| This is the real question for America. Do you | | | | speaks to the problem of capitalism when it says |
| want your healthcare controlled by Barack Obama | | | | "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil" |
| and Nancy Pelosi or Blue Cross Blue Shield? | | | | (I Timothy 6:10). Honestly, I hate the thought of |
| Progressives, Socialists, Marxists, and Communists | | | | being controlled by either insurance companies or |
| want government control and have problems with | | | | government. |
| profit based corporations involved with human | | | | I believe there is a better way. I say eliminate |
| services. Conservatives, Independents, | | | | public options, employer provided insurance, |
| Libertarians, and Capitalists trust for-profit | | | | HMO's, PPO's, group plans, and the rest. I want to |
| businesses and fear government intervention. | | | | control my insurance and healthcare decisions. Pay |
| Healthcare is a core need for every citizen, so | | | | a fair wage and let me go into a free market to |
| who do we give our hearts to - government or | | | | choose among insurance providers and then |
| insurance companies? By the way, the | | | | choose the doctors, clinics, and hospitals that I |
| Republicans, Democrats, and Moderates were not | | | | want. I might go to a cheaper local clinic if I have |
| listed above because they are spineless and can | | | | a case of the sniffles. On the other hand, I might |
| go either way. | | | | be willing to pay much more for a reputable |
| Two big issues have driven us to this place. One | | | | hospital if I have a life threatening disease. But I |
| is the number of people who can't get insurance. | | | | should decide. |
| Many would buy it if they could, but it is not their | | | | I want to be the sole authority on my healthcare. |
| choice. The second is the cost of healthcare. We | | | | The government should step away and healthcare |
| have heard the stories about families being driven | | | | companies should win my business through lower |
| into bankruptcy due to medical challenges. These | | | | costs and better products/services. The |
| are not new issues but Washington has decided | | | | government can do what it does best, provide |
| that now is the time to act. | | | | assistance to those who cannot afford insurance |
| I don't know if it is better to have insurance | | | | or healthcare. |
| provided by an employer or by a public option | | | | Americans are stuck with the idea that the only |
| (government). I don't know if it is better for the | | | | way to get health insurance is for someone else |
| government to control what a doctor is paid or | | | | to be the provider. Stop believing this lie. Why do |
| allow the doctor to make as much as she can. | | | | you want to give this power to someone else? |
| Politicians would be best at making the system | | | | Tell your congressmen to stop trying to control |
| more fair. The profit motive of industry drives | | | | healthcare and start changing the rules to give the |
| innovation and would probably make the system | | | | individual more rights in making their own life |
| better, faster, and maybe cheaper. | | | | saving decisions. |
| The negatives are obvious. The government | | | | Politicians and greedy CEO's should no longer be |
| program would be restrictive, slow, and subject | | | | invited into the privacy of our hospital rooms. |
| to change at the whims of politicians. The Bible | | | | |