No to government controlled health care in America
We oppose any legislation that imposes greater government control over health care. We are against the public option because the government has no business taking over any segment of the American economy.
Doctors and other independent health care providers should drive the conversation about health care reform, not special interest groups from MoveOn to ACORN.
We urge you to be guided by free market principles when you consider how to vote on health care reform. The national debt and annual budget deficits are too large and cannot support expanded entitlement spending.
I do not support this current bill because it is too big, invades privacy, costs too much and legislators as well as constituents do not know specifically what impacts it will have. I also do not want Illegal Aliens covered, because they are NOT citizens.
There is some need for health care reform to control costs. I see new palaces of hospitals and clinics being built that are virtually empty of patients being built by supposed Non-Profits? Give me a break.
Where does government control end? If we allow one more area of control where else will the government dictate how we live our lives.
The only necessary reform is to stop insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. Risk assessment should include all people in a geographic area rather than a small group (i.e a business with 8 employees).
As a struggling business owner, I am concerned that I will be required to pay for my employees insurance. I believe in private enterprise
Health care should be preventative with whole organic non GMO foods and clean water. Advertising of medicine should be illegal
GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER RUN ANYTHING WELL
OPEN INTER-STATE COMPETITION AND TORT RE-FROM
It can hurt our family, we could loose so much after working so hard for.
I once a single mother and it was hard raising a child by myself, but I did it, I worked two jobs, put him in school, food on the table, purchased health care (a good one) at work, never asked for food stamps or goverment health care. I worked to hard to get what I have and don't want the goverment to take that privlage away from me or my family. This country never had it, don't change it now.
I believe the that citizens would be happier, healthier and more productive if government intruded less on their lives. Government agencies are always less effective than the private sector. Why spend trillions and enslave our children to huge debt just to have less effective health care?
We all agree that health care needs reform, but having the government take over such an enormous portion of our country's economy to make questionable reforms on health care is dangerous to our future.
I am concerned about our economy, the size of government, and the future of our nation.
I don't think that the current proposed legislation will be effective. I think that the expense is too high for the number of people who will be assisted. I think that it is a bad idea to impose a penalty on those people who do not want to have coverage. I think that making a committment of this size at this time is imprudent and NOT what most Americans need or want.
Stop spending money that we don't have! This is fiscal suicide!
I don't want government run healthcare....they can't run Social Security, can't run Medicare...can't stop spending money....can't put an end to deficit spending...and our Senators and Representatives are absolutely bought and paid for by major corporations and special interests.....so how do I expect them to manage my healthcare....I have zero confidence they can do it right....my vote is to kick all the bums out and start all over...beginning with Pelosi and Reid!
I think a very well thought out, thoroughly debated healthcare reform plan that addresses the ever rising cost of medical care and insurance premiums is appropriate...but with the end result not being a government run healthcare system. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what that end result would look like....but you know what?....I don't think our President, Senators or Representatives do either. The current Democratic plans are simply a power grab and takeover of our nations healthcare system and we will all pay dearly with ultimately higher cost, poorer service and possibly rationed healthcare. This is not the America that I want!
I do not want any government involved in health care insurance, decisions or policy.
Tort reform.
This will take our Choices of health care away. They are trying to rush this trash through before anybody can stop them. taking away our choices. This will bankrupt this nation. More taxes are evident!!!!!!!!!
No government run health care. I do not want to be forced to have health care mandated. Freedom is what USA is built on. Where is the money coming for this? Out of the working class pocket!
We don't need government to dictate health care! We need goverment to help get the working class back to work
What is Congress thinking, they are in a spending frenzy! All this corporate bail-outs, Stimulus spending and now Government run health care! Does Congress think the American people will sit by and let this great nation go under! Plus Congress want to pass Cap & Trade on top of all this madness!! Congress Listen good! Stop this reckless behavior now! 10% Unemployment! On Sebtember 30, the last day of the 2008 U.S. fiscal year, the National Debt topped $10 trillion for the first time in our history. And it continues to soar at a phenomenal rate!! Vote all Senators and Congressman & Congresswomen out of office that will vote and have voted for this madness!
