Comments on: On S. 703, “The American Health Security Act”

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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:31:09 +0000

[...] need HR 676 or S 703 – the single-payer solution to the health care crisis. We need to end the cruel game of Russian [...]

By: MissAlice

MissAlice — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:06:27 +0000

I would love to see our current federal and state medical insurances get re-vamped up. The current state of it is slow and understaffed.

By: Karin

Karin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:30:21 +0000

Yes it does. Read it again.

By: Kimber

Kimber — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:12:43 +0000

Lee – I SOOOOO agree with you! I just took pretty much what you wrote and sent it to Obama – adjusting it to make it a letter directed to Obama. Thanks for the comment!

I’ve been calling/writing/visiting my Senators/Representatives left and right. It’s so frustrating! If Obama would just step up to this issue this would be a whole different ball game!

By: Lee Stanfield

Lee Stanfield — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:00:21 +0000

I am disappointed that Obama has not taken a stand in favor of universal single-payer. I think he is trying to make the right “political moves” & may not be wanting to create too many more waves with so much on his plate. However, I believe he is selling himself & his popularity way short! I believe that if someone with the mass appeal Obama has, would come out & educate the public about what universal single-payer really is, & offer counter arguments to the lies & distortions of the “for profit” industry, we could get universal single-payer passed in a heartbeat! People would be picketing & tying up the phones of their federal legislators demanding it! The country is ready! All that is needed is for Obama to take up the banner. I am terrified of what allowing “for profit” to compete with a “public option” plan will do (no matter how “robust”). I am afraid it will only achieve the same thing that making Original Medicare into “Medicare Advantage” accomplished… disaster! It is a mess financially & is the most confusing, inefficient system that could ever have been designed.

By: charles moore

charles moore — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:05:14 +0000

I think that Sen Sanders has pretty well hit the nail on the head…I agree with most all of it. I would add, however, that the only logical way to pay for all of this (short of a huge tax bill) is to merge all existing federal programs into one, and manage it directly. This would include the VA, Indian Health, various Children’s Health, Medicaid etc all merged into an improved Medicare for All. This is implied in S 703 but I didn’t find it specifically. This would save an extraordinary amount of wasted money, and it has been done by every country that has achieved a workable national health program.
A political bombshell?
While I am a big supporter of Pres. Obama, he has obviously decided to cave in to big business (Big Pharma, profit oriented insurance industry, and various provider trade unions) as the only way to get any sort of reform bill passed. But it won’t work the way he’s going, and I would rather see it aborted than to do it wrong and create a system that will fail, and no one will be satisfied.
Single payer system is the only way to go, as in S703 and HR676.

By: William Ichiro Sakaguchi

William Ichiro Sakaguchi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:03:10 +0000

I asked my wife, what would you think if your dentist worked at the Waimanalo Community Health Center, and you could to to see him there, as part of the service that might be made available through S703? That for her was a compelling argument in favor of a Single-Payer Health Plan. Ooops I just read the comparison, and S703 does not include dental care, that’s too bad.