Snowe Dampens President Obama’s Timeline on Health Care Reform

It is interesting that no one has challenged Snowe credentials in or out of comittee. She is "into" the insurance companies for more than 1 Million dollars and is deciding the fate of millions of citizens nation wide. One would think that this represents a blatant conflict of interest.... This typifies the mediocrity that Americans have come to expect from thier elected representatives. I think thier is a loss of objectivity here, don't you ???

Congratulations, Senator Snowe. For a RINO, you done good!

Do your home work people, the big rush is so the American public can't absorb what is in the HC package, if everyone had time to digest the info it would be voted down by a wide margin. Tom Dachal is the author of all this BS. Read his Book and stay informed.

Snowe is a reasonable Republican. She's probably the only one there is.

If you voted for "Change" you got change now shut up and live with it.

One thing that the CBO didn't factor in enough was the savings because of prevention healthcare. There are a lot of people who don't go in for checkups just to save money which just ends up costing the healthcare system more when they go in for more invasive measures at later stages of health issues. And, the greater affordability of prevention healthcare also eliminates the risk of rationing that the poodles of the health insurance industry like to repeat FUD over and over by helping people take care of themselves sooner before health issues get much worse and require invasive procedures.

What the rush? Frankly in 50 years I can't remember any programs put in place by the Fed's which did not end up delivering half of what was promised and costing at least twice as much. I can't wait to see the bill for this experiment.

Thanks goodness this thing is slowing down and people are being to "think it over". If it's really needed it will happen. I'm tired of our government going " Off, half- cocked".

Why can't we fix the parts of healthcare that are broke? 79% of Americans are happy with their healthcare. The healthcare being proposed will deny me timely cancer treatment after I worked for more than 45 years. And the CBO effectively says we can't afford the nealthcare plan. Loof for a new CBO head who will parrot what the current administration wants them to.

I agree with the person who said "how come the republicans are so up in arms about the money for health care and was not for the war?" This was a war we did not need to fight....we were lured into it by Cheney/Bush and it cost many lives and much too much money. We need a health care program and it is about time the republicans start worrying about the people instead of mouthing off at everything Obama wants to do. Most people are willing to pay for this health care and yes, it will cost but the results are far better than the money. My family has had too many problems with insurance companies who are a monopoly on health care. I think the senators/congress should give up their health care and go with these insurance companies. I bet you will see different comments then.

GOPs: please explain to me why spending $150 billion/year on health care reform is so terrible but spending $150 billion/year for the Iraq war is so great?

I would really appreciate if news anchors would ask some tough questions about Health Care Reform.

1) Will congress and the President for that matter accept as their health coverage this newly proposed program

2) Rather than create new system why not simply fix the problems we have with Medicare and Medicaid?

3) There are several examples of state driven "free" health care programs that have failed. Look at Tennessee! 55% of the enrollees where people that had employer sponsored programs and because the programs was cheaper the moved to the state plan. Which by the way failed miserably.

4) Congress can not manage the current bail out program what makes us believe that they can manage a health care system?

5) How many new government jobs will this create?

6) How many private sector jobs will be lost?

7) What will the government do when they get sued? Will this be allowed and who will pick up this tab?

8) When the money for this dries up where will Congress go next? More taxes or cut backs in services?

9) How is this plan bi-partisan? One or two Senators make this bi-partisan, I think not.

10) Has anyone looked at the estimates when Medicare was launched it ended up costing 7 times more than expected and that is with very little technology

11) Surveys would suggest that the public wants reform and I am sure they do. But not what Congress is proposing. The truth is being withheld.

12) I read somewhere today that there is a provision in the bill that mandates goverment coverage if I decide to leave my current employment and become self-emplpoyed. So as a free citizen of the U.S. the government is going to dictate that I have to use their health plan. What happened to our freedom to choose? If we were having an abortion debate it would all be about freedom and choice. I guess is different....

There is not one state run health care program that is breaking even, they all lose money why does the President think that he can manage cost better than experts in the field today? What are his credentials or Congress' for that matter?

I look forward to seeing someone at ABC ask these tough questions then and only then can we have a balanced dialogue about the facts and the truth.

Thank you

Bill Watson:

Simple facts: A government such as you describe would totally collapse the USA in a matter of a year or two. If you are over 20, then you must have been living in a box all these years. Get real.

If you really want to have this kind of program - move to China. Oh, I forgot - China is severely corrupt.

Simple facts:

Real reform that would serve every individual asking for public care with totally free care and medications, funded by a national sales tax, distributed through government owned and operated hospitals and clinics, and would relieve businesses of all health care obligations, financial, record keeping, everything eliminated, would be healthy for everyone and the greatest national economic stimulus ever.

A new dual choice system, you choose, either public, or private if you like what you have keep it, would save the government hundreds of billions annually distributing all government funded services through public facilities, and government savings would be even larger compared to spending called for in the new proposed reform boondoggles.

All government mandated programs could be distributed through government hospitals at a fraction of the costs spent now by taxpayers to private systems.

This is real reform that will liberate all individuals and businesses for whom heath care has become a nightmare, and for those who like what they have they can keep it and the government will save billions annually.

Simple facts.

"#1-- the IBD reporter made an error. He read the material in the proposal that said what he reported but did not keep reading to another section of the proposal that clarified matters."

Yes a whole 3 pages later.

The IBD reporters found a scary sounding passage and ran with it.

Much like Betsy McCaughney (sp?) made up scary soundign things a few months ago

All to protect the insurance companies.

"Another good one: Level The Playing Field For All Americans

By CHRIS CHOCOLA"

ROFLMAO!

The insurance companies are DESPERATE!

"Gee Ryan, why do you suppose that when IBD called congressional spokes people to double check this they agreed."

After seeing them deliberately lie I doubt they made the calls.

Its a right wing media outfit, its not like the gullible sheep in the audience are going to question it.

"Democrat Trace Gallagher on fox news did the report when I heard it and referred it to the webpage."

FoxNews discloses its reporters political affiliations?

I am guessing you just made that up.

"News flash - this fails to meet the definition of lying Ryan. Incomplete reporting of an issue, yes. Lying, NO."

Ommission due to incompetence or malice?

Still shows the right wing is more concerned with scaring the gullible like yourself than real solutions.

meaning NO CHOICE.
IBD CALLED CONGRESSIONAL REPS TO CONFIRM THIS.

Posted by: MNM | Jul 16, 2009 5:09:39 PM
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You're right, MNM, and I stand corrected. I hadn't recalled that IBD had called the source for confirmation, and hadn't read up thru the posts to the point where you had already noted that when I posted. Good catch!