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Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:39:05 -0000

Linda,
You speak in a bunches of broad generality and you use lots of spaces in your posts. You also seem to always post long, generality laden, space ridden posts every time someone who is for Health Insurance reform makes a salient point. Could it be that these posts are just ways push the previous post far up the page? So lets get down to it. Portability and Tort reform how will that save currant entitlement programs such as medicare from going bankrupt thus causing the country from going bankrupt due to the steadily rising costs of health insurance. How to will it help me a hard working blue collar cab driver who can not afford health care? Don't give me this, I would like to see the "real numbers" crap again. Its time you people who wish to thwart our democratically elected government explain yourselves. If you have a better plan put it forward. Tell me how it would work. Please tell me and everyone else what you would do to fix the problem as you say "for the people".

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:02:00 -0000

Here is a List of things for you if you are against if you are against government run health care.
Medicare
Medicade
Veterans Benefits and the VA system
The Federal Employees Health Care system
If you are also against socialist government run programs that add to our national debt:
The Military
The Post Office
Dept. of Interstate Highways
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Dept of Homeland Security
NASA

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:44:05 -0000

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:35:41 -0000

Thanks for the conversation Henry. I do respect your opinions and believe that these sorts of constructive dialogues can prove useful. As a wise man said, "we can afford to disagree but we can not afford to be disagreeable. I just wish we could cut the Obama is a socialist and a fascist and a Kenyan and tyrant crap and get to the meaningful exchange of ideas that makes this country great.
PS
I don't trust my government to regulate things like gun laws, control what I see or what I say or what I do,. Remember though that this is a representative democracy and for all intents and purposes we are the government, you me and every other American. It is not they it is we.

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:14:48 -0000

oh yeah I guess you are right

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jasonglomp — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:23:46 -0000

Henry
You make many fine points and of course I am familiar with the national debt clock. I grew up with it, and I watch it, knowing it is some what of ticking bomb waiting to explode over this country. Tick..tock... tick...tock until it explodes into massive spiraling inflation. I do understand the basics of economic theory. I get it. We are broke. We are worse then broke we are in debt. We have been in debt for most of this country's history. We have more debt now then any time since world war II, as a % of GDP, and this debt needs to be addressed. I assume that you were also raising these concerns during the build-up to and waging of the Iraq war right. Remember, the war that was unprovoked and unnecessary and cost this country more in five years then this health care plan will ever cost. Some people of the Ron Paul ilk were, and if you were too, I salute you for it. Wouldn't it be great to get back to the surpluses of the late nineties. The debt clock slowed dramatically in the late nineties. Unfortunately as you have stated there is a looming crises coming in medicare and medicaid and waaaaaay down the road social security too (thanks boomers) Tick...Tock. It has always been my understanding that the crises in medicare and medicade stem from the steadily rising costs in the health care industry. Particularly from medicare part C and part D. These are essentially programs that give tax dollars, yours and mine, to private corporations. In part C Seniors can choose to opt into private health care programs which surprise surprise cost more then public health care because of costs associated with a for profit business. These private polices also provide no better outcomes then the public medicare. Also In part D the United States government forbid itself to from getting a better deal on prescription drugs by negotiating with the drug makers. If you believe in free markets then you must believe that large groups,companies and organizations negotiating for a better deal based on there size is as natural of a market force as the come. Yet the Federal Government forbade itself from doing this. These two things are at the heart of your looming crises sir. The federal government chose not to fund either of these programs through a raise in revenue (raising taxes) or cuts in spending. The government essentially set these giant debt bombs up in 2001 and now they hang over this debate waiting to explode. The very Terrorists who set them are now trying to use them to hamstring any real cost effefctive systemic change. Nice try though. I think we can both agree that their are serious savings to be found here by rewriting and paying for these provisions with large scale spending cuts and repealing tax cuts we gave to the top one percent. At least until this crises is over.
Also, I don't necessarily want non-citizens to receive health care in fact I think that by law guests lawful or unlawful in our country should receive the exact same health care as an American Citizen would receive by law in that individuals country of Origin. I enjoy traveling abroad and think that is a fair compromise for the free health care that I would receive in any other industrialized country in the world.
The argument that I have heard a lot lately is that all this debt is going to be passed on to our children and grandchildren and what a horrible thing this will be. Tick...Tock...I think for me, passing on a world to our children and grandchildren where some of us will go broke, and some of us will slave, and some of will die because we couldn't take the basic steps of setting up a healthcare system that was not for profit and available to every American because we could and because we are America goddammit the greatest goddamn country in the world, would be a far far far worse legacy. Maybe in the future our decedents will once again have an economic engine that produces something (anything) in this country without outsourcing labor and money into other countries. Is it possible our debt could be repaid rather easily when our country is once again prosperous. Is it possible our children would thank us for investing in smart cost effective health care system now? Will they be ashamed of us if we don't? Tick...Tock...Tick...

