The Republican Party should think twice before repealling Healthcare Reform!

Has your healthcare insurer promised to KEEP your policy rates DOWN, when?? Why didn't republicans offer any 21st Cent. legislative bills that would address healthcare reforms when they ruled the roost?? I tell ya why .. because "they" enjoy big business getting outrageously paid while WE THE PEOPLE suffer!!

They did. It just got ignored in the face of WE THE GOVERNMENT who want to run every aspect of your life and make all of your important decisions for you. One of the biggest changes the Republicans wanted to make that would have had an almost immediate impact on health care costs and reduce many of the costs was Torte reform. Other ideas such as Health savings plans (which took a heavy hit in this law) would have made it possible for people to save for their future health care costs without having to completely rely on Medicare or Medicaid to pay for costs. There were many other valid ideas presented by doctors, hospitals, and other medical personal that were completely ignored. The fact is without price controls to back-up the health care bill, it cannot keep costs down. If you don't believe me, do your own research into the socialized medicines of the UK, Japan, Germany, and whoever else you believe has great health care. They all implement some kind of price control program with the government. Because without them, the bill fails. In point of fact, the bill failed the instant Congress exempted themselves because the bill requires everyone to pay into the system. What is really bad is that you are swallowing all the kool-aid without doing independent research on the subject.

Many U.S. states have long since passed their own "tort reform" legislations. Reportedly, many of those same states have seen their healthcare costs climb! Republicans claimed tort reform was an easy and necessary way to bring down costs to All Americans .. really!! An article written by Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer @ Cleveland.com informs that Ohio is one of those states who indeed passed tort reforms and that those reforms have not lowered healthcare costs. People should not be denied their right to sue for malpractice .. to have their day in court. There will always be junk lawsuits .. baseless lawsuits that should not take away the right of people to petition the courts. Republicans are not interested in legal protections for the people ... they are solely focused on protections of those who would harm the people!!

Obama, Pelosi and Reid had every authority to bring just that. The Republican minority couldn't be anything more than a speed bump. Instead they chose a healthcare bill written by lobbyists, that by their own admission still leaves millions out. This law does NOTHING that you want it to, yet you support it anyway... and refuse to PUT UP OR SHUT UP. btw, it's a lie that the republicans took away anything. They didnt, so quit saying they did.

0: the number of House Republicans voting to disclose if they have signed up for federal health benefits (as they try to repeal your coverage) A Tweet by Nancy Pelosi on Jan 5. I would also like to see every American get the same coverage as Congress enjoys. How can we get to that point when the Republican Party doesn't want to provide any health care to any American citizen, except themselves? There has to be some give and take, that's the art of compromise. You can't get to a middle ground if one side won't give anything at all. If every member of Congress would put aside partisan politics, refuse and return contributions from Health care industry lobbists and sit down to consider what's best for the American people, the dream of health care coverage for All Americans would become a reality! Let's put people before politics.

Okay ... so what "people" of this nation do you suggest do depend on the government to care for them, feed them and house them? Please share your supportive,documented stats.

really? Anybody who receives welfare, food stamps, medicaid, hud, and any other various entitlement programs. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8225 http://moneymorning.com/2010/09/20/budget-deficit-2/ http://forums.hornfans.com/php/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=westmall&Number=6255888&page=&view=&sb=&o=&fpart=&vc=1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791804575439732358241708.html That should get you started

For the most part lilwonders I agree with what you've said. However, it is my understanding of the bill that those people who can ill-afford to pay will be subsidized .. anyone who cannot pay will be helped. The mandate is to insure everyone coverages ... the insurance companies were charging you, me, everybody who had coverage for those folks who entered emergency rooms at hospitals .. we were/are paying high costs for folks with no coverage anyway. If millionairs/billionairs are given such handsome tax breaks, why can't those who can ill-afford healthcare be subsidized! For those reasons, I have no problems with the mandate part.