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	<title>Comments on: China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform</title>
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		<title>By: Dutch</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-questions-costs-of-us-healthcare-reform/comment-page-11/#comment-7539</link>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You got a point there. I never thought about it that way.</description>
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		<title>By: Jake</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for sharing this. Well done!</description>
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		<title>By: glasnost</title>
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		<dc:creator>glasnost</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well Done! I Like it!</description>
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		<title>By: Henry Massingale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Henry Massingale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a unity lost between Governing Parties that is needed to help the people feel secure. The moral building block for Health Care.
   To see the true Health Care Tax forum you must stop thinking in 3-D,This multi tax forum is against a $100 Trillion Dollar system.. ...
  To force pay into another system of failures within Health Care Insurance Groups.
  This economy will not balance with this concept of a tax forum against the Health Care System. The issue of how to force pay into this system of Health Care may have worked but I am still troubled over the progressive tax forum within this Bill. It covers so many items and Countries that it only forces the system to adjust itself. In some areas, increases against the people and the troubled economy, and in other areas, less effects will be felt.
  But this is my big problem, Government Officials seek help and they are to proud to ask us, “the true working force of Government.” It is understandable they have failed the People and within the United States Of America all we ask is to see us as who we are and not try to bring us into this world of the intellectual. I guess our Prime Directive is that of Star Trek, so it must be understood that for millions of people we are just as happy as can be making $13.00 per hour and we have no interest in this world of politics, and how to be a Enstine. Government Officials must understand that there is a level of people within different parts of this Country, that seek to be only that they find to make them happy.
  As for this economy well, it is said that the U.S.A. Arms Division has created enough arsenal to destroy every last creature in the world 2 times over,built with tax dollars. This would be funny if not for the irony of it. And now as time has passed Government Officials keep failing. Before 9/11 all the way to today.
As it is in a world of a system, when employees continue to fail, one or two things happen, one; you get fired, two; if you see into a person a good, then it is political correct to implement a penalty or roll back in pay. But this implement of penalty is more favored in the course of action in the Federal Employment World. So how to fix the economy and unite it with the Health Care issue. It would be in the Countries best interest to implement a 10% per cent penalty against every State, County and Government Official within this Matrix of failures. Hey what is that old saying, what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander. I am serous about this, it is past due to show that our Government Officials they have failed, their system failure reaches into this world of warnings that they brush aside as if the information is not worthy noting. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11/2001 to 3/07/2010 of our tax system and Health Care Reform. This 10% per cent penalty should go into the Health Care Forum.
 The big problem that Government Officials have is that they have no street credit. President Obama still has some but if he does not take his family and step away from these dueling Parties, that fight over this Health Care Dollar, and stand with Us he will lose all credit from the streets to the county.
 President Obama, I would say to you, you have one last chance to regain the hopes and dreams of the American People. To reach out in a concept that states, if there is 250 million people in trouble because of these failures, I would give all my money to them and then I would say to all that I gave money to, “I have no money left, would you all please give me $1.00 back and then I would have $250. million dollars to start all over again.”

 As for this $100,trillion dollar in site.............
Results 1 - 10 of about 685,000 for net worth of medicine development industry
  Just to show how deep this Health Care Tax split petition reaches. The term split petition is used because of the Tax factor plan that is not seen because of the intent not to show a capital Taxing of close to a $100 trillion dollar package, a yearly system income, not profit.....

 Some have stated that I clam to have spiritual in site or something of the sort.  I assure you this is not true, so when I state that I asked God to help, it is my way of saying hey Bobby show me how to work on theses Chevy engines. But I do thank you for the consideration. Consider me a cross of Jethro Bodine  from the Beverly Hill Billies with my 10th. Grade education and Vin Diesel  from the move Pitch Black.
 So drop on by and see page 100 at our site and follow the blue pill link

