Comments on: Statement on the Withdrawal of Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment to House Bill

By: susiecute

susiecute — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:35:39 +0000

meanwhile – while congress diddles and daudles – people continue to go without health care.

we are no where near paying off a hospital bill from June of only 4 days – thousands of dollars – simply because a job was lost and the new replacement job has no medical benefits.

shame shame on you congress!

By: Health Care Travesty « What is the Buddha Nature of the Sky?

Health Care Travesty « What is the Buddha Nature of the Sky? — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55:35 +0000

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By: Michael G. Harris

Michael G. Harris — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:58:37 +0000

It is a travesty that the amendment has been removed. We need single payer system NOW, paid for through cuts to the military budget and administered by a newly formed Department of Peace.

By: Charles England Jr

Charles England Jr — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:53:29 +0000

HR 676 or medicare for all Funded by an open end to the Social security income. Employee/employer (each pay) a flat 7.7% on all earnings. No limit Employees earning more than $500000 no longer have the tax the full 15.4% being paid buy Employer. All bonuses to be considered income regardless of source.

By: Chicago

Chicago — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:18:30 +0000

I am disappointed. I wish that we all had the guts to get it all on the table. And I hope that the movement doesn’t loose momentum.

By: Jon Raymond

Jon Raymond — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:35:57 +0000

It is important and even inevitable that we have a single payer helath insurance system. But to make compromises as we see now, that could effectively be insurance industry bailouts, and that do little to take us in the right direction, may be worse than doing nothing. I know we have to do something and doing nothing is not an option, and yet we see this being delayed which is effectively just that.

The danger in passing weak legislation is that it would appease many single payer supporters and result in acceptance of a very inadequate system. It is better, I think, to hold out for real meaningful reform, even a single payer system, than to accept compromises as far reaching as many of these are.

Many will say we have to do it a step at a time. I think that will result in one step, period, leaving us stuck with little change. Medicare was a drastic change that this country took on. That was the first step. Now we need Medicare for all, and we should accept nothing less.

I believe if this were our cause, and for many it is, there would be stronger and more widespread support that would pressure Congress to make this change. The more they deny single payer, the more we must push for it.

By: john

john — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:13:07 +0000

Such a disapointment. Sounds like some arm twisting myself