GOP trying to kill health care bill

Mr. Reese - I implore you, please tell me how this boondoggle of a bill will be paid for. Out of whose wallets will the money come for all of this? Most everyone agrees, there is a need for health care reform. However, to force a bill down the throats of the American public that the president has admitted he has not read and does not understand, that most congressmen have not read and do not understand, and nobody is able to say where the money is going to come from is reprenensible. I ask that panels be formed to discuss this issue, come up with solutions, and allow the American public who will be saddled with the costs vote on this issue. Please, do not let the liberals continue to spread fear about health insurance.

Mr. Reese, We have not had this type of "health care" in America before buy yet you say the republicans are trying to destroy 47 million Americans - you sir are a loon. This administration wanted this 1,000 page bill signed into law in August without allowing anyone time to even begin to see exactly what was going on. Now that they are seeing what the true deal is, and that there is no way possible to fund this idiotic proposal, over 80% of Americans are against, thank God that both parties refused to pass this quickly. There may be a need for some changes in health care but the government controlling health care certainly isn't the answer. Your views of socalism where the working class must pay for everyone else is not being welcomed in America, even by many Obama supporters. Finally, many are seeing exactly what this administration really wants alogn with Pelosi, Frank Reid and others and is certainly isn't what is best for America as a whole. It would be great if everyone had health care but who is suppose to pay for it? What person in their right mind would want to go to medical school if this passes? It doesn't work well in other countries and we don't need it here.

Why would anyone want this health care bill? There is no right to health care. There is no right to affordable housing or affordable food. If you sow well you will reap well. If I want to help someone else; that is my choice. If a man doesn't work he shouldn't eat is the correct principle for all of this. It is fine to help the poor but forced givers aren't cheerful givers. The government created the mess we have today with other government medical programs and another one is supposed to fix it? Train yourself in alternative care and what is out there and 80% of your doctor visits are eliminated. God never intended for health care to be complex and expensive. If we choose to do things to destroy our bodies we are also the ones to choose to fix them. It is not anyone else's fault or responsibility. The alternative options out there are far superior, cheap, easy and fun including NAET, EFT, oil pulling, less sugar, more water, more sunshine without sunscreen, exercise and the list goes on and on. Make God your single source provider.

Obama's lies on top of lies on top of lies will be what kills his presidency. As far as this ridiculous "Health Care" package goes, it is Socialized Medicine, which has failed wherever is has been implemented. There will be no vote on this topic until it is completely re-worked. Obama is not competent to be President, and it becomes more evident with each passing day.

Mr. Reese, you want to screw up health care that 70% of Americans are happy with so you can pander to illegal alieans, dead beats lay abouts and poverty pimps to provide care to the few million that actually need it?

Mr Reese, this is one of the saddest LTEs I've ever read. Your lack of knowledge and real information is on display and you write as though you actually believe all of these "pieces of misinformation". You'll never be able to make an intelligent decision about health care starting from your current position. Please, try to educate yourself about this subject before speaking of it again. You'll save yourself a lot of embarrassment.

Mr. Reese, if you were 'cradle-to-grave-crazy' you would agree that Obama wasn't born in the U. S. and he wants a death panel to kill your grandmother. What's wrong with you, Reese? Git yourself a torch and join the mob.

the big lie that keeps being protrayed as fact is 47 milion americans dont and cant have health insurance. theses numbers included 10-15 million illegals 20 to 25 million who are young or finicially secure enough to purchase insurance but simply chose not to.
and the other lie is that republicians dont offer any ideas which is a lie. how about tort reform. competition across state lines for insurance policies tax breaks for those who dont have employer ins. just to mention a few but the dems control the power and their friends in the media will not cover any dissenting views. and to be honest i am tired of those we taxpayers have spent trillions on since the great society programs of the sixtys demanding more and are so unappreciative of the wealth and chance to succeed that this country offers but are so dependant on the govt to do anything for themselves hey how about a thank you mr taxpayer for your hard earned wealth once in a while.

dashiel, you continue to contradict yourself.

I just want to be the first to thank President Obama for keeping us safe and the economy is turing around. We knew it would be a slow process taking 2 to three years just in time for re-election. The Feds expressed confidence in the measures that our president have put into effect. We are going to be patient and give his plan time to work. With health care reform, the president will be 3 for 3. Good batting average. He really inherited a mess. If he turn it around he will be the best president ever in our country. We are very proud of his 27/7 efforts. I knew he could do it. A real tiger in the whitehouse. What a lovely first family for our country. HELLO! HELLO!

I agree with you, I have never in my life seen a group of people so afraid of the unknown!These people are afraid of everything, I am so glad that they are not overseas, fighting these wars. What they should have been afraid of was, the last president going into a region, that he knew nothing about!The republicans know that thier followers, will get up in arms about the least thing, because they are a bunch of fraidy cats!!That is why they lost the last election, we seen through THIER LIES!!It will not work this time either!! Nad for those worring about how it will be paid for,the same way we are paying for two wars!!!

Carcraft, no one is proposing to insure illegal aliens.

Got a call from one of my older african american friends from Augusta, he told me he got a robo call from Florida from the Republican party tell him what to say if he attended one. I was like what LOL, he said he let that so and so call play through then hung up LOL.

The GOPers and Freedom Works are all liars when it comes to this health care reform bill, just liars OMG.

Rhetor, you missed a line when you read the proposal. Illegals will be covered if they vote Dem.

