President Obama Explains Why Health Insurance Reform is Crucial for Small Business
The President speaks to small business owners about how health insurance reform is important not only to businesses and their employees, but also to the overall health of the economy. October 29, 2009. (Public Domain)
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Obama needs to …
Obama needs to concentrate on the economy first before he can even think about health insurance. From what I see, he is going to make it mandatory to pay private insurers and there will be no public option. He said he is open to compromise on this. Then watch insurance skyrocket when it is made mandatory to pay. Like mandatory auto insurance which has no premium controls.
Maybe its just me …
Maybe its just me but i care about my family and neighbors. My sister who was a waitress with no insurance stayed two days in a city hospital, without a diagnosis for what seemed to be a severe staph infection. A two day stay with no actual treatment cost her $10,000
Many countries have …
Many countries have much bette healthcare than america with a universal system. In japan people live longer on average, go to the physician more often than us, and recieve more treatments than us, all without paying anything close to what it cost someone without insurance in america.
i dont understand …
i dont understand they said if obama insurancekick in we gonna have to wait long time to see a doctor thats better then no having usurance at all know how many people dont have insurance in america .i rather pay the goverment insurance then paid for aflac ,nippon insurance they dont cover u 100% they take ur money and ask for high decdotebles . so why people about it
“13 billion in new …
“13 billion in new lending”
Yeah. And what was the sum again of the Wall Street bailout?
Give the peasants the leftovers, thas all it is.
Obama said before the bailout unemployment could raise above 10%. What is the unemployment now Obama?
Gmco4, do you …
Have a nice day.
Gmco4, do you want to know the truth in how countries like Iraq and Afghanistan ended up with Universal Healthcare Coverage? Well, ask that knucklehead George Warmonger Bush and his right-wing buddies.
Apologies if I …
Apologies if I sounded like a dick. America is probably not the worst country there is for health care, obviously a lot of people can afford health insurance, but compared to its western counterparts.
I am simply worried for Americans that like I might be paying a ridiculous premium on car insurance, since i’m in England. That some people out there are getting ripped off massively on health insurance premiums.
, simply for a profit. I wouldn’t leave my health to an insurance contract.
You can get state …
You can get state of the art health care in most advanced countries, provided you pay for it. The only difference is everyone gets almost as good healthcare without paying for it…and don’t bring tax into it because American tax isn’t even low compared to say Hong Kong which also has a public healthcare system.
America is a massive country, only small areas has this state of the art health care you talk about, reality check. Every advanced country has rich pockets where people can afford it.
if you want it pay …
if you want it pay for it if you are a single male you can get insurance for around $300 a month with a $2000 deductible its not great ins but it saves you money in the long run. We are far from being behind in the health care system we have the best doctors and people from all around the world come hear to be treated and they pay for it. If the care is so good elsewhere then you should go there and get treated free. and in this country if you go to the emergency room you will get treated
@gmco4, do you feel …
@gmco4, do you feel that no one in America needs healthcare? In other countries with Universal Healthcare, the doctors are doing quite well with their lives. Also their hospitals are willing to help a lot of people. But with American hospitals, they are unwilling to help people who are really sick and lack of health insurance! American healthcare system is 60 years behind! This country needs to mature itself. This is the 21th century; not 18th, 19th or 20th century.
You are not …
You are not entitled to health care and you have no right to ask a doctor who has spent years in school piling up dept to do it free or cheap, if you want to you can become a doctor and you do it out of the goodness of your heart lots of people will appreciate it, but from having my own business paying people I find the people who get paid and are happy take much more pride in there jobs.
First of all I dont …
First of all I dont want the morons who cant get us the flu vaccinations running my health care, second if you think that they are going to do this without huge tax hikes than your an idiot, third there are a lot of insurances that I feel like I dont want to pay lets address them also like liability, workman’s comp, unemployment all that are things I pay over $60,000 a year for and Im a smaller co. Last the ins co. are not ripping you off if you dont pay, pay out of your pocket like so many do
gmco4, my kitten …
gmco4, my kitten has more sense than you do. You? Self Employed? Doing what? Talking crap? You said you are paying more for insurance? If it is health insurance, well if America would of had Universal Healthcare; you, me, and everyone else would of have been covered. FACT! But knowing you, you don’t want that. You rather FEED the Corporate Health Insurance Companies while they are ripping you off!
you have nothing to …
you have nothing to say, so you go back to a spelling error I made four days ago… you are pathetic, If i was finger painting I coulndnt be supporting morons like you and we cant have that now can we. The way I see it is you are just some moron who has nothing to lose and everything to gain by the government taking from people like me to give to clowns like you. I see people like you everyday and fire them every other, its not fair I have what i have right, but of coarse I worked for it! Idiot
NotEasiyly, you are …
NotEasiyly, you are 100% right, bring us down and bingo the big takeover, I say 0bama and his White House Marxists, I hope 0bama reads this! BANG BANG to him……….
It is all bullshit. …
It is all bullshit. the people with the best health care are teachers union and union members. then there are the rich and the health care workers them selves. But, this is not about health care, it is about overloading the system to take over the government and make us a socialist country.
gmco4 Have you …
gmco4 Have you already read about Cloward Pivens tactics. I know it doesn’t sound very exciting but it takes about 5 minutes and explains what is going on. HOw all these seemingly unrelated complaints and racist charges and help the poor bullshit is part of a plan. I suggest you read it.
They are just trying to overload the system with complaints and gripes and using our high minded constitution and our high minded Christian ideals to beat us with.
There is a slight …
There is a slight correlation between Collage and finger painting . Please play with the paint.
thats right Im a …
thats right Im a stupid jackass, I agree that they should sell over state lines if you were not a complete moron you would know its not the insurance co stopping it, but your just a clown. second yes my premiums would go up because im not some ignorant moron who believe the
government can add 50mil people and be deficit neutral that makes you a jackass, im a business owner that has plenty to worry about. Ive got an idea you dont like ins co dont get it pay for it yourself . you moron!
What I find …
What I find interesting is that most people who want good health care reform already have good benefits.
let’s stop being …
let’s stop being dependent of the government. become more concern about your health! eat healthy, excercise, filter your water to get rid off the, do not drink diet products or anything that has aspartame that causes brain cancer, do not get the flu vaccine that is lethal, you don’t need the government to pay for your own health! those who depend on the government to get help are just prisoners of it! Be free, be yourself, and don’t let no one tell you what to do!
Health to all of you!
Liberal factions of …
Liberal factions of the House sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, demanding… they want a provision added to guarantee that NO CITIZENSHIP or RESIDENCY VERIFICATION is required for purchase of insurance in the health Insurance exchange that would be created under the House bill.
OBAMA/PELOSICARE = AMNESTY + 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS (on our healthcare system… in other words bankruptcy for the U.S.)
Yeah, nobody’s …
Yeah, nobody’s perfect. He also supported the ban on holding phone companies accountable for Bush’s illegal wiretapping.
Nevertheless, that’s not what I asked. I asked if somebody could name ONE actual, physical piece of legislation Obama has passed as president which actually places restrictions on free speech or gun ownership. I’d really like to know.
For example, I know Obama supported the Supreme Court ruling on DC gun rights, recognizing it as an individual and not collective freedom.
EXACTLY: For the …
EXACTLY: For the People.
WELL; Thats my …
WELL; Thats my point! Washington shold be reconstructed from the bottom up. Tossing out all these ass-clowns.