It’s your turn to express yourself on health reform
Like it or not, Congress passed health care reform Sunday.
Now the question is, do you like it or not?
How will the overhaul affect you? Your workplace? Will it make things better or worse? Why?
What do you think about the tortuous political process to get us to this point?
Will what happened affect your vote come November? How?
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papafoxx
March 22nd, 2010
8:23 am
One of the clauses in this crap thing requires businesses to pay for their employees & families healthcare. I along with many others are already on limited funds and this will put a whole lot of people out of business who can’t or won’t pay. You think unemployment is high now, wait untill these businesses start laying off or closing
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:25 am
Nothing butt a constant stream of Stinky pieces, doo doo, doo-dee, dookie and poo poo flows from the mouths of the dummycrats (brownshirts) and so much so their shirts are stained from it all. Hence the name.
billy
March 22nd, 2010
8:25 am
get names of everyone who voted for this and vote them out come november. especially the round head. betyter known as borack oslaba.
Rich
March 22nd, 2010
8:25 am
Massachusetts is now stuck with a Republican and he never even voted.
Linda
March 22nd, 2010
8:27 am
Walter is right about the military getting universal health care. However, there are many – many doctors that will not accept that health care. I am retired and still use that health care. I have to search for doctors and that list is shrinking. Some of the doctors are less then quality doctors and some act like they really don’t want to treat you and that you are wasting their time by being in the office. I think that since Obama wanted this damn health care so bad he needs to participate in it. If it is good enough for us it should be good enough for him, after all you voted for him. Some of you on this post just don’t get it. The working middle class is going to pay for this bill. We are going to lose more money in taxes. We, the middle class, will soon be the poor. Then who is going to support this fine country we live in? You all need to wake up and smell the roses! Stop listening to everything Obama, the congress, and the senate tell you. Look behind the words. Make them READ the BILLS they are passing. For all the politicans that voted for this bill AGAINST are WILL vote them out of office. These people in Washington have been elected to represent us and they are not doing that. They need to get out of office and come back down to the real world to see what is going on. They need to bring jobs back from third world countries, they need to find a way to educate these children. The need to put an end to welfare handouts and stop giving free benefits to the illegals. So what if they come here to have a baby and then live off us for 20 years or more. That is your SS benefits they are living on. Many of us have served this country for our freedoms and our RIGHTS. There are many people that do not rate those same freedoms and rights. Health care, dental care, vision care, and many other things are not RIGHTS. If you want to EAT you MUST WORK! If you want HEALTHCARE you must be a US citizen and you MUST WORK!
Rich
March 22nd, 2010
8:27 am
I hope Rush keeps his promise and moves out of the country.
Call the Wahbulance
March 22nd, 2010
8:28 am
Look at the screaming from the conservatives. Cries of “socialism”, “communism”, and “nazism”. You guys crack me up. You don’t know what you’re talking about, but don’t let that get in the way of your anger!
As far the the bill goes, I’m disappointed that it doesn’t go far enough, isn’t progressive enough, but it’s a good step in the RIGHT direction.
Thomas Payne
March 22nd, 2010
8:29 am
Cutty…thanks for the correction. You are right, this is a exchange and not a co-op (used the wrong terminology). But my logic is still sound. And does the definition of exchange make you feel any better…
Definition:
Primarily what the health insurance exchange will do is bring together private health insurance companies along with a GOVERNMENT health insurance option to COMPETE for business among individuals and small businesses.
David S
March 22nd, 2010
8:29 am
Ron Paul said it best the other day when he was commenting on the prospects of repealing the legislation. He said that the upcoming bankruptcy of the United States will repeal the legislation. Sad but true. He has been right about everthing else. No reason to doubt him now.
Idiocy
March 22nd, 2010
8:29 am
Hey OBAMA, when I get fired because it is cheaper for my company to get rid of me than it is for them to insure me, are YOU going to pick up the tab for all my coverage. I sure hope it doesn’t happen soon, seeing as how the benefits from you bill won’t kick in for FOUR years. Hope, Change and Socialism. And what should I tell my children when they become adults and are paying for this debt you have laid on them through higher taxes and a 10% national sales tax. On top of the 7% sales tax they already pay. Just think about, I buy a car for $20,000, BUT WAIT, I have to pay $3400 dollars in taxes!!!!!!!! BIG GOVERNMETN = BIG PROBLEMS. You are a disgrace to the office, and a disgrace to this great country!!! How can you look your children in the eye knowing what you are doing to their generation???? I have a lot more to say about this, but I will back away from the table at this point. Man I can’t wait for November, both 2010 and 2012.
