I live in Mass. and the mandatory health care sucks! The state is so far in debt trying to pay for all the people that can't afford it that our local aid is cut to nothing because of it. My son makes just too much money to get the free health care but can not afford to pay for the mandated care or through his work so he pays for the penalty through his taxes( it gets penalized through our state taxes) because it is cheaper. People have gone before the health care board because they technically have money according to the state(because the state is not taking into account all of your bills you pay to figure out your income) to show they can't afford paying for it, but the state say, "Oh yes you can!" It is a total nightmare for so many people. This is just the beginning of this mess if it goes through.

You have to start at the bottom. There are educated Republicans. The problem is that the majority of the republican party are lower socio-economic Americans that right wing media has stupified with brilliant propoganda. They have convinced people who really have no substance to be a republican to convert. They use trite issues like gun ownership, fear, and taking away the understanding that our society will not work for them if taxes are removed for common goods and services. I'd equate the comparison of them being republicans to a Jew saying Hitler wasn't that bad; maybe just a little angry. And where did the republicans who ought to be republicans go, why they went independent. We really have a problem with mis-information and misunderstanding. This collective bargaining crap. Its all part of a bigger agenda. And if you make less than $100,000 a year you are part of the agenda; and it don't look good for you. Please my republican friends, please educate yourself. ANd educating yourself can start at looking at where your opinions come from, right wing agendas that will leave you behind. Wanna start?>>> Look up the documentary, "Orwell rolls in his grave". You will see how the media is stifled and only gets info that the higher powers that be want them to have. And please, come back and lets have some common sensible discussion about all these issues, but please don't use Glenn,(I sleep with my Mother)Beck as a reference.He a twitless whining blowhard. Ever see the guy debate anyone with even limited intellectual capacity? Nope, cause he's doesn't want to be eatin alive. Its like eating dung, there's no nutritional value.

President Obama is beginning to find himself, for the first time we're starting to hear the voice of true leadership. He's sounding like the leader of the free world. Pres. Obama is beginning find his voice and speak out against the inequities of the priviliged few(millionaires/billionaires) and their sycophants who've railed against the middle-class. Finally he's speaking in defense of all working class americans. Whether you be non union or union the libetarians and their necons' servants(glen beck,republican governors,rush limbaugh,bill o'reilly; etc.) are out to drive the middle class workers of america back to the stone age w/ their antiquated economic policies( supply side ) of trickle down theory, along w/ wrong -headed legislations geared to strip away workers' rights in the name of balancing state/federal budgets.

President Obama is beginning to find himself, for the first time we're starting to hear the voice of true leadership. He's sounding like the leader of the free world. Pres. Obama is beginning find his voice and speak out against the inequities of the priviliged few(millionaires/billionaires) and their sycophants who've railed against the middle-class. Finally he's speaking in defense of all working class americans. Whether you be non union or union the libetarians and their necons' servants(glen beck,republican governors,rush limbaugh,bill o'reilly; etc.) are out to drive the middle class workers of america back to the stone age w/ their antiquated economic policies( supply side ) of trickle down theory, along w/ wrong -headed legislations geared to strip away workers' rights in the name of balancing state/federal budgets.

Doesn't Obumma realize that Obummacare is almost identical to Romney's? Both are copies of what Hilary Clinton and Ted Kennedy wanted to force on us when Bill Clinton was president.

It sure looks like they know the Supreme Court Justices are going to strike down the "unconstitutionality" of the entire mess!

This crap we have now will only make healthcare so expensive and limit coverages where not even the government can afford it. I wish the people that tout that piece of crap would educate themselves on what the Obummacare really is and what it would cost before they start promoting it.

Remember, How many "free" things do you think the government is going to give and how successful do you think they will be in managing it? Stop and think, the "government" is you and me and I for one don;t want to finance a zillion people healthcare while they sit on their butts and do nothing!

Prez. B.O. could do more for the health of this country just resign from office . Or wait until Jan 20,2013 when the national error ends !!

Obama aways makes concilatory statements then does nothing. Kind statements with no action mean nothing. He has an agenda and he will do anything it takes including lie or evading to reach his goal. He feels he is smarter than you and I. He says he moves to the middle and does not. I might have disagreed with some of our Presidents but I always felt they had the best interest of the country at heart. His guy I am very unhappy with. With Obama in a boat with me I would be the only one rowing. Ken Krieger Cape Coral, Florida

Romney is old hat. Then again, it only took a really old hat named Ronald Reagan to beat another incompetent president Jimmy Carter, by a margin of 44-6 states.

