NO REFORM AT ALL Is Goal of Tea Party Organizers!!

Ok here is my take on it. Yep there are conservative groups and hard core members of the GOP that are only out to hurt Obama and the Dems any way they can. THe other side is the same way. The whole us vs them thing yet again. As for the Tea Party people. I have had a lot of dealings with them in my area. For the most part they are all about "fiscal responsiblity and a small unintrusive government". SO yes some of Obama's goal are going to clash with theirs. And they are going to keep protesting. But to tell you the truth....Congress is in more hot water with the Tea Party people than Obama is. As they should be. Any decent anymore is being labeled "a right wing conspiracy" so it makes it look like all the groups that way. I know my group is as mad at the dems as they are at the GOP. But yet we get called "extremist, or right wing crazies". WHy? Because we disagree with how our government operates. But any way. Yes I think that healthcare needs an over haul. But I don't trust the gov. to have control of it. So how htey are going to come up with the money to do it. After all the bail outs, BS projects and lobbyist voting I personally don't want to give congress anymore power or money than I absolutely have to. Yes I have insurance. Yes I am very happy with my insurance. I have heard of people being dropped for having medicials issues. But to stop that all congress needs to do is pass a law outlawing them from doing that. Get rid of pre-existing conditions and the ability to drop people. That would solve a lot of problems right there. I know it needs more work than that. But from what I have read on the bill ( I know it will get changed some in congress when the debates come up) I am not happy with this plan and question the sanity and qualifications of whoever wrote it.

I am all for a health care system where for non emergencies, the user unless it is proven that he is indigent, has to pay a nominal fee. We had something like that in British Columbia, Canada when I was young (back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth) and unlike we have now in Canada, if it was not an emergency, you had to pay a fee. So for the annual visit to the doctor, it was $10. As for the proposed health care system, I do not think that persuading elderly to justify their existence, or getting them to take pain pills rather then hip replacements, mris, etc. or whatever or encouraging euthenasia is the way to go. So I am for a partially paid system. And if someone goes into emergency, and they have to pay a fee, if it is a true emergency, they get a refund. But the trouble is that Obama wants his own system and that is all. Getting rid of Medicare to pay for Obamacare and putting the elderly at risk is not the solution.

I believe that most people are in favor of there being health care available to people regardless of their age, income or employment status. If they introduced a bill that would provide insurance for those uninsured, I wouldn't oppose it strenuously even though it would cost money and even though the government is the worst administrative entity on earth. But that's not what this bill is. In fact, Senator D()ck Durbin has said that he would vote for a health care reform bill that contained NO public option, if that's what it takes to get it passed. What? Universal health care without actually providing care for the uninsured? To me that just proves that their goals in this venture are not as lofty or pure as those good people who support it. Even people who might be inclined to support this type of reform feel rushed, they feel overlooked, shoved aside. Those with questions or concerns feel that they don't have time to get the answers. It all must be done right away! Anytime someone doesn't want you to have the time to examine something closely, there's something they don't want you to see. The American people sense this. And let's be clear, it's not just the GOP that doesn't want this reform. There are a lot of Democrats who are not just going along. The American people don't want this reform. What's to be done? Tort reform is important. Doctors are so afraid of malpractice suits that they order more tests than they feel is necessary to avoid the possibility of being sued. So many things that could reasonably be handled by your GP lead instead to your referral to a specialist and more tests. This country with about 1/6 the world's population has 2/3 of the world's lawyers. Let the states each devise their own public option as a few have done. Keep it local and you keep administrative costs down. But be aware that no person under a public option will get superior care to that they would receive under a private plan. The unions may well be completely satisfied, they aren't affected. If you've ever had union insurance you know they have a sweet deal. They won't be required to give up anything, so they can easily support this reform without worry. I want Obamacare stopped too. I don't think I need to apologize for that. I think it's dangerous and will not achieve the goals that most people want it to achieve but instead will give rise to an unprecedented amount of control over the lives of private citizens. Down to my very marrow I oppose this health care reform. I have already lost my insurance for various reasons and I do have a serious medical condition. I don't want health insurance enough to support what I think is a seriously flawed and dangerous plan.