Health Care within a moral value, is to ,

{ GIVE LIFE TO HOPE WHERE THERE IS NONE }

 Henry Massingale
 FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward
www.fascmovement.mysite.com on google. yahoo, and Aol.com
please take the time and visit all my new friends on the net and if you wish to post with FASC Concepts you will be most welcomed. So join us and share your ideas as one in one voice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a unity lost between Governing Parties that is needed to help the people feel secure. The moral building block for Health Care.<br />
   To see the true Health Care Tax forum you must stop thinking in 3-D,This multi tax forum is against a $100 Trillion Dollar system.. &#8230;<br />
  To force pay into another system of failures within Health Care Insurance Groups.<br />
  This economy will not balance with this concept of a tax forum against the Health Care System. The issue of how to force pay into this system of Health Care may have worked but I am still troubled over the progressive tax forum within this Bill. It covers so many items and Countries that it only forces the system to adjust itself. In some areas, increases against the people and the troubled economy, and in other areas, less effects will be felt.<br />
  But this is my big problem, Government Officials seek help and they are to proud to ask us, “the true working force of Government.” It is understandable they have failed the People and within the United States Of America all we ask is to see us as who we are and not try to bring us into this world of the intellectual. I guess our Prime Directive is that of Star Trek, so it must be understood that for millions of people we are just as happy as can be making $13.00 per hour and we have no interest in this world of politics, and how to be a Enstine. Government Officials must understand that there is a level of people within different parts of this Country, that seek to be only that they find to make them happy.<br />
  As for this economy well, it is said that the U.S.A. Arms Division has created enough arsenal to destroy every last creature in the world 2 times over,built with tax dollars. This would be funny if not for the irony of it. And now as time has passed Government Officials keep failing. Before 9/11 all the way to today.<br />
As it is in a world of a system, when employees continue to fail, one or two things happen, one; you get fired, two; if you see into a person a good, then it is political correct to implement a penalty or roll back in pay. But this implement of penalty is more favored in the course of action in the Federal Employment World. So how to fix the economy and unite it with the Health Care issue. It would be in the Countries best interest to implement a 10% per cent penalty against every State, County and Government Official within this Matrix of failures. Hey what is that old saying, what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander. I am serous about this, it is past due to show that our Government Officials they have failed, their system failure reaches into this world of warnings that they brush aside as if the information is not worthy noting. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11/2001 to 3/07/2010 of our tax system and Health Care Reform. This 10% per cent penalty should go into the Health Care Forum.<br />
 The big problem that Government Officials have is that they have no street credit. President Obama still has some but if he does not take his family and step away from these dueling Parties, that fight over this Health Care Dollar, and stand with Us he will lose all credit from the streets to the county.<br />
 President Obama, I would say to you, you have one last chance to regain the hopes and dreams of the American People. To reach out in a concept that states, if there is 250 million people in trouble because of these failures, I would give all my money to them and then I would say to all that I gave money to, “I have no money left, would you all please give me $1.00 back and then I would have $250. million dollars to start all over again.”</p>
<p> As for this $100,trillion dollar in site&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Results 1 &#8211; 10 of about 685,000 for net worth of medicine development industry<br />
  Just to show how deep this Health Care Tax split petition reaches. The term split petition is used because of the Tax factor plan that is not seen because of the intent not to show a capital Taxing of close to a $100 trillion dollar package, a yearly system income, not profit&#8230;..</p>
<p> Some have stated that I clam to have spiritual in site or something of the sort.  I assure you this is not true, so when I state that I asked God to help, it is my way of saying hey Bobby show me how to work on theses Chevy engines. But I do thank you for the consideration. Consider me a cross of Jethro Bodine  from the Beverly Hill Billies with my 10th. Grade education and Vin Diesel  from the move Pitch Black.<br />
 So drop on by and see page 100 at our site and follow the blue pill link</p>
<p>Health Care within a moral value, is to ,</p>
<p>{ GIVE LIFE TO HOPE WHERE THERE IS NONE }</p>
<p> Henry Massingale<br />
 FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward<br />
<a href='http://www.fascmovement.mysite.com'>http://www.fascmovement.mysite.com</a> on google. yahoo, and Aol.com<br />
please take the time and visit all my new friends on the net and if you wish to post with FASC Concepts you will be most welcomed. So join us and share your ideas as one in one voice.</p>
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		<title>By: Jerry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-questions-costs-of-us-healthcare-reform/comment-page-11/#comment-6905</link>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah! I&#039;m so glad this was poste&#124; There is  quite a bit of contradictary
info blogged about, this dispells, puts to rest
much of what I&#039;ve heard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah! I&#8217;m so glad this was poste| There is  quite a bit of contradictary<br />
info blogged about, this dispells, puts to rest<br />
much of what I&#8217;ve heard.</p>
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		<title>By: norris hall</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-questions-costs-of-us-healthcare-reform/comment-page-11/#comment-5407</link>
		<dc:creator>norris hall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s an idea that may appeal to conservatives and liberals alike

Let&#039;s start letting Americans opt to have medical treatment in foreign countries.