Adjustment to our health care is needed: Tort reform, allow insurance companys to sell across state line, Tax write offs for health insurance premiums, let small business group into larger insurance groups, Insurance companys can't drop clients with pre medical condition, give low income people Health Insurance voutures.
I work in a medical facility. We have an enormous amount of canadians that come to us for their health care. They tell us the horror stories dealing with universal healthcare, and how they cant get help when they are ill. By the way who is Obama? that he tells the people what they have to do? Last i saw America was still FREE! He can take his universal healthcare and shove it!
less paperwork, no government intervention, trial lawyers that are in the dems pockets!
My view is that we do not need government run health care.
Government-mandated procedures will likely reduce doctor flexibility and lead to poor patient care. There will more than likely be more restrictions placed than what I am currently used to with my insurance now. 80% of Americans are happy with the health insurance they now have so why not fix the 20 % or less that needs to be fixed.
It impacts my access to health care & mt taxes !
More Government "DE" regulation,help the private section develope more robust competition !
FREEDOM, NOT GOV'T. CONTROL!
STOP TREATING PEOPLE LIKE THERE STUPID & LET THEM LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WHICH USED TO BE A NOBLE QUALITY!
I fail to understand this crisis. I am healthcare professional. I have lost personally 15% of my annual income due to the medicare reduction of re-embursement 2009. The industry on a whole is already stressed this healthcare farse will collapse a the system in the united states. Increase our debt and taxes and unemployment. Doctors cannot afford this without reducing overhead which any person can seee means job and career loss for tens of thousands.. . My best guess is that everyone of you people in position of power need a special election to be replaced and reminderd of your JOB. You where not elected to to hurt America but to serve. Think carefully before you vote for this reform you may be putting the people out of a career that you personally may need someday.. The tax burden alone on the middle class and small business is high enough. You congressmen and senators need to focus on a Energy reform so America is independent an free of foreign dependence.. This reform is insane and wrong. I know persoannly thousands of alabama voters who do not support this. What are you thinking if this about lining your political pockets perhaps another raise for yourself. Do you think robbing medicare to create a money pit for governement healthcare reform is in any way a solution. My children know not to rob Peter to pay Paul. Build Dams,nuclear reactors, solar and wind power. Do something constructive not destructive.. Also I do not know a single person who thinks we need to pay for healthcare for people who don;t pay taxes and are in this country illegally.. Working Americans are at a disadvantage here guys.. Entitlement and subsidy is fine for those who deserve and need help. The fraud is in the entitlement you know it and so does the American people.You the congress are really a bunch of crooked selfserving nut jobs..Christain values in this country are untapped and I have a feeling that your time on the hill will be short but not sweet for us or you. Shame on you.
The healthcare industry does not need to be run by the government .. free enterprise is what built this counrty and we are so heading for a real change and working americans have lost hope..
I don't want taxes raised, my future medicare opportunities put into jeopardy, and my life expectancy judged by a panel of socialists.
We can't afford it, and shouldn't rush into this
I feel that americans can make thier own decision about healthcare and we don't need to add to our Nations Debt- STOP SPENDING
LEAVE IT ALONE
Why Punish those who want to work to take care of themselves. Rewarding those who don't want to work to pay their own way. This is just another way to destroy free trade.
None needed
The monumental increase in the national deficit combined with the increased taxes for the relatively small amount of uninsurable people is not the right approach. And the governments track history of any program has always been mismanaged and led to bankruptcy, i.e. Medicare, Social Security, Welfare, Medicaid, etc.
Address only the uninsurable.
A Great Democrat once said "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country". Democrats can not even abide by one of their own leaders words. People, take responsibility and get the socialist out of office. Put real leaders in who will advanced the freedoms of this country and not force it's populace to buy insurance or risk going to jail!