Annie, First of all, most conservatives are not like they are portrayed by the liberal left just as most moderates are not like what is portrayed by the ultra-right wingers. That being said I have to strongly disagree with the president and the democratic controlled congress on their rendition of "healthcare overhaul". Healthcare in America is the absolute best in the world! If you don't believe this you need to look at the thousands who sacrifice their belongings each year to come to America for treatment. Is our healthcare and insurance system flawed? Of course, but there are flaws in all systems as large as this one just as there will be with what Obama and congress propose. The flaws don't in any way merit a total rape of our system and turning it into a welfare type system, we all know how well that worked. There are just two many things in this bill that are questionable at best and downright unacceptable at worst! My questions are: 1) Since we have been living under this system for decades, what is the all fired hurry to push this on the population given the number of people that are against it? 2) How in the ever lovin' he11 are we going to pay for this money pit? 3) Where do we as Americans turn when the same assnine problems like rationed medicine, doctor shortages and waiting lists happen here as they do in all socialized healthcare systems? Prople from these countries today can turn to the USA for their health needs but if this bill is passed and implemented there will be absolutely nowhere to go!

"What do YOU think the GOP really wants to do regarding health care/health insurance reform? " Nothing. Why would they want their lobbiests to be mad at them? As a person with the crappiest insurance in the world besides having no insurance I would like to be able to take my children to the doctors without worrying about how I am going to pay the bill when it comes the following month. I had to change doctors for my children because the office told me it was a federal law that any child taking ADD medication must see the doctor every 3 months. At $250 a pop all out of pocket, it was way too much for me to pay. So I found a new doctor and the office told me they never heard of that law and since I had such a large deductible they would give me the cheapest rate they could. Needless to say the status quo has to go. Medical care has not just become expensive, it's been expensive for a very long time and the Republicans had control of the White House and Congress for a number of years and did NOTHING to make health care cheaper so do you honestly believe that they have some idea about fixing the health care system??? LMAO that's a big Hell No! I don't worry about losing my "health insurance" because I basically don't have any. We pay over $400 out of pocket a month in health care costs and that doesn't include when someone is actually sick so we never hit our $10,000 deductiable.

First of all, even though a lot of Republicans are involved with the Tea Parties, it is not officially endorsed by them. Second, just because the Tea Party people are concentrating on defeating Obama's plans, it doesn't mean that they don't want healthcare reform. As for the Republicans having better ideas, they don't as evidenced by the fact that they did not do anything when the did have the majority. Both the Democrats and the Republicans have their own personal agenda which is filling their pockets at the expense of the ordinary people. Yes, I do believe that healthcare needs to be reformed, but not the way Obama wants to, by having the government take over. What the government needs to do is put limits to the greed of the insurance companies, and stop malpractice lawsuits that just push the prices of healthcare out of reach. Also, they need to stop accepting bribes from the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyists.

Just Say No to Marxist schemes! It's hilarious to watch all the people who LIED for years about being against government control of our bodies. Now that it comes down to it, the only thing you seem to want the government to stay out of is a woman's right to kill. What is it, do you want government deciding what doctors can and can't do for you or not? Hypocritical, killers. That is all the "pro choice" lie is about.

Well, I have health insurance and with the new co-pays for prescriptions it's cheaper for me to buy my meds off the internet from India. I think for one thing we need tort reform but I don't see that in the bill. In fact, what reforms are actually in the bill? Another thing that I'm against is free health care for illegals, which they manage to get anyway. I'm actually not completely against a healthcare bill. I just don't want it shoved down our throats and rushed through. I don't want them screwing it up. And I'm having major issues with trust in our government at this point. Part of this is because I don't see Obama as being completely truthful or honest.