Right now only a few insurance companies will pay for procedures done overseas.
This forces all of us to use the American Medical system.  And at $10,000 a day for a stay in a US hospital, it doesn&#039;t take a mathmatician to figure out why health care is so expensive in the US

Like many Americans , who are older and self employed, I can only afford catastrophic health insurance. My Blue shield plan costs my wife and I $920 a month and has an $8000 deductible.

About 4-5 years ago we found a great solution.
Thailand!!

Like India, Costa Rica, Singapor and Malaysia, Thailand is trying to attract overseas patients who are priced out of their own medical system.

We went over there for complete physicals…to start.(1/10 the cost of the same procedures in the US: ultrasound, X rays, stress tests, EKG, colonoscopies, blood work etc.).  We were paying about $240 to get $2400 worth of tests done.
Add $1000 for roundtrip airfare and $150 for a couple nights stay in a nice hotel (or you can stay in a hospital room for about the same amount)...we saved  $1200.
 
In subsequent years we added dental work…also a fraction of the cost.

And last year I went there for my first every operation in a foreign hospital.
The operation on my throat was a success. Best of all....I saved thousands of dollars.

When my wife’s pacemaker replacement is due we plan to have it done in Thailand.

Recently I had to go to my local dentist in California for a toothache. He looked at my records and commented that I hadn’t been in to see him for 4 years.

I didn’t have the heart to tell him that the only reason he was seeing me now because it was an emergency.

Rather than try to change the system, let&#039;s let competition drive costs down.
As more and more people seek medical care overseas, Doctors, hospitals and drug manufacturers will have to bring down costs here in order to attract patients.

If they don&#039;t, they&#039;ll all have to fight over a shrinking pool of customers.

