Obama Calls for Universal Health Care

Associated Press ^ | 1/25/07 | NEDRA PICKLER

[Texas Eagle]

"The time has come for universal health care in America," Obama said at a conference of Families USA, a health care advocacy group.

Hallelujah! Cuban style health care for all.

[freema]

Obama wants to insure everyone in the Universe?

[2harddrive]

Help stop Osama Obama! We don't need another Hussein!

[DilJective]

"time has come for universal health care in America," Obama said

The time has come for those who want universal health care to go to a country that already has it! Get these communists the hell out of here, finally! Why don't these people go and try it out for themselves before asking 300,000,000 to?

I took a break in service while in Germany for several years and experienced that "universal" health care first-hand. Not only did I lose quite a bit of my paychecks, but the care offered was antiquated and prioritized. My father-in-law bribed everyone he came into contact with to get the people to do what they were already being paid to do- including our family doctor!

If anyone thinks there are "haves" and "have-nots"- it's nothing compared to what we'll have with "universal health care". The people with pull (those like my father-in-law) will get the better care and those without the extra pull will be put at the bottom of the totem pole. In a way, maybe we need this sort of communism to affect every American and wake them up to what these liberals are talking about.

[RockyMtnMan]

That's nothing, my father had to wait 2 days to have his appendix removed while in Canada on a road-trip. Instead of operating they put him on intravenous antibiotics in case it burst.He passed out on the floor in pain before being taken to the hospital, so it was very close to rupturing.

When I had the same condition and reported to the hospital, in the good ol' USA, it was removed in less than 30 minutes after diagnosis (2 hrs). That is a testament to private pay insurance.

[Jacquerie]

If obama-care mirrors the earlier hillary-care, the government will decide doctor's specialties. It will also be a crime to pay a doctor directly for services. If the American people accept such affronts, there is no hope that we will long remain free.

From "The Road to Serfdom":

The most important change which extensive government control produces is a psychological change, an alteration in the character of the people. This means, among other things, that even a strong tradition of political liberty is no safeguard if the danger is precisely that new institutions and policies will gradually undermine and destroy that spirit.

Government central planning is not the answer.

[Kitten Festival]

I'll be for it - if Obama pays for it himself.

[ridesthemiles]

"He said Americans pay $15 billion in taxes to help care for the uninsured." ""

I really love the casual spreading around of "statistics" that everyone with a microphone nearby seems able to do.

If $15 billion is spent to care for the uninsured, just what is the expected cost for insuring everybody? I went a number of years without any health care. I am basically a well person, as are many in the USA. But we all have seen people get a real case of doctoritis when they or their spouse gets a generous health care plan.
I did have a small accident when I was not insured, but 13 years of insurance premiums of over $500/month (Over $85,000) for a single white female with no history of anything chronic, etc, was far more than the $9,000 bill for a broken wrist which required surgery.
I say it again: We allowed some very greedy people to "fix" what wasn't broken: The American health care system. The HMO's system doesn't work near as well as going to the doctor when you NEED to, not when you are bored and expecting magic in your life. 20 year olds are the gatekeepers, docs are paying more malpractice insurance, and they are being rold how much they are allowed to make by administrators who make millions.
Truly, the inmates are in charge of the asylum...

[cousair]

Boy is this Obama guy a winner....he has MUSLIM roots, he is a political thinker with arch liberal roots, and he thinks US treasury needs to give universal healthcare to EVERYONE....ILLEGALS INCLUDED!! WOW!!