What makes you think you will keep your current health insurance WITHOUT the reform bill?
Republicans keep saying that the health care bill will take away the health insurance they are happy with. But I've had coverage through my employers and I've still had to change health insurance plans 7 times in the past 8 years!
This was due to a combination of changing jobs or having my employer change to a less expensive (to them) plan. Why do Republicans act like we have a stable system now?
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Better then Obummer,,,,,,,I have had my Kaiser Plan for 40 years now with several different employers, and I love it. So that cancels out your problem, and Republicans can act like we have a stable system again.
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The fact that IM PAYING FOR IT it's called capitalism FYI: there are 1300 insurance companies in America 60% are ALREADY nonprofit we have enough choice
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You certainly won't keep it WITH health care "reform". So I will take the lesser of two evils and keep what we have now. So much for "change"
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i hope the reform does go through. as of now, i do not have insurance when I am in the states (student currently living in the UK- yea NHS!) and anything is better than that.
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No Republicans that I know of or hear of believe the status quo of our current health system is stable. We indeed do need reform; However, we do NOT want government to interfere with, run, or make rules and regulations on something they know little about. Even now they cannot agree of the cost. Their mistakes are very costly, and if you consider that Medicare is going bankrupt; social security is going bankrupt, the postal system is going bankrupt why in God's name do we want them meddling is something we can fix if we take government and politics out of it.
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7 times in 8 years? LOL. And what are you going to do when the govt can (and generally does) change the laws every year, and the healthcare czar changes the regulations every quarter, and your costs quadruple? Why would you expect the govt that brought you Amtrak, the Postal Service, Medicare, and is the cause of over 50% of every hospital bill you receive to "fix" what they broke? Are you in need of a brain transplant? You aren't gonna get it (or anything else) from o-bummer-care unless they decide they want you to have one. You have no say in the matter. Unless you put a stop to this nonsense immediately by writing your Senators & Rep and oppose govt intervention in health care. Have you wondered why more than half a million Americans go abroad each year for medical care - even if they have insurance? Superior medical care is available for as little as 18% of US costs in places like Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama (Johns Hopkins medical center, no less!), Singapore, India, Thailand, etc. Better care can cost less than your deductible + copay!
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We are quickly approaching the point where employers will not be able to offer private insurance for their employees. It is already at the point where some employers are shelling out more for health insurance for an employee than they are paying in wages! Why people do not want the safety net of universal healthcare for all is beyond me. They will find themselves sadly mistaken when their private insurance is abolished by their employer. Much the same way as pensions, something American workers used to depend on, have disappeared.
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I have had the same problem. Every September, my husband's company has changed insurance companies and it is usually to a company that is less expensive to them, but has less coverage for us as a family. This year though, they did not change companies, but the premiums went up by more than $100 per month. On top of that, they don't cover the medical supplies that I need for every day living. I do not qualify for Medicaid although I am unable to work, but if I did, Medicaid would cover the supplies. Between the co-pays, deductibles and supplies not covered, I am shelling out over $300 per month and that isn't including the premiums that come out of his paycheck. I have to believe that if the heath care reform is passed, and we are taxed on such a plan, the taxes would be lower than what I am paying now. I have started looking for some of the supplies I need on ebay to try and find them at a cheaper rate. To me, that is just sad.
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Very good point! The Health Care Insurance system in the US is broken and must be fixed! Repube NeoCon right-wingers are part of the problem, instead of the solution and should be ignored if they cannot get on board with the President's Health Care Reform Bill!
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