Comments on: Senate healthcare bill: Opt-out is in, Snowe is not

By: Former Canadian

Former Canadian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:03:03 +0000

I watched in dismay for months as inlaws and friends suffered and eventually died while waitin for tests and treatments that would have begun in days in America. Public option is NOT the answer. Government cannot run this system. The pay scake abd such DOES lead to rationing of care. This is not from the “greed of the government” as often cited. It is from the lack of doctors. With pay limited to government levels, the best and the brightest do not have a desire to be doctors. We had about 40 doctors in our city. Population was slightly over 100,000.

By: David Guerrero

David Guerrero — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:43 +0000

Of course Private insurance is not the only way to finance health care ask ANYONE who has lived in or visted at length Europe, Canada, etc.
Whomever you are, support the national healthcare idea with a public option.
The “boo” policy of calling it “socialistic” is so 20th century. Who cares if it is partially a government program? F.D.R. had to get government more involved to fix things also, and the only thing more costly than health care is a lack of it. And personally I’d prefer no OPT OUT Option – I am from Texas and trust me I know / we know the one Governor idiotic enough to refuse federal money (has done so before) is Rick Perry – the man I most want to see defeated next election. Loyal Texan and sane person who is not afraid of what works fine everywhere else, dg

By: erheault

erheault — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:38:07 +0000

When all of the baby boomers land in SS medicare Mreicade free pills it wont matter who pays the bills as the cost will consume the USA, all though it would be good if the pres stayed in DC for at least a full day instead of running all over the US and world filling his ego.

By: JTom

JTom — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:15:19 +0000

Is private insurance the only way to finance health care in the USA or anywhere else? What are the other options? And the pros and cons?

By: CarrieW

CarrieW — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:53:32 +0000

Public Option in? Harry Reid out! A Public Option will be the beginning of the end for Private Insurance!

By: anne hart

anne hart — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:10:02 +0000

I believe all Americans are entitled to receive Medicare, so I’m pleased a government option will be included in the bill.

Hopefully it’s only the beginning of real healthcare reform in this country.

By: oldguy

oldguy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:34:37 +0000

I want some free healthcare too, and some FREE MONEY!!!

By: brian lee

brian lee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:33:52 +0000

Harry Reid has some praying to do,it is like a minefield in afghanistan for him, everything he is involved with could blow up in his face.After the mid term elections he could be out of a job. But at least his son could get him fixed up as a lobbyist,and there are various opening because the democrats turned several into Czars.

By: bobwhite

bobwhite — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:37:17 +0000

I want some of that free healthcare too.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:20:08 +0000

Snowe isn’t really a moderate. She’s just been deceiving the voters of Maine. She’s really a Limbaugh/Palin Republican who pretends otherwise to get reelected.