buckshotannie
March 22nd, 2010
8:31 am
Wow, such hate and bigotry and denial in these vents. As for the venter who said Get a job and buy your own insurance, I know lots of wonderful people who got laid off a year ago and are still trying to find work. Even with a job, many members of the middle class can’t afford insurance. Not all jobs provide benefits and if you all got your heads out of your butts and looked around and cared about your fellow human beings you would stop spewing hatred and do something to help your fellow people. Jesus would not appreciate your comments. I am not saying this new plan solves everything but at least it’s an attempt to help people. I hope you never lose your job or have a castastrophic illness that wipes you out financially and then no one will sell you insurance. I am praying for all of your souls.
tired American
March 22nd, 2010
8:32 am
I believe that passage of this bill will cost the average American a small fortune and be bad for the economy. The added expenses will mean small businesses will have to scale back in other areas in order to pay the much higher insurance premiums meaning fewer jobs, more layoffs and charging higher prices for goods and services. Large companies will also have to charge higher prices in order to offset the much higher insurance premiums that they will have to pay out.
GAmom
March 22nd, 2010
8:32 am
@ Howard – I’m a housewife so I work for the love of my job
But, I’m finishing up my Master’s degree and will have a paying job that I love.
Rich
March 22nd, 2010
8:33 am
Republicans are dumb.
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:34 am
Kruschev did not live to see his prediction come true but it has. The communists have taken over America.
A Georgian
March 22nd, 2010
8:34 am
VOTE OUT THE BUMS WHO FAILED TO VOTE “NO” FOR THIS BILL!
howard
March 22nd, 2010
8:35 am
Democrats gave us social security, Democrats gave us medicaid, Democrats gave us civil rights laws, and now, Democrats have given us health insurance….all this while Republicans, by large majorities, voted no on this important changes in America…Would you repeal social security, would you repeal medicaid, would you repeal civil rights legislation…..and would you deny 32 million more Americans health care?
tmz
March 22nd, 2010
8:35 am
Poor little rich people all crying cause they are going to pay more taxes. They are like the spoiled kid under the christmas tree, mine, thats mine, mine, its all mine.
A Democrat
March 22nd, 2010
8:35 am
Give me more free stuff as long as I don’t have to work and earn it myself!
papafoxx
March 22nd, 2010
8:36 am
Typical liberal democrats on this blog. I bet not a one of them has a clue whats in this bill, like over 60 and you are at the back of the line for care. Maybe you’re not 60 but you parents may be but maybe you don’t like them and it would be ok for them to just die. Check it for yourselves don’t listen to me
Lorenza Davis
March 22nd, 2010
8:37 am
99% of the people making comments have not read the bill at all. I myself have not read the bill. We are going by what the media is presenting. We like to rant and rave but when the dust settles we go back to our daily routine of our boring lives. We griped about the war, now we don’t mention it at all. It is because we don’t care anymore about it, it’s not a hot topic anymore. People wake up and go on with your lives, there will always be controversy. But as long as we pay our bills and take vacations and raise our kids, everything in the end will always work it self out. America survive wars, racism,recession, depression and everything else. This health care bill is not the end of America. Wake up and get on with your lives.
TRUTH
March 22nd, 2010
8:37 am
Actually HOWARD historically Republicans passed the civil rights laws. During the 1950s & 1960s Democrats accounted for the vast majority of NO votes on civil rights! look it up you uneducated moron!
Reality check
March 22nd, 2010
8:38 am
America is going bankrupt!
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:38 am
“Jesus would not appreciate your comments.”
Since when does someone speak for Jesus? You dont know what in the hell Jesus would apprciate or not. This “Jesus is on my side” mentaliity comes from drinking too much bong water and listening to Al SharpDung sermons of SHYT.
Now…GET BACK IN THAT TOILET!!
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:39 am
The depths to which some people here sink is disheartening. The vast majority haven’t even read the bill. The vast majority have only heard the lies and scare sound-bites from FOX news, repubs, and the like.
Sad. Very sad.
Example:
@Idiocy 8:29 am
You claim that this Obama bill has gotten you fired because your company cannot afford your insurance? Wow! You mean that even though this bill isn’t even law (Obama hasn’t signed it) it magically caused you to be fired? Remarkable!
“IT IS HARD TO HAVE A BATTLE OF WITS WHEN YOUR OPPONENT IS UNARMED!”
I see a bunch of fortune tellers....
