a lower rate because he is part of a large negotiating group. (It's the same reason some companies get lower premiums.) The proposed bill isn't perfect. However, if nothing else, I hope health care reform provides Americans with a larger negotiating pool than we already have.   See 7 other replies

I believe the real question is being missed. What is this "healthcare reform" he is planning to do. He gives a list of problems, but in no certain terms says he will fix them. He doesn't mention that members of his support groups represent themselves as local doctors at townhall meetings to sound as voices of authority. Roosevelt had the trust of his people, Kennedy had the trust of his people, Obama does not. It is not for Obama to align himself with the great presidents, that is done after he made accomplishments. Only a cheep sales man talks about how great an untested service is, because he can't know, he doesn't know, and it proves he doesn't care to know. So I have an idea. Try out this new health care reform on Congress and the Obama Support staff that believe they are doctors anyway. If it works for them, then start rolling it out across the country.   See 7 other replies

You know America: "IF IT DON'T MAKE DOLLARS, THEN IT DON'T MAKE SENSE!"   See 7 other replies