Wondergirl
the President is shilling for something in all the "town hall" meetings of Obots he attends.
You are distorting the facts to say that because there is no final bill then there is
nothing in existance to be unpopular .
The fact is that there is a bill that made it out of committee in the House(H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 ) ;there is a Kennedy proposal in the Senate ;there is another bill being negotiated in the Senate Committee.The President urges us to support whatever it is that will emerge from the backroom deals, and that it needs to passed right now, preferably a couple of weeks ago,without any debate . The President has never advanced his own plan....he is relying on Congress. Why should it get passed without debate ;without public comment ,without listening to testimony? Why not eliminate alot of the legal mumbo-jumbo in the House bill and just change the language of the controversial provisions if ,as they claim ,the provisions are being misinterpreted ?
If the President does NOT support the House bill he should make it clear to the public and do it today . He should not continue to defend the undefendable ;and lie about it's content when by his own admission he has not even read the bill on the House floor.
He would do a great service to advance his cause if he were to commit to signing onto to whatever law he signs for him and his family. Simularly ;everyone in Congress should make the same commitment.
inthebox
Did you see where patrons of Whole Foods are boycotting the business because Mackey dared to pen his op-ed about his ideas that doesn’t concentrate money and power in the hands of politicians and bureaucrats ? He supplies his company with excellent comprehensive coverage and benefits , and he thinks his ideas would work nationally.
Careers: U.S. Benefits | WholeFoodsMarket.com
The boycott by the ignorant is gaining momentum on places like Twitter and Facebook.
Mackey;who cannot be accused of being a greedy capitalist (He does his job at Whole Foods for a dollar a year salary) has some pretty solid sensible libertarian solutions to Health care reform . But the people who are boycotting have lost sight of the big picture.
Medical saving accounts invested in safe options ,combined with catastrophic coverage ;elimination of individual state mandates or provide for the customer's right to negotiate with a plan provider outside the state ,would be my solution for most Americans .
Here is what I could purchase if I was allowed to purchase my Health Insurance from BCBS Georgia "Tonik Plan " for about $100/month :
- Network: PPO
- Deductible: $5,000
- Coinsurance (after deductible): 100%
- Physician Office visits: $20 copay for first 4 visits, then plan pays 100% after deductible.
- Drug Coverage: $10 generic / $30 preferred / $50 non-preferred.
- Physician Choice: Yes
- Dental Care: $0 for cleanings, exams and x-rays. You pay 20% for minor restorative procedures like fillings after $25 deductible.
- Vision care: Plan pays $50 toward a routine eye exam, glasses or contact lenses and you'll pay the rest.
- Professional Services (X-ray, lab, diagnostics, etc.): Plan pays 100%
- Outpatient Care: Plan pays 100%
- Hospital Inpatient Services: Plan pays 100%
- Emergency Care: Plan pays 100%
- Physical/Occupational Therapy, Chiropractic Services: Plan pays 100%
- Preventive Care : Plan pays 100%
But this plan is not available to people in most states.
The people who are not covered due to financial contraints should be incorporated into existing State and Federal programs . The libs shouldn't object to that since they ultimately want everyone in the contraints of a socialist single payer plan .But in case they do ,maybe they would prefer that the uninsured were given vouchers to negotiate a deal of their own . Add into this some tort reform and most of the problems with our system would be addressed.
Them we could address the reforms needed for Medicare/Medicaid .