March 22nd, 2010
8:39 am
All the comments that I hear from these Republicans is how this will not work and how this is going to put us in so much more debt and how insurance premiums will go up. These people would be better off in the circus as fortune tellers. Nobody knows what will happen! The healthcare reform might fail miserably or it might be a huge success. How does anyone know??? Nobody knows what will happen in this country except the good Lord above! And all we can do is pray that our President and Congress have made the best decision possible. But one thing I do know is our healthcare system was already broken. So from what I am hearing, the Republican would pretty much rather keep a broken system in place then to try something different that may or may not work. That is idiotic!! Why continue to keep something in place that obviously does not work??? I’d rather try something new; if it works, great! If not, then we move on to another idea. It’s called progress people!
GAmom
March 22nd, 2010
8:40 am
When did Republicans become champions of Medicare? They’ve been trying to kill it for DECADES. lol.
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:40 am
tmz
Then you must be the lazy-turd with your hand out. Well you gonna get a lil sumpin but never get all of what we have. 1 or ours is better than 10 of yours.
Now…GET BACK IN THAT TOILET!!
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:41 am
Here’s a clue, folks….
Amercia was going bankrupt 9 years ago when Bush took office and took us to war. THAT was the beginning of our deficit. During his 8 years it only got worse.
Obama is attempting to turn this around.
PETE
March 22nd, 2010
8:41 am
God bless the Obamas FOR WE Needed health care in this country.
Common sense
March 22nd, 2010
8:42 am
Do you all have any idea how much higher insurance premiums will have to go in order for the insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions? Get ready for “sticker” shock!!!!
Legend of Len Barker
March 22nd, 2010
8:43 am
I am proud of my President. I am proud of Speaker Pelosi. I am not proud of my representative. Mainly because he’s Jack Kingston, who spouted the same garbage nonsense about this bill that a lot of others have.
I am embarrassed for those of you who say the majority of the people didn’t want this. This was a major campaign point for Mr. Obama. The majority of us elected Mr. Obama to be President. So, yes, the majority of us wanted health care reform.
For those of you who keep spouting the same lines that this is socialistic, communistic, Marxist, or make comparisons to Hitler’s Germany, I hope none of your children have been denied health insurance because of a preexisting condition. I hope none of you adults have never been denied for a preexisting condition. That is one of the main things this bill is going after.
It saddens me to see the lack of courtesy extended to your fellow man (and woman). Do you believe that since you have insurance that someone else doesn’t deserve it? What about your neighbor who was laid off and is struggling to pay for private insurance on his own? Does he not deserve the same opportunity to be healthy as you do?
Oh. I forget.
The official Republican motto is: I got mine, so who cares about you?
I’m sorry, but my conscience won’t allow me to do the same. Before I’m labeled as a fool or a bleeding heart or a sheep, I’m not totally sacrificing my needs for someone who will be conveniently labeled as lazy, sorry, mooch, grifter, or some other worse epithet. You see, it doesn’t take much to show compassion, empathy, or basically be human to someone else.
For anyone who ever had a sympathy card sent to them, or a dinner brought to their home by a church after a loved one’s funeral, please keep that in mind. Life isn’t only about you and your financial superiority.
Winger
March 22nd, 2010
8:43 am
Welcome to the United States of Chicago!
Trevor
March 22nd, 2010
8:43 am
Look, many people are for this healthcare reform that was just passed, and just as many are against it. How many people have actually read the bill or any parts of the bill? Do not let others dictate to you what the bill will actuially do or tell you what is in the bill, read for yourself. The amount of people that will receive help especially our young, elderly, and people who cannot afford to go to a doctor for care. All new legislation many times at first is unpopular, but in the long run people will embrace the change when they see the legislation work for them, or down the line they become one of the desperate people in the pool of no insurance, either because loss of a job, or whatever. This is a great start but we all must come together because our work has just begun.
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:43 am
UNGER – Is there anyone monitoring this blog? Apparently not because “Boogers in Your Soup” has gotten out of hand!
senoiadawgs
March 22nd, 2010
8:43 am
Those of you who support the bill could come over and steal from my family and be arrested. Obama and the Dems come over and steal from my family and it is American and good for the country.
IT’S MY D$#N MONEY, IT’S MY FAMILY’S CHOICE WHAT TO DO WITH OUR HARD EARNED MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don’t think there will be many more taxes to pay for this disgrace you are sorely mistaken. Federal National sales tax here see you in 10.
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:44 am
The HCare was fine as it was. Now the Dummycrats are making a huge mess of things with cost overruns, service cuts, service delays and tax increases butt are too STUPID to know it. To know they have just slit their own throats…
*YAWN*…ah yes…seems a 401K contribution increase is due to offset Obama his thugs theivery. Obama reminds me of the Katrina idiots stealing everything in sight like a group of rabid donkeys.
Howard
March 22nd, 2010
8:44 am
the dummy-crats! LOL!
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:44 am
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:43 am
Im out of order?
