Repeal Health Care.

Afraid not. You automatically get signed up when you are 65 by the Social Security Office. It is not completely optional. In addition, many companies will automatically enroll their employees who are 65 and older into Medicare.

Your numbers are bogus and meaningless. Compare to private insurers with regard to cost per beneficiary? to have a valid comparison, you must use private companies' numbers on those over 65 only. Their costs are MUCH higher than Medicare's. Your numbers for administrative costs are, or appear to be, just made up. They certainly do not come from medicare or from any independent analysis of private insurers. Another clear example of right-wing thinking--which is--if the facts do not agree with my ideology then the facts are wrong.

Sorry, thanks for playing. The Medicare administrative costs are reported, by Medicare to be 3%-6% and private insurers between 12-20%. But, the devil is in the details. Due to higher costs per patient associated with Medicare recipients - who are often receiving expensive end-of-life treatments - the numbers are skewed. They also include "help" Medicare gets from other agencies and insurance companies incur certain costs Medicare doesn't face. A more accurate comparison would be cost per patient. Here we find Medicare administration costing an average of $509 per beneficiary and private insurers averaging $453 (based on 2000-2005 figures). And thus another leftist fairly tale is laid to rest.

No, it is not, check out the published cost of similar operations here in UK and there in US. Also check out the W.H.O. rankings of nations health services. Nothing to do with global wealth redistribution all the best urban

If it where a straight up comparison urbandekay that would be true. However, the U.K. has a price control system. Recently, the U.K. has also implemented deep slashes into their health care system as they attempt to balance their budget. The mark of a civilized country is not free, universal health care. The mark of a civilized country is in the freedom of its people, the freedom to make choices, and the freedom to change things for the better for themselves and their families.

On what do you base the "factual" nature of your comment? Isn't that a direct quote from the oh so reliable Castro himself? WHO is not necessarily to most reliable source either. They are intent on global wealth redistribution and UHC is their weapon of choice.

Everyone had access to health insurance, and health care before the bill was passed. I have a problem with government in any area of our lives not expressly permitted by the Constitution. If "Aunt Esther" decides we should all eat only salads and a bill to that affect is passed, would all of you just go along? Insurance shouldn't be the responsibility of anyone but the individual who wishes to purchase it.

John Boehner does have a little bit of an evil look to him. In any photo I have seen of him.

And Odumbo has big ears. So what?

The example of American Indians is an example of what the health care system would be under the government. The reason is simple. It is free health care that the government provides. The health care is underfunded and way understaffed. The exact same thing has happened with the V.A. The only difference is that the public outcry has forced some changes in the system. What choice do you have when all you have is the government option? Absolutely nothing. Single payer implies exactly that, a monopoly. The government will have a Monopoly on Health care. There are very strict laws within the private business industry about creating a Monopoly. It goes against every principle of the free market where competition is necessary. HIPPA will go out the window because now the government will know everything about you and can easily access that information without too much trouble. It wouldn't take much to add access to medical records into the system. Add in the blatant security breaches that have already happened and you have a recipe where everything is known to everybody. All you have to do is look at how safe your social security number actually is and then think that the Medicare/Medicaid requires your social security number. You see how safe your health information will actually be. The difference between gaining information electronically and having a paper file is a paper file in a doctor's office is safer. A sad fact but true. Think about it.

A few problems for the VA is a bit of an understatement. These problems were reported in all 50 states, not just a few. Really, don't fool yourself. The only option will be the government option. It is already happening with those 65 and older. Why indeed would anyone would be interested in my medical records? Could an employer use that type of information to deny hiring someone? But then again, why would anyone be interested in a CEO's medical record, a celebrity's medical record, a politician's medical record, and so on? Why establish HIPPA in the first place? Isn't the government's first response to a problem is to pass a law? Your social security is your password to information and an open passport to a job in this country. Why do you think so many illegal immigrants are paying for one and why identity theft is on the rise? But I really have to ask you this. Why do you think that something that works for you will automatically make it work for someone else?

The example of American Indians is a bad one because the individual tribes are as different as individual countries around the world are. Some have little resources while others, like the Seminoles, have great wealth and many resources. The medical facilities on the reservations here in Florida are not underfunded, understaffed or substandard in any way. As far as the VA goes, a few newsworthy problems (that were quickly corrected) do not equal an entire system that is underfunded, understaffed or inefficient. The VA health care system includes 171 medical centers; more than 350 outpatient, community, and outreach clinics; 126 nursing home care units; and 35 domiciliaries. The efficiency and quality of care are what have impressed me the most during the 8 years I've been going with my husband. I waited longer to be seen by my private physician than he ever has...their goal is less than 15 minutes which they always meet. All of his doctors...and he has several medical conditions so he has 8 or 9 of them...are experienced and knowledgeable. They don't rush him, the computerized system ensures that all of the medication he's prescribed plays well with each other and the pharmacy is fast considering that this is a huge, 9 story facility. IF the VA were in the state you claim it would take more than some public outcry to change so many facilities and those changes would take a great deal of time to implement. I haven't read anywhere that the only option for healthcare coverage will be some "government option" but that will be available to the millions who aren't able to take advantage of the current free market system for one reason or another. Those who are denied coverage at any price under the current system due to pre-existing conditions would rather have the "government option" than no option at all. Your fears about losing HIPPA fail to take many things into consideration. The most obvious would be why anyone would be interested in your medical records...but if someone were, they would have to have access to multiple levels of information across multiple high security networks. Maybe you don't understand this because you're not a network person. The Social Security Administration cannot access my husband's medical records at the VA. In fact, the Pharmacy at the VA can only see his prescriptions, the front desk staff at his doctor's office can only see his already scheduled appointments, we can log in to the system but our access to information is limited and we're the patients, the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs itself cannot access his medical records. The only person with full network access to his medical records is the doctor sitting in front of him. I have yet to hear of one incident of the VA's system being hacked yet I've read numerous reports of celebrity medical information being leaked because human's were able to peek at paper records. Britney Spears, Nadya Suleman AKA Octomom and Farrah Fawcett come to mind. I really don't need to think about it because I know that locking something up electronically is much more secure.