Health care reform is needed however the government should not force people to buy insurance or be in the insurance business. I wan t to know where the real leaders are who will come up with a road map to guide and steer private enterprise, let the free market work and stop the corruption that currently goes on.
If it's not good enough for congress why should I be forced to change my insurance plan?
NEVER let the government do for us, what we can do for ourselves, it's that simple. Government never gets smaller after it gets bigger. GREAT healthcare is NOT an indespensible right, it is a privlage that should be lost by those who do not work for it, and who don't take basic care of their own health.
Health Care reform needs to start with providers, not insurers. We need doctors and clinics to genuinely compete with one another. Insurers need to pay equally for services no matter what provider, and the providers need to COMPETE for that money based on quality of service. (This means public transparency in the results obtained by the physicians)
I do not want to pay for someone to kill a baby. I do not want someone telling my child about sex and planned parenthood.
There are 4 basic problems with the current system: 1) Unbridled punitive damage awards - tort reform will help 2) Lack of interstate competition - open the market across States lines 3) 3rd party payer - no patient personal involvement in controlling costs - change to reimbursement of medical expenses except for catastrophic coverage. 4) Coverage tied to employment which contributes to lack of portability.
The federal government cannot control a health care system whether there is a single payer option or not. Every government run program or business for the past 75 years is financially nonviable. There is no incentive to control costs, curb corruption or limit fraud when you are spending OPM.
PLEASE INVESTIGATE TORT REFORM!
It is importatant because I don't want to have to pay for someone elses medical bills. I work hard to have my own health insurance and although it's not perfect... It's mine. The government is slow to react and to provide services. Trut me, I know. I work for the government. I sure as heck don't want to pay for abortions or any other crack pot services.
We need health care reform. However, we need to incorporation what we current have with private health care plans so that those that do have health care are screwed and forced into a government plan. Those that don't have healthcare can buy into private health care insurance by having the government tax them.
1.We already have plenty of choices in insurance care. 2.The government is the one that has made it difficult for insurance companies to compete across state lines. 3.We are all for tort reform. 4.The government ruins everything it touches. 5.Take care of all the cruption in Medicare and Medicade. 6.Make all the illegal alians go home.
In many ways, The United States already has the best health care in the world. To make it more affordable to all, the insurance companies need to have greater competition with each other through interstate free market trade. That way the consumers get to shake them down and weed out the ones who employ unscrupulous limitations and omissions. A free market causes companies to lower premiums, and increase the quality of their service, simply to survive amongst their competitors. Customers should be able to choose their services "ala carte" so that if they only want catastrophic coverage at a low premium they can get it without having to pay for the "Cadillac" comprehensive package. The Government can oversee and report on the insurance companies who aren't playing fair or paying up claims as they should. The insurance companies will have to play fair and serve well or they will lose all their customers to their competitors who are doing what the public likes. There are citizens who will never be able to purchase their own health insurance, but that's why we have Medicare and Medicaid. The citizens who do not wish to pay for their own health insurance can utilize the local government clinics where the cost of medical services is based on their income level. It's stupid to throw out a health care system that most citizens are happy with instead of working out the flaws to better the whole. Our nation's healthcare system will never seem perfect to everyone, but it can be improved with a little less State regulation-here, and a little more Federal oversight-there. I like my medical care. Even though I have to be self insured now, I think I'm getting my $$ worth.
I do not want my children burdened with the healthcare expenses of illegal aliens or persons who choose not to work. I do not want the government to make personal decisions for me or my family. We have the intelligence to make our own decisions.
We need tort reform to control costs but we need to be in control of our own medical needs. We do not need the government meddling in our heathcare.
The government is only going to make things worse for people who currently like their insurance
Tort reform. Competition across state lines. Portability.
There are already free health clinics out there for those that don't have or choice not to have health care. Look at the money being wasted right now with Child Care. People are literally stealing money left and right, and nobody is doing anything about it, because they don't have the money to pay someone to keep an eye on it to stop it. That is simply BS management. Government at it's finest. Taking care of money that isn't theirs with no care.