And insurance companies will love it because they won&#039;t have to pay the outrageous medical bills for US medical care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an idea that may appeal to conservatives and liberals alike</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s start letting Americans opt to have medical treatment in foreign countries.</p>
<p>Right now only a few insurance companies will pay for procedures done overseas.<br />
This forces all of us to use the American Medical system.  And at $10,000 a day for a stay in a US hospital, it doesn&#8217;t take a mathmatician to figure out why health care is so expensive in the US</p>
<p>Like many Americans , who are older and self employed, I can only afford catastrophic health insurance. My Blue shield plan costs my wife and I $920 a month and has an $8000 deductible.</p>
<p>About 4-5 years ago we found a great solution.<br />
Thailand!!</p>
<p>Like India, Costa Rica, Singapor and Malaysia, Thailand is trying to attract overseas patients who are priced out of their own medical system.</p>
<p>We went over there for complete physicals…to start.(1/10 the cost of the same procedures in the US: ultrasound, X rays, stress tests, EKG, colonoscopies, blood work etc.).  We were paying about $240 to get $2400 worth of tests done.<br />
Add $1000 for roundtrip airfare and $150 for a couple nights stay in a nice hotel (or you can stay in a hospital room for about the same amount)&#8230;we saved  $1200.</p>
<p>In subsequent years we added dental work…also a fraction of the cost.</p>
<p>And last year I went there for my first every operation in a foreign hospital.<br />
The operation on my throat was a success. Best of all&#8230;.I saved thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>When my wife’s pacemaker replacement is due we plan to have it done in Thailand.</p>
<p>Recently I had to go to my local dentist in California for a toothache. He looked at my records and commented that I hadn’t been in to see him for 4 years.</p>
<p>I didn’t have the heart to tell him that the only reason he was seeing me now because it was an emergency.</p>
<p>Rather than try to change the system, let&#8217;s let competition drive costs down.<br />
As more and more people seek medical care overseas, Doctors, hospitals and drug manufacturers will have to bring down costs here in order to attract patients.</p>
<p>If they don&#8217;t, they&#8217;ll all have to fight over a shrinking pool of customers.</p>
<p>And insurance companies will love it because they won&#8217;t have to pay the outrageous medical bills for US medical care.</p>
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		<title>By: Slamdeven</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-questions-costs-of-us-healthcare-reform/comment-page-11/#comment-5022</link>
		<dc:creator>Slamdeven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This bill focuses on the short term. Attempting to lower the cost of health care for unhealthy Americans.No investment is funding the prevention of disease, making Americans healthier, and lower the need for healthcare and medications. In schools we are no tought how to be healthy and it shows in our citizens. If we are going to spend a trillion dollars it should be spent educating the public about the need for proper nutrition, exercise and sleep. That is a nobel long term goal and will reduce the long term need for &quot;health&quot; care. I have never had medical care and neither has anyone in my family. We have never needed it because we take care of ourselves. OUR HEALTH IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. We eat all naturals food, exercise everyday and have a regular sleep pattern. I am very healhty without healthcare and I do not want to pay more taxes to pay for lazy people who didn&#039;t take care of themselves or their family.Self care not health care!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This bill focuses on the short term. Attempting to lower the cost of health care for unhealthy Americans.No investment is funding the prevention of disease, making Americans healthier, and lower the need for healthcare and medications. In schools we are no tought how to be healthy and it shows in our citizens. If we are going to spend a trillion dollars it should be spent educating the public about the need for proper nutrition, exercise and sleep. That is a nobel long term goal and will reduce the long term need for &#8220;health&#8221; care. I have never had medical care and neither has anyone in my family. We have never needed it because we take care of ourselves. OUR HEALTH IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. We eat all naturals food, exercise everyday and have a regular sleep pattern. I am very healhty without healthcare and I do not want to pay more taxes to pay for lazy people who didn&#8217;t take care of themselves or their family.Self care not health care!</p>
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		<title>By: viktor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-questions-costs-of-us-healthcare-reform/comment-page-10/#comment-4961</link>
		<dc:creator>viktor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello!My wish to you: see this and than you choose what to do!http://www.webtwoforyou.eu/Here you can see a presentation. When you see this you want to join.But first you mast to register to SITETALK (this is something likefacebook, twiter,... - but they pay you)Here is the link for sitetalk - www.sitetalk.com  Its FREE. For register you mustwrite  for refferal my user name bortchy , but this user name changewith yours user name when you send this messege to friends.I hope you enjoy and we will cooperate for a long time.With love, viktor</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello!My wish to you: see this and than you choose what to do!<a href='http://www.webtwoforyou.eu/Here'>http://www.webtwoforyou.eu/Here</a> you can see a presentation. When you see this you want to join.But first you mast to register to SITETALK (this is something likefacebook, twiter,&#8230; &#8211; but they pay you)Here is the link for sitetalk &#8211; <a href='http://www.sitetalk.com'>http://www.sitetalk.com</a>  Its FREE. For register you mustwrite  for refferal my user name bortchy , but this user name changewith yours user name when you send this messege to friends.I hope you enjoy and we will cooperate for a long time.With love, viktor</p>
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		<title>By: private car services</title>
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		<dc:creator>private car services</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>your site is natural colour so i like this model</description>
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		<title>By: Kitty Antonik Wakfer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/11/16/china-questions-costs-of-us-healthcare-reform/comment-page-10/#comment-4819</link>
		<dc:creator>Kitty Antonik Wakfer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since the Chinese government (and probably some wealthy individuals) has bought so much of US government debt, it is only reasonable that they would have *lots* of questions about how safe is their investment - and even requirements to ensure it. And most definitely the current bills being &quot;debated&quot; - what a laugh to use that term - are not going to improve the financial state of the US government. The only way out for individuals is to make themselves as independent of the government programs as they possibly can  - and being and staying healthy is a major way.I have not had medical insurance for the past 9 years when I ceased employment with Motorola (after 16 years) and went onto unrelated endeavors. While I take extensive health degeneration prevention measures and am in excellent health at age 64 having no chronic health problems, I would have true catastrophic medical insurance ($25k deductible) if it were economically available in Arizona - it is not and all that is available is determined by the US federal government. It is government that has limited what I can obtain in the way of health insurance and is threatening to further interfere in the relationship I may form with a physician under the rare occurrence that I consult with one.Being free of debt and healthy should be the goal of every person in the US now, more than ever. The US government is not and never should have been considered a source of financial or health security.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the Chinese government (and probably some wealthy individuals) has bought so much of US government debt, it is only reasonable that they would have *lots* of questions about how safe is their investment &#8211; and even requirements to ensure it. And most definitely the current bills being &#8220;debated&#8221; &#8211; what a laugh to use that term &#8211; are not going to improve the financial state of the US government. The only way out for individuals is to make themselves as independent of the government programs as they possibly can  &#8211; and being and staying healthy is a major way.I have not had medical insurance for the past 9 years when I ceased employment with Motorola (after 16 years) and went onto unrelated endeavors. While I take extensive health degeneration prevention measures and am in excellent health at age 64 having no chronic health problems, I would have true catastrophic medical insurance ($25k deductible) if it were economically available in Arizona &#8211; it is not and all that is available is determined by the US federal government. It is government that has limited what I can obtain in the way of health insurance and is threatening to further interfere in the relationship I may form with a physician under the rare occurrence that I consult with one.Being free of debt and healthy should be the goal of every person in the US now, more than ever. The US government is not and never should have been considered a source of financial or health security.</p>
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