Democrats Urge Patience on Health Bill

We don't have a lot of "patience" left because many of us have been "patients."

Unfortunately this is going to be pushed through and the realization of the American people seeing red is going to increase. Being in the healthcare field for over 19 years, I can tell you that you will see a major decrease in availability of physicains. The overflow of patient scheduling with limited family care doctors that will have to decide if you need to see a specialist will put many 6 months to a couple years out to see a specialist. This is not the time to use the "nuclear option", as this is not a budgetory need, but a want that has been burning a hole in the Democrat party since 1993. Currently Medicare is going broke, even though they have kept the increase in payments to physicians stagnant at less than 1%. It is time to restart the bill with what the needs are. We are putting to many wants that will bankrupt the country and we will be a part of China when they come calling for their money.

Don't count on me I want no part of it . Go ahead take me to jail I don't care

lmarkex.in jail you would get great health care.good thinking.but i will wait on public option.

I've run out of patience.

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Single-payer health care. Medicare for all. Let's do it this year!

Public Option, Public Option. That is the only option we have to level the playing field. No more Insurance executives pretending to know more than my Doctor.

Patience?? So Dems and Repubs can extract MORE campaign donations from health care lobbyists?

Republicans claim to love God, and Jesus. But they fail to recognize that:

Jesus was a non-profit health care provider--and He cured pre-existing conditions.

Jesus cares for the poor, so do Democrats. Democrats make America stronger.

Get the bill passed, Democrats - with a public option.

- The Public Option, or good quality Medicare for All !
- That's the only way, WE, THE PEOPLE will have health care ! ... and our Government, "by the people and for the people" (right ?!) should realize this ! Not perfect, but we will have it !
- All nations on this planet realized this long ago.
- Not "socialized" (by the way, the US VA health care system is socialized !) and not "one payer" ! It has to be "multi-payer", where the Federal Government (not state, not local) pays for most of the care, while the private insurers pays for the extra. The providers will continue to be private. The only really important criteria is: Universal - it has to be available and affordable, not ruin us !
- How to pay for it:
1. reatly reduce the incidence of frivolous law suits, the awards connected to litigations, the price one pays for prescription drugs.
2. Not completely (it's not possible), but greatly reduce the greed, the avarice and the only "for profit" mentality.
3. Make better use of our taxes. Stop subsidizing ("bailing-out") the private sector, which should subsidize itself. Give US the money directly.
- Health Care is not a private, local, or state issue - it is a National Issue, and cannot live without it !

Get rid of the leech health insurance business. How would you people like to pay your neighbor money so that he will then let you take your car to be repaired. We have no need for this idiot middle man taking our money. Wake up you dumb politicians and do your job and give everyone health care now. We want a public option with no strings, get it.

My neighbor was laid off - you know how much he's paying a month for his COBRA payment - and he has no children - $2,300.00 a month.

You're telling me that this is okay - the system's not broken when Health Insurance cost more than a mortgage payment. It's outright robbery. The insurance companies can only get away with it because they are the ONLY game in town.

They have a monopoly over the whole system and they have zero competition. In fact I would investigate collusion, price fixing and fraud and break them apart like AT&T.

Competition is what makes our market economy vibrant. But from an individual business perspective you don't want competition and other similar business opening up its doors right down the street. So in affect what's good for General Motors ISN'T good for America.

Corporations are working over time and at cross hairs for a healthy economy to eliminate the competition. Their goal is to manipulate the laws to put the other guy out of business or strengthen their hand and/or buy up the competition.

"FIOS" was just gobbled up the other day by AT&T (I think). The SEC needs to shoot that down.

The affect and effect of the individual corporate agenda is to cripple innovation and stagnate the economy on a national and global level.

The Status Quo in affect is unpatriotic and consumed by self interest. A self interest that is a poison pill to the overall economy and to the strength and security of the nation.

The SEC, FCC and EPA all need to get proactive and reverse the trend of our Orwellian vision realized. Not make it illegal to aquire, trade and buy. But have a real threshold where too big to fail is rolled back, and too big to feel the affects of competition are corrected.

The insurance companies needed that intervention three decades ago.

There can't even be the "illusion" of a free market system when you have a few big guys calling the shots. Gaming the laws to favor corpratisim is ruining the markets for the benefit of 1% of the Country.

I think that balance needs to be re-calibrated. Protect the markets and you have a vibrant, innovative, technically advanced and educated society.

Protect the individual corporations and you have a stagnent, lazy economy with no need for education.

We will be watching who votes for what very closely and Democratic and Republican politicians in tough races who choose insurance companies over families will loose their re-election bids. Count on it.

Don't be surprised if moderate republicans vote for passage at the last minute. They can read the polls.

The overwhelming majority want a strong vibrant public option introducing the concept of competition to this very insulated and protected monopoly of health insurance carriers.

There is nothing evil about the words "public" or "option" - they are the backbone of the economy and everyone knows it.

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MidwestContributor If you have been part of the health care industry for 19 years then you have been part of the problem for that long. This is going to happen. As Ronald Reagan said, "If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again."