If 0bamacare were to actually make it into law I would shut down our 65 person surgi-center and lay off all the Dr's and nurses. I would head off to my ski house and work about 4 days per month for cash and/or barter and enjoy life. Being a Plastic Surgeon you have the benefit that all your patients are paying cash and will continue to do the same thing. I just get rid of the headaches of running the biz I built up with a bunch of other specialties included. My 58 year old cardiologist just told me he is leaving at the end of the year. You people will need to get used to Indian and Chinese speaking Dr's. because a lot of us over 50 will retire. (I am 53) I didn't spend 4 years of college, 4 years of Med school and 7 years of residency to have a community organizer telling me how to run my business. Like I said - I am not alone.

So obama wants the states to come up with their own insurance plan that that will not add to the deficiet, if the states want to opt out of obama care, what about obama care, its projected to add 20Billion to the deficiet in 10 years, so how can this bill be cost effective. obama and his croonies are taking the american people for another ride. Not sure what obamas ajenda is, but I'm sure he once again is up to no-good

Mitts TOAST already! The traditional GOP is already in trouble with the teabaggers and now the #1 boy is done. ouch!

MSNBC is so confident in their ability to manipulate their followers that they figured a biased headline followed by "zing" would be enough to for most of their readers to ignore the actual quote. Anything to prevent the masses from seeing the "exalted one" admit that his opposition is correct.

"Obama gives props to Romney on health care"

"In a moment that Mitt Romney's future GOP opponents couldn't have scripted better themselves, President Obama Monday issued a full-throated embrace of the former Massachusetts governor's stance on health care."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/28/obama-gives-props-to-romney-on-health-care/#more-148397

It was leaving it to the states that created this mess in the first place.

Can anyone explain to me why I should have to buy my insurance from only a couple of companies operating here in WA when there's a plan in say MA that'll be more suitable for me?

To Steve-505729

I really don't understand your posting when you blame President Obama with the hike in gasoline/gas prices. Please

elucidate

So let's see.. the GOP is gutting health care and everything that they can find to try to balance a budget that will only be balanced when they revisit tax cuts, SS, Medicare and Medicaid... and meanwhile Obama tries to get better health care for all of us.... It's easy to see who is working for the American Public and who is working for Koch Industries..... the GOP is toast, but the don't realize it as yet....

Not having insurance would just be completely crazy. I am an accountant and in my local area Wise Health Insurance is the best health insurance finder I ever had. Yes my insurance does cover dental and eye insurance which is a big help to my life.

Actually ObamaCare is worst then RomneyCare.

RomneyCare doesn’t have a regressive middle class tax hike (the so called “Cadillac tax”) designed to lower the quality and increase the cost of employer provided health insurance.

Currently RomneyCare costs are soaring and MA is trying to return to the failed 1990s capitation and managed care in an attempt to control it. The real problem is the failure of the underlying principle of both RomneyCare and ObamaCare. Trying to provide universal health care through the private insurance market DOES NOT WORK

Healthcare reform here in Mass only worked for those who do not actually pay for it. If you think it will not cost you you are wrong. Same health insurance plan larger deductable and I am now paying 1300+ a month for a married couple. I repeat the only reform was to redistribute my healthcare. Soon I will be paying taxes for having what the annointed one considers a cadillac plan. Because being self employed I will not have the waivers that he gave to the unions and large companies.

DUH, you think insurance companies are efficiciently run organizations?

According to LT Gov David Dewhurst of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and probable candidate for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s senate seat, per capita health care costs in the US are at least 2 1/2 times more than every other country on the planet.. That is the problem, not Medicaid, Medicare or even Obamacare.

Per the CIA World Factbook, the US ranks 46th in infant mortality at 6.26 deaths per 1,000 live births…..yet the Republicans claim we have the best health care delivery system in the world.

But..but...but

Don’t foreign people come to America all the time to have medical services performed? Absolutely, if they have the money. But these days more Americans travel to foreign countries for medical services at 1/3 the cost than come to America for similar services.

