Comments on: Obama’s Socialized Healthcare: A Debate

By: T. Todd

T. Todd — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:29:50 +0000

I’m reading your post five weeks late. Aren’t you aware that Medicare is a single-payer system? I’m guessing you are very young; please ask anyone you know over age 65 if they’ve had ANY problems with it. No forms, denials of coverage, or bills that took months to get paid. Ask them if they had problems finding a doctor, or excessive waiting times. And Medicare operates on only 3% admin. costs (according to Rep. Dennis Kucinich). So much for your point “C”. It’s quite the opposite: single-payer is far more efficient and cost-effective than the for-profit insurance cos, which, according to Harvard, keep slightly more than HALF of our premiums for admin, salaries, and profits. Also, why would 130 million people shift to a public plan unless it SAVED them money? If I’m paying $1000 for only $497 of medical care, than I can cut my “costs” in half by skipping this middle-man and paying my costs out of pocket! Expanding Medicare to everyone, and funding it by raising our Medicare tax from 1.45% to 5%, would be a simple fix to this crisis. The system is already in place, and I’m sure there are good recommendations around to improve it. Insurance is the problem, not the solution.

By: Robert Henak (Brandon's Uncle)

Robert Henak (Brandon's Uncle) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:11:21 +0000

Brandon,

As for the majority of businesses supporting health care reform, how about this? A majority of small business owners polled support a government alternative to today’s unworkable private health care. Small Businesses, Health Insurance, and Priorities for Reform http://mainstreetalliance.org/.....tions/#NAT

Also you are well-aware, the US Chamber of Commerce, like Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, is a political organization more than a business organization.

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