Health Care Debate - Poplar Bluff, MO

[TV MAN]

guest wrote:

Totally agree. I work in healthcare in PB. You will not believe the degree of waste until you see for yourself first-hand.
These folks are too sick to work yet they know the system to a tee. They tell the doctor what they want, not vice versa like its supposed to be. The welfare office jobs depend on these folks, and their kids, and their kids, and so on, staying on the system. If they kick these Medicaid abusers off the system, they will obviously need less workers to hold their hand every first of the month. So they do nothing, and these folks keep sucking the system dry. Get the picture now?
The biggest rip-off of all is that we pay the freight for these, young, healthy, lazy, deadbeats, and there is no money left over to pay for the health care--and the medications--for the old folks on Medicare who have worked their entire lives, and are being hung out to dry, so the Medicaid whores can keep popping them out (and getting their earned income tax credits too. I have seen old people cutting their pills in half, taking them every other day, and sometimes just not filling their prescription totally. When right next to them is the Medicaid getting all of their xanaxes and hydros (and tylentols that we have to pay for)for free, not even paying their co-pay, and yelling at the pharmacist to wait, while they answer their cell phone and pager. It is bullshit.
The only health care reform we need is to kick about 80% of these young healthy people off of Medicaid. There will be plenty of money left to give good health care to everyone who works, and the old folks who have worked all their lives for this county. There might even be some left over when we fire all the unneeded welfare workers too. I guarantee it.
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Hey Guest, you have my blessing. Go in front of congress and tell them this sh-t. These stupid idiots can't see it, or don't want to.

[tweezy66]

everyone should have access to good healthcare. i do not know how many people i have known who have truly suffered because the could not afford to see a doctor or buy a prescription. many infections are spread because people can not afford doctors care, go to work and spread whatever they have. this whole this upsets me because we have to start somewhere to treat each other humanely and realize that many, many people have no health care at all. the president has given us a bill to start with that can be amended for our needs, and changed if necessary. he should be supported in this cause.

[Just a reminder]

Jesus was a middle eastern socialist, not a white free market capitalist.

[RU KIDDING]

Just a reminder wrote:

Jesus was a middle eastern socialist, not a white free market capitalist.

Jesus aside, it is the right bill for America. But yes he was!

[TV MAN]

Reagan loved socialism. That's why he signed the free emergency care bill. If your one of those conservatives that believes in freedom of choice, "GREAT". If you choose not to have insurance, then be sure and pay your health bill, I'm tired of paying for your cheap a-s. That's how one define's socialism. Just in case you need a reminder, socialism is about free emergency care. And a Republican President signed the bill. Go figure.

[RU KIDDING]

Wake up Tea drinkers!

The Republicans are apparently lying when they say they're concerned about the deficit:

With Big Oil raking in record profits, House Democrats offered a Motion to Recommit to the House Republican short-term spending bill this afternoon making a responsible cut to the budget: putting an end to taxpayer-funded subsidies to large oil companies. Repealing these subsidies would save taxpayers tens of billions over the next decade and even ex-Shell CEO John Hofmeister agrees saying “with high oil prices, such subsidies are not necessary.”

...Republicans voted unanimously against the motion, defeating it by a vote of 176-249.

http://kentondems.blogspot.com/2011/03/geoff-...

I suppose they did not want to hurt Dick and George by cutting their profits from tax payer money.

[StaceySchmacey]

I believe health is a right afforded to all people regardless of status, age or health. I don't believe it's right for it to be a profit based system because it directs attention to the bottom line over the well being of many. Ive seen too many close to me fall through the cracks with dire consequences. It costs a boatload of money to maintain a military state. If we want to start making cuts somewhere it should be from the top and not a continued hacksaw took to the bottom percent who are barely making it as it is. If we were to truely think WWJD he'd be the first to step in and talk of healing those in need. It's not communisim, socialism or anything else. It's about treating others as you'd like to be treated....thinking of other's as your family. I've seen my family on the ropes with healthcare issues and it's heartbreaking.

[John]

Unconstitutional, besides socialized medicine has been a monumental failure everywhere it has been tried and will be no different here.

[TV MAN]

John wrote:

Unconstitutional, besides socialized medicine has been a monumental failure everywhere it has been tried and will be no different here.

I got news for you "Sparky". Socialized health care doesn't include insurance companys. Obamas plan does. Another words it's not socialized health care. Republicans enjoy re-defining words to meet their agenda. Insurance companys are private. Government creates law. That's not socialism. One more issue. Unconstitutional is your interpretation. People are always reading the constitution in their favor. As far as I'm concerned the constitution is not absolute.