Comments on: Here It Is! The Republican Heath Care Plan!

By: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid Republicans…. « kavips

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid Republicans…. « kavips — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:40 +0000

[...] Thanks Cassandra/Delaware Liberal. [...]

By: a.price

a.price — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:01 +0000

Is it ethical to publish all of Mike’s blog posts in an attack at against him if he decides to lose another election?
It isn’t like he would be outed, he signs his comments. ya know, just so the voters can see he thinks the president is “shooting hoops”, and he gets his jollies dishonoring someone who is 436536124 times the man, and politician, and civil servant, and use of carbon that mike will ever be. (ted kennedy)

By: Progressive Mom

Progressive Mom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:21 +0000

“Guess who started the legislative action to get dreaded HMO’s going? The Chappaquiddick national swimming champ, Ted Kennedy.”

Was this non-sequitor posted just to bring up Kennedy again? As if bringing him into the conversation is a slur?

Are you aware that he died some months ago?

Keep up, bro! HMO’s are so-o-o-o-o 1970!

By: anon

anon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:09:19 +0000

If you think dealing with insurance companies now is a headache, just imagine if you’re dealing with them based in a state with little in the way of consumer protection.

Hmmm….

1. Allow insurance companies to sell in any state
2. Delaware passes a law removing all insurance regulations
3. Insurance companies move into abandoned MBNA offices
4. Profit!!

By: Perry

Perry — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:42:38 +0000

There's more: "CBO begins with the baseline estimate that 17 percent of legal, non-elderly residents won't have health-care insurance in 2010. In 2019, after 10 years of the Republican plan, CBO estimates that ...17 percent of legal, non-elderly residents won't have health-care insurance. The Republican alternative will have helped 3 million people secure coverage, which is barely keeping up with population growth. Compare that to the Democratic bill, which covers 36 million more people and cuts the uninsured population to 4 percent. But maybe, you say, the Republican bill does a really good job cutting costs. According to CBO, the GOP's alternative will shave $68 billion off the deficit in the next 10 years. The Democrats, CBO says, will slice $104 billion off the deficit. The Democratic bill, in other words, covers 12 times as many people and saves $36 billion more than the Republican plan."

By: anon

anon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:59:28 +0000

Add the American Cancer Society, along with AARP and AMA, to groups that endorsed the Dems health care reform legislation today.

By: cassandra_m

cassandra_m — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:21 +0000

His is already wrecked or they wouldn’t claim him.

By: liberalgeek

liberalgeek — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:37:11 +0000

Thanks for your concern, Birdman of Conservatraz. We’ll wreck our party, you wreck yours.

By: Geezer

Geezer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:17:59 +0000

And you should stick with flying for your soon-to-fail airline.

By: anonie

anonie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:52 +0000

Big Day for Obama, Dems and America: AARP, AMA endorse Dems house bill for health care reform.

By: Delaware Republican

Delaware Republican — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:55:06 +0000

Guess who started the legislative action to get dreaded HMO’s going? The Chappaquiddick national swimming champ, Ted Kennedy.

http://labornotes.org/node/225

Should have stuck with Wyden Bennett, not Obama care which is going to wreck the Dem party.

Boehner is not the President, where is Obama’s plan?

He must be golfing or shooting hoops.

Mike Protack

By: anon

anon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:56:29 +0000

They rely on people focusing on the imagery of their words, rather than the nightmare their policies would create.

9/11 and Iraq.

By: pandora

pandora — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:29:38 +0000

The state line idea is a huge gift to health insurance companies, the people… not so much. If you think dealing with insurance companies now is a headache, just imagine if you’re dealing with them based in a state with little in the way of consumer protection.

Geez, no wonder they need soundbites like “HCR will kill grandma.” They rely on people focusing on the imagery of their words, rather than the nightmare their policies would create.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:14 +0000

More of the same from the party of No Ideas. The CBO analysis came to the conclusion that the GOP bill would not increase the percentage of insured by even one percent and would lower rates for those in the upper income brackets who already have private insurance.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:10:49 +0000

Don’t ask silly questions – of course the media won’t notice the double standard. Pointing that out will lead to cries of “liberal media” which is apparently the worst insult you can give a journalist.

Yes, this plan is pretty awful but is it better than the status quo? I’d love to see a breakdown on this. It preserves the status quo in lots of ways but allowing people to buy crap insurance from states with crappy consumer protection – would that be worse? These people will think they have some coverage when they really don’t.

High risk pools – yeah, who could have guessed that putting sick people in one pool does little to lower costs.