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ron goebel

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get completely out of health care reform! the private sector will do the job if the fed. stays out of it.

Mildred

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Write your Senators and Congress person and let them know that you EXPECT them to forego the healthcare program they enjoy today in order to sign up for the healthcare program they are imposing on the rest of us. To email your senator, go to: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm To email your congress person, go to: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

Terry neese

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Everyone should be afraid of this “alligator.” Not just the GOP. Anything with a 1.6 trillion dollar price tag and a capacity to only cover a portion of those that are uninsured should be feared. Healthcare reform does NOT have to mean a government run healthcare plan. Changes in our system can reduce costs and increase the number of insured. There is no need to spend billions of dollars on something so unnecessary. Small businesses are the largest employer base in the United States, and they are also the main reason why people go uninsured. It is almost impossible for a small business to get a reasonably priced health insurance plan for their employees. Federal regulations keep the cost high for these business owners, and at a time like this, we need to be helping out small businesses as much as we can. They should be able to band together across state lines to spread risk and increase bargaining power and purchase individually owned plans, like health savings accounts, for their employees using pre tax dollars. These changes could drastically reduce cost, and are still a viable option for the federal government to pursue. At the NCPA, we are working hard to make sure that the private sector does not get drowned out by government intervention! www.familyissues.ncpa.org Congress and the Obama Administration are pushing for health care reform that will move the US health care system closer to that of Canada or the UK. You can help stop a government takeover of health care from happening. Send a message to the White House and Congress by signing the “Free Our Health Care Now” petition. Go to www.freeourhealthcarenow.com and sign the petition today!

G Martin

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All Americans should be have same health program that all US congressmen have; afterall, we are paying for their healthcare. We should not allow private insurance companies to deny coverage to some people. Insurance CEOs make an obscene amount of money and their workers get bonuses for refusing customers payments for services needed. Medicare has worked so well for senior citizens, so the government should offer everyone something similar. You need to be in touch with most americans who do not have a job or healthcare

xjrobx

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So 852 pages is too much to read but this process is so complicated it still shouldn't take 852 pages to get it right? Somebody fill me in here, it's a complicated reform and it should require some intense reading. It's important for this bill to be accurate and specific. Other country's receive comparable quality healthcare for everyone and refuse to leave out 45 million people. Lastly, if you are planning on how to pay for something that is a necessity then the price tag should only be compared to the cost over time. It's not like 1.5 trillion dollars is extra on top of what we already pay. If this reform doesn't happen we're going to eventually see a much larger number and then people won't even be getting as much care as they would otherwise.

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Al Roberts

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Let's. as the president says"use this financial crisis" to privatize Medicare and Medicaid, privatize Social Security, abolish the Federal Reserve and the US Dept of Education, and 90% of the rest of the Federal government which is the Major Source of our Nations financial woes. The cost savings will lower taxes, interest rates and fix our economy.

Thomas

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$1.5 trillion is less than the Bush tax cuts which were intended to target the top 5% of income earners. This will lower the cost of insurance for every American by holding the healthcare cartel honest and accountable. The GOP is building a myth about a public health option being wateful and being forced on Americans. 1) Medicare adminstrative costs are 2% of the total budget versus 20% in the private sector. Waste? 2) A new CBS poll shows that 72% of Americans support a government option. Finally, this is about CHOICE and data from the handful of developed countries that have a mixed system shows that private health care can thrive even when competing with a public counterpart.