Health Care Debate - Cabot, AR

[Gary Able]

I want to keep my own health care program.

[hello]

I have been a single mom without health care but teh plan that they are proposing is gonna be more expensinve than private plans are so how are single parents or lower income families gonna be able to afford this. I was a single mome with one child making 26000.00 per year and with rent a car payment and car insurance with no child support there was nothing left to pay for health care with...so what do they expect families like that to do?? There is no govt help for us.

[Vin]

I don't really know enough about it (the issues) to voice an opinion, except that if i'm right i'm hearing some say that a public-option would create competition among HC providers , and i'm for anything that would lower the cost of healthcare and put a virtual cap on "Fat Cat" overfluffed pocket lining of people in the system that don't really give a rat's %ss about us. Othet than that , i use the VA healthcare system for which i'm entitled to for my country service,...however good OR bad that seems when i need it.

[Anonymous]

Democrats have now backed off their original promise of cutting health care costs because they know their bill will RAISE costs, making everything more expensive for all of us. The government NEVER fixes anything. It can take a good situation and make it bad, or take a bad situation and make it worse!

[xyz]

hello wrote:

I have been a single mom without health care but teh plan that they are proposing is gonna be more expensinve than private plans are so how are single parents or lower income families gonna be able to afford this. I was a single mome with one child making 26000.00 per year and with rent a car payment and car insurance with no child support there was nothing left to pay for health care with...so what do they expect families like that to do?? There is no govt help for us.

1) It is not the taxpayers fault that you were a single parent.
2) There are free clinics
3) There are jobs with health insurance, the military is an option.
4) Earned income credit may be enough to pay for health insurance, this program is welfare through the IRS instead of social services. This is a payment to people who did not pay in enough to get a refund. It is not earned. It should be stopped and paid directly to an insurance program of the individuals choice. We do not need another government program. People should not have to pay higher taxes on money they EARNED and have it handed out to others who do not use it responsibly. As it stands, they can use it for whatever they want (Big screen TV's, beer...)

[not]

The government should not compete with any company.