NO…YOUR OUT OF ORDER.
THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM IS OUT OF ORDER.
Bible reader
March 22nd, 2010
8:45 am
Jesus never said that you should be lazy and not pay your own way! Jesus often did say, “Go and sin no more!”
william
March 22nd, 2010
8:45 am
This is so sad to me. The Republican Party is nothing but the new Ku Klux Klan. Nobody is willing to help another unless a war or some terrorist attack happens. I work for a major corporation and I have insurance. This does not affect me in any way unless I lose my job and then I will be thankful for it. This Bill is about helping those less fortunate where Black or White. There are poor Whites as well especially in the South. All those people sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars and the recession didn’t hurt them are the ones crying about this Bill. All this debate is about is the rich getting richer and the poor staying behind. It’s about all these big corporations paying off people and making millions and billions of dollars and still half paying people. Most people who were complaining have insurance and would not be affected. The Republicans and Fox News need to realize that all the lies, mess starting, and trouble is not working. If you really want to make a change come to the table with something real other than lies and allegations and doing something for the PEOPLE of the United States!
guest user
March 22nd, 2010
8:45 am
What is truly sad in this health care debate is the blatant hatred that is being fueled by racism and lies. Those of you who, like Henny Penny, believe the sky is falling should consider the sources you’re using for your news and information. They are lying to you.
Be smart and seek out your own and varied sources for information. Don’t believe everything pundits, talking heads and especially politicians tell you — from either side!
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:47 am
Obama has quadrupled (4x more) the federal spending over what it was under Bush — that is definitely not how you turn it around. The idea is LESS spending!
Obama’s theory of INCREASING spending to get out of debt is moronic!!!!!
Reality
March 22nd, 2010
8:47 am
Boogers in your Soup…
Okay, then. I’ll stoop to your level on just this one post. Nah, Nah, Nah! We won and you lost. You LOOOOSSSSTTTTT! You are a loser. You didn’t get the votes. You LOOOOOSSSSTTT!
You haven’t the ability to WIN! You are not a winner – you are a LOSER!
America dosn’t like losers – we like winners! If you don’t like America, then LEAVE!
Paul
March 22nd, 2010
8:47 am
I’ll challenge anyone else that has actually READ the bill for themselves as I have – no useful opinions can be formed from merely listening to the drivel of others. It calls for individual responsibility – you must contribute whatever you can to your own health care, no more of the free rides that are already required by federal law in emergency rooms (thus the anticipated 1.2 TRILLION net deficit reduction). It seems that Obama has out-Republicaned the Republicans on this point – much like that budget surplus Clinton guy. For every sitting Congressman there were over three lobbyists spreading the lies and cash to defeat it – surely they were just looking out for the public, and sadly, the factually impaired bought it, hook line and Hannity. The US is among the worst in the western world in longevity, with costs roughly 3.5 times what those healthier nations have – pretty much a no-brainer …… well, apparently not. The truth is a stern taskmaster – the sky is not falling, and we have at last taken our first step into the 21st century.
Garry Owen
March 22nd, 2010
8:48 am
Americans want health care reform, not government take over of health care disguised as reform. I watched in amazement the Democrats who used the talking points that almost everyone agrees is a good start for reform, but not one word about the massive expansion of government this mistake of a bill creates. I feel for those who got suckered into this so called health reform when the entire truth contained in this convaluted document is revealed. How many sweetheart deals did Nazi Pelosi make to get the votes? Will we ever know? Will those special multi billion dollar deals made in the Senate stand? Has all the special deals been “scored” by the CBO to arrive at a total cost for this disaster the Democrated have created?. My fellow Americans we have been shafted! Next come immigration reform. Instant citizenship for millions who broke our laws and for those new citizens 18 and older instant Democrats. Don’t forget cap and trade and $4.00 + gas.
three jack
March 22nd, 2010
8:48 am
new holiday, ‘dependents day’ ratified late on a sunday night in a completely partisan vote…disgraceful.
a month ago it seemed laughable that any state would threaten to secede from the union…today it would be welcomed. come on GA, be the first.
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:48 am
This is so sad to me. The DummyCrat Party is nothing but the new Black Panther Party or the WeatherUnderground the Turds in the Punchbowl…
Boogers in your Soup
March 22nd, 2010
8:48 am
201ST…YES!
TnGelding
March 22nd, 2010
8:48 am
JD
March 22nd, 2010
5:30 am
You might like it but we can’t afford to line the pockets of the insurance companies. What’s wrong with traditional Medicare?
Let’s wait and see how the regulators decipher the bill. Then we can comment on it. I’m surprised anything passed, and it wouldn’t have under regular order.