Comments on: Democrats are the ideologues on health care

By: Democrats are the ideologues on health care | Well-being

Democrats are the ideologues on health care | Well-being — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:41:22 +0000

[...] Democrats can talk about Republican ‘intransigence’ all they want. But Democrats have all the votes they need for health reform if they can convince the public — not to mention all of their own members — that a government-run ‘public option’ for health insurance is about pragmatism, not ideology.more [...]

By: Health care: Which is the real party of no? | Kyle Wingfield

Health care: Which is the real party of no? | Kyle Wingfield — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:41:14 +0000

[...] alternatives on health reform are not between action and inaction — or even, as I wrote last month, between government intervention and a tee-totally laissez-faire approach. At the New York Times, [...]

By: Michael H. Smith

Michael H. Smith — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:09:10 +0000

To the jerk(probably from New Yuck in Nationwide’s Lilburn barrio)

Clown voice you New York illiterate that was no surrender. It was a dismissal of you.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew your aching ego!

By: kwingfield

kwingfield — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:11:06 +0000

About those poll numbers, Reform Will Happen: CBS News also has poll numbers from Sept. 1 showing that two-thirds of Americans say they don’t understand the health reforms being debated, and that a plurality of 47 percent think the government would do a worse job than private insurers of providing coverage — a big shift from just a couple of months earlier: http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/poll_healthcare_090109.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody

Mark Hemingway at National Review does a good job here of explaining why we should take high polling numbers in support of “a” public option with a grain of salt: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTFiZjJhZDJkNGI3OGNmY2M1NzJkNjhiMjBkNmY5M2U=&w=MA==

I still don’t think Democrats have done an adequate job of making the case for their plans. It will be interesting to see if/how President Obama steps in to change this debate into one he can win.

By: Your morning jolt: If your kid. Comes home. Talking like this. It's Obama's fault. | Political Insider

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:41:18 +0000

[...] Kyle Wingfield thinks Democrats are the ideologues on health care. [...]

By: TRUTH

TRUTH — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:37:22 +0000

This why we need health insurance reform:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/07/AR2009090702455.html

By: Tom Vega-Byrnes

Tom Vega-Byrnes — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:11:43 +0000

Tax credits don’t work on a cashflow basis. What good is it to people who need to pay the doctor today that as much as 15-18 months later they may see some cash out of a tax refund mechanism. Medical providers are already stretched to breaking by insolvent States that can’t pay their Medicare bills. There is no getting around the fact that if we are going to help those without health care get it, or cover portions they can’t afford, we will have to make upfront payments out of the public purse. If you’re against this, you’re against universal health care. There’s no hiding this fact in the debate.

By: One Voice

One Voice — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:39:43 +0000

I accept your surrender, Michelle H. Smith. Now get back to your trailer.

By: Michael H. Smith

Michael H. Smith — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:46:03 +0000

Good luck Michelle whoever you are and don’t believe a word this clown voice says.

By: One Voice

One Voice — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:38:30 +0000

Michelle,

What I don’t need is someone who never even went to college telling me how a research university factors into the health care system. I am at a national research university, and health reform affects insurance, coverage, hospitals, private practices, and patients but has almost nothing to do with the work at research universities. Once again you have shown how little you understand the issue.