There is no such thing as free health care! Somebody has to pay for it. The people that don't work and don't pay taxes, want it because to them it is free. Not to me it isn't.
This issue is important to all Americans. Free Medicare to illegal immigrants encourages crimes, criminals, and terrorists to remain in USA. The word illegal means outlaw, which should be treated immediately for our safety. Urgent treatments will offer to those illegal immigrants in case of life or death ONLY. Afterword, ALL illegal emigrants must return to their countries immediately. We have enough crimes and terrorisms. Obama is making it easy to terrorists to remain in USA. The U.S authority can’t control these illegal immigrants, especially that are persuade by violent ideologies.
The U.S citizens are eligible to health care before the illegal immigrant. Illnesses are caused by poverty and they are increasing in U.S and they are caused by international helps to other nations. The USA must take care of its citizens FIRST.
No absolutly not!Go Private Sector!!
No more! The government has reached too far into our personal lives and by doing so is steal our freedoms and our liberties every day. No more!!! Furthermore, insurance is a product of the fruits of the labor of another American. No one has an intrinsic right to the fruits of another's labor. And that includes those who are not here legally. No one has an intrinsic right to health insurance! And the government has NO RIGHT to compete in the private sector!
Do we need reform? Yes. Do we need to completely dismantle the best health care system in the world that currently covers 85% of all Americans for the sake of a few who are not covered? Absolutely not! We need Tort Reform. We need mandates lifted. We need our rights to compete nationally restored to the people so we can find the very best deals for us and our families. We already have a government run health care program. 3 actually. If the government really can save all the money they say they can to pay for this new plan, let them take that money and fix the plans they have already destroyed. And that includes Indian Health Services.
If Komrades Hagan & Obama have their way seniors like me will be cut off and left to die.
We are more in need of tort reform, now. And we should be able to buy Health Insurance across state lines, competition will control prices. We do NOT need Gov't health Insurance.
Born Free And Taxed To Death
Get The Government Completely OUT Of Healthcare! And Out Of Our Lives! WE JUST WANT TO LIVE FREELY! Government Knows What We Want, PLEASE GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET US LIVE!
Balance, Cut, and Save is what the US Government should be doing. Government has needs to stay out of health care.
I want to be in charge of my health care not the govt
Allow insurance companies to compete across stat lines and cap law suits.
have been a small business owner for 35 years and if I ran my business the way government runs theirs, I would be out of business. Why would we think they could run our health care?
The best thing we could do is have more competition across state lines and have tort reform so that the DR.'s are not doing every test under the sun to make certain they do not get sued. It is just common business sense. Then we could expand medicaid to those that are in real need. Oh, and by the way, have a private company take over medicare and medicaid so that they can get rid of all the waste. I could do it in a year.
Government has been in control of health care with Medicare and Medicaid. It has caused the problem we are now facing. Until it can control the programs it has, there is now way that it can continue to grow for another 40+ million. Where is the sanity?
I am opposed to any more government programs for health care until the government can fix what they have already created.
I only want the reform if all members of Congress have the same public plan as the rest of us.
We don't need the government to ruin our options to health care. Stop illegal imigration and send them back to there own Country. Stop taking care of the sorry Americans that won't work!
My husband was a Emergency Medicine Physician for over 30 years. He passed away last year. But, if he were still here today, this bill would definitely put him in the ground. After all the years a young student spends in college, then grad school, medical school, residency, and then finally they get the "honor" of becoming a Doctor to serve their community, and now if this bill passes it will just take it all away from them-after all their hard work.
They could expand the Medicaid specs so that more people would be eligible, & for the rest of those (said 47 million) that aren't eligible, they can have a program that is a step-up from the Medicaid, where people can pay a smalll amount on a sliding scale. Its better than doubling the deficit, again.....McCain had a plan to give $5000 per person to get healthcare of their own.
The government already is too big and sufficating the american people. this country needs less government involement in are lives at this time and certainly less taxes.
reform the insurance industry not the health care industry. let insurance companies compete against each other by letting them do things like sell across state lines.