Rhetor, we already provide illegal aliens a free public education along with free health care in every emergency room in the USA. Although they are not proposing to ensure illegal aliens, they are counting them in the numbers used to say how many people in America are living here without insurance. And, if you listen to previous comments from Obama and friends prior to the outrage from Americans over this health care proposal you will easily determine just how far he wants to take this. This country is in debt and prior to taking on more by taking more money from the taxpayers, they should be working to cut our all government waste. If they wanted to improve health care the work on tort reform as that would lower health care by as much as 20-25% alone.

jackfruit, what are you going to do when the govn't, under this bill, goes into your checking account and removes money with you having absolutely no say so. Or, when you change jobs, you must enroll in the govn't program under penality of law? This question is not only to fruit, it is for anyone who supports this legislation.

Screw the GOP People who pay taxes are against your healthcare plan.

This piece of garbage legislation needs to be thrown in the trash like all the dem legislators supporting it. As a poster said yesterday, "Why kill the dog when you are trying to kill the fleas"

again i am so tired of people demanding more and more for nothing. what gives you the right? higher taxes are nothing more than higher theft by the govt . taxpayers have given trillions to the poor in this country with little to show for. except an attitude of demanding more. americans are the most generous people on earth to our poor and those around the world. wake up take advantage of what this country offers and fend for yourselves. if you do this i am sure that americans will still be there to help you but just quit whining and demanding everything for free and be adults about your own lives.

What a mislead fellow. Is he kin to Lowell G.? Talk about the issues not what repubs want. Looks like the dims and the entitlement crowd are starting to throw up some smoke screens to try to help the messiah, but it looks grim. The honeymoon is fading.

Whistle-blower: Health care industry engaging in PR tactics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/12/health.industry.whistleblower/ind...

Ga, if you can't convince them that something is good by logic, proof and being the first, you divert, dodge, change sjubject accuse, ignore!, or try to steam roll!

I have friends in the midwest who are self employed (they own a small business). Ken had prostrate cancer a couple of years ago, his premiums keep rising, but he can't shop for another private policy, has been turned down for pre-existing illness. He hasn't told us his monthly cost. However, his partner had a stroke 3 years ago and her premiums are $1200 monthly. It is middle class folks such as our friends who are in real need of health care reform. Senior citizens have Medicare and the poor have Mediaid. It is the middle class, self employed and those without an employer health care plan, that are paying the price for republican opposition to reforming health care. I might add it is not only republicans, do some research, see which congressional members have the largest campaign contributions from the insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

As a Canadian born US citizen--yes one of those aliens, I am tired of the lies that are being presented as reality by the anti-health reform crowd --paid for by the industries that benefit most from preventing change. We have way too many undercovered people that end up costing our system serious money--that could have been prevented. I have parents who live in Canada--they get as good if not better care up there--at a much lower cost than here. Would the Canadian system work down here, I am not sure, but the status quo right now is not good for society at large--just for the special interests that benefit from it. It is way past time for a civil discussion on what would work best here, not the BS that gets thrown around by those in opposition who do not have an realistic alternative plan.

Do you realize that there is not a final health care reform bill yet? Three committees in the House had worked on the bill. The House Ways & Means, Education & Labor, and the Energy & Commerce Committees did get their versions out of committee. The 3 versions will then be merged into one to be voted on. The Senate has two committees, the Finance Committee & Health, Education, Labor & Pension. The HELP committee passed their version on July 15, it contains more than 106 republican amendments. The Finance Committee's bill has not been approved. Again once these two committees vote on their versions, they will be merged for a full vote.
Before we get our panties in a wad, let's see what the final versions will be.

I am totally against the government take over of the health care system. Pres Obama has failed at everything he has done so far and if his plan to take over the health insurance should pass, then it will also fail. I want to keep my insurance, I do not want the government telling me when I can see a doctor, what doctor I will see and making the decision if I can be treated for an illness or not. I wish that Obama would be successful at something, but I do not see that in his future. From the town hall meeting you can plainly see that the America people are against this take over. Let's just pray that it will be defeated.

teharper, don't expect the stingy whiners on this board to appreciate your friends' plight, even though the same thing could easily happen to them, or any of us. They prefer to revel in their resentment of others who they feel don't work as hard as they do, even though that has nothing to do with health insurance reform. They prefer to believe apocryphal stories (illegal immigrants who vote Democratic will be covered, according to Opiner...um, how, exactly, do illegal immigrants retister to VOTE, and then how does one find out how they voted? Does that make sense to anybody?) There is so much b.s. flying around, it's really disheartening. Meanwhile, the point of reform is summed up by your friends' story. Just don't expect these brainiacs to listen.

Unhappy with Obama, relax. None of what you say is true. The government is not going to tell you which doctor and when to see him or her. The government is not going to be determining your plan of care. No one is going to force you to use the public option. Keep your current insurance, if you want! Finally, the rude rabble at the Town Hall meetings are hardly representative of the American people. I pray that THEY will be defeated.

This LTE is a perfect example of how dumb the people are that voted for Obama. hahaha....If you are going to be able to cast a vote, shouldnt you have read the entire thing first? Instead Mr. Community Oragnizer was trying to cram this thing down our throats a month ago, eventhough he hasnt read it. My fellow Americans, nevermind that I havent read it. Nevermind that I dont really know how much it will cost. Nevermind, that whole, not raising your taxes thing I was touting during my campaign. A few words to keep in mind when I am exposed are Bush, Racists, Fox, Rush.