But all these countries pay more taxes than we do, right? Yep, but their taxes also pay for universal quality health care. Add what we pay in taxes to what we're paying for health care (which is 2 1/2 time more than anyone else) and we're still paying far more for taxes and health care than anyone else does.

But all these other countries are going broke, right? Well, guess what, America is going broke too.

All the state, local and national budget problems would vanish in no time if we adopted the health care systems used by most countries in the EU as well as Canada and Australia.

So why don't we?

Some think it's because the rich folks don't want to share their doctors .....or have their gall bladders removed in anything less than a 5 star resort hospital.

Romney would have a good campaign slogan on the healthcare- "I tried it, it failed-cost the state too much" have to find a better way. I lived in Europe and I seen first hand the socialist healthcare where people waited for MONTHS to see a doctor and some up to a YEAR for an operation and some operations were needed MONTHS before they got them. It WAS a rationed system and has broke the healthcare system over there. Let each person take care of theirselves and if they can't their state should be the one to help them NOT the goverment. The goverment has their nose stuck in to many states business now. We could have health vouchers for the dead beats that don't have insurance. Why don't they have insurance? Because they are here illegally or the NEVER worked a day in their life and mooched off the taxpayers back and now need help. I know some people like that, infact this one family is a TWO generation family that has NOT worked a day in their life-have drawn welfare, food stamps and every kind of program available. I don't know of anyone that has worked and/or paid into medicare and social security all their lives that DOES NOT have health care-except of this one family and I'am sure there are scores like them!!!

There are many employers that do not offer insurance. My last job did offer insurance for myself but I would have had to pay $700 a month to add my children. As a single parent I could not have afforded that cost and still paid all of my bills. I think that this should be taken into consideration. Many people who work hard and take care of their families cannot afford to pay for insurance. I still qualify for Medicaid in Alaska but I want to move to Texas and I don't think I will qualify there if I make the same money I do now. I also have pre-diagnosed medical conditions. I hope that they can come up with a plan that will work for everyone and improve access for families. Many people have had to go bankrupt because of medical bills. I would hate for that to be me.

Here is some
information with which to warm your hearts:

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
LIKE THIS: ObamaCare Highlighted by Page Number

THE CARE BILL HB3200

THIS IS THE 2ND OFFICIAL WHO HAS OUTLINED THESE PARTS OF THE CARE BILL

Judge Kithil of Marble Falls , TX - HB3200
highlighted pages most egregious

Please read this........ especially the reference to pages 58 & 59

JUDGE KITHIL
wrote:

** Page
50/section 152: The bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S.
residents, even if they are here illegally.

** Page 58 and 59: The government will have real-time access to an
individual's bank account and will have the authority to make electronic
fund transfers from those accounts.

** Page 65/section 164: The plan will be subsidized (by the
government) for all union members, union retirees and for community
organizations (such as the Association of Community Organizations for
Reform Now - ACORN).

** Page 203/line 14-15: The tax imposed under this section will not
be treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up
with that?)

** Page 241 and 253: Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of
specialty, and the government will set all doctors' fees.

** Page 272. section 1145: Cancer hospital will ration care according to
the patient's age.

** Page 317 and 321: The government will impose a prohibition on hospital
expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.

** Page 425, line 4-12: The government mandates advance-care planning
consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an
"end-of-life planning" seminar every five years. (Death
counseling..)

** Page 429, line 13-25: The government will specify which
doctors can write an end-of-life order.

HAD ENOUGH???? Judge Kithil then goes on:

"Finally, it is specifically stated that this bill will not apply to
members of Congress. Members of Congress are already exempt from the
Social Security system, and have a well-funded private plan that covers
their retirement needs. If they were on our Social Security plan, I believe
they would find a very quick 'fix' to make the plan financially sound for
their future."

Honorable David Kithil

Marble Falls, Texas

All of the above should give you the point blank ammo you need to
support your opposition to Obamacare. Please send this information on to
all of your email contacts.

Most Americans are looking for a thoughtful debate to solve what is possibly the most expensive item in the national budget..Healthcare! Here is a simple question for us all:

When an American without Health Insurance gets sick and visits the ER who picks up the tap?

The Difference Between Obamacare and Romneycare

www.observingpolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/difference-between-romneycare-and.html