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jasonglomp — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:59:08 -0000

SEC. 246. NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.

Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.

Well, Henry I would say sec 246 makes this very clear. This is from house bill 3200. No before you jump in and start crying that there is no that provision makes it legal to check for citizenship I will say your right about that. Consider this Illegal Immigrants already get health care at every emergency room in America today, and you already pay for it in the same way you pay for for the uninsured. Through hikes in your premiums. Are you suggesting that this not already the greatest health care system on Earth? The next time you are in an ambulance should the EMT's dig through your pockets to find your proof of citizenship? Do you have any?

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:30:47 -0000

I have a solution I want public health care to get fat cat insurance bureaucrats out of my doctors office you seem to not want public health care how about a compromise. How about a system where I can buy into a public system and you don't have to. We could call it..hmmmm...how about a public option. Oh wait your against that too aren't you.

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jasonglomp — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:24:38 -0000

Yes, lets talk about college education for a moment. I can share my story with you Linda and I think you will find it interesting. I was attending a major University in Wisconsin and I broke my leg during the winter recess. I needed major surgery to fix it. 6 screws, 2 pins and a steel plate later I was on the road to recovery. Lucky for me I was covered by my parents health care because I was still in school. Due to my injury I was not able attend the next semester that started a week after my injury occurred (it gets very Icy up here in north-middle America and that's not good for crutches). Well my health insurance provider decided that because I did not go back to school that semester I was not a student anymore. In their coverage policy in states that I was covered during Breaks from school. Well that did not stop them from refusing to pay one cent of the over $14,000 bill I had accrued. We appealed to the healthcare provider and they once again denied me the coverage that my parents had paid for. I had to drop out of school and now after nine years am about to re-enroll in school. Does that make it clear why I will never hand over one red cent to the criminal Elitists from the Health Care industry. Not even if I am mandated to. I will not pay the $750 fine that Max Baucus wants me to pay for not having health insurance. Unless I can buy into a cheap government option I will remain uninsured. The Corporate Elitists who fly around on private jets and limo's already took nine years from me they will never ever ever get one goddamn cent from me.
SOMETHINGS ARE NOT FOR PROFIT
PUBLIC OPTION OR NO INDIVIDUAL MANDATES

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:47:36 -0000

Amen Cazie. We can agree on something. Republicans and Democrats are the problem. Start by taking party affiliation off the ballots. Publicly finance elections. Create term limits. As a great man once said, "we are not a collection of red states and blue states this is the United States." Political parties do more damage to this country then anything else and there is no competition to them. We need at least five or six competitive parties or as George Washington would have liked none at all.
My question to you Cazie is were you this vocal about the money being spent in an unnecessary war in Iraq or are you not a true fiscal conservative. There are a lot of Johnny come latelys out there who are now worried about the financial health of the country but made no qualms about the trillions that we blew on an unprovoked war. I find these idiots rather disingenuous when they rant about the money we will spend on health care while having failed in there duty to protest the money that went out the door to Iraq. Good arguments can be made about the money if you are willing to say yes we spent to much in Iraq.

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:27:58 -0000

Linda of course of I have read "The Emperor's New Clothes" and I went to Socialist Public run Schools. To your points about the Chris Dodds, Charlie Rangles, and Barney Franks (who is frickin hilarious by the way) of the world. These chumps are up for election every 6 for the senate and 2 for the house years. Seems like their is plenty of opportunity to "lay them off". William Jefferson the former congressman from Louisiana who had the money in his freezer laid off he will also be going to jail soon. By the way he was the only lawmaker to have money found in his freezer not as you put it "some congressman." Former congressman Duke Cunningham from San Diego is also now unemployed he was laid off for much worse then any of your other examples. You are right however many of these guys are scumbags liars and crooks. That is our fault. This is a democracy and we do hold elections and we elect liars, scumbag and crooks. Money is so often the problem so the question is how do we get the money out of the system. So that Health Insurance companies could not black-male politicians with campaign contributions. Term limits and public financing of elections would be a good start. How about three or four more viable political parties or better yet lets do away with political parties all together.

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jasonglomp — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:06:42 -0000

You are right John. Free market solutions always work. People laughed at George Bush when he suggested we privatize social security. Just think if we had put our retirements into the stock market how much they had been worth now...oh wait. I also wish we would privatize the Socialized Military come to think of it roads should not be public either. Let's do away with those pesky Pinko fire departments. The Police...couldn't we do a better job if private companies were to do the job instead? Freedom that's right that is what is at stake here. Screw Obama and Pelosi, and Reid Eliteists all of them. Who cares that they are democratically elected by the non-elitist hard working majority of "Real Americans". Who cares that the most money that they can make in year is about one percent of What the folks who run the Health Care system now make they are the elites not the poor honest health care CEO who makes millions of dollars. DOWN with the tyranny of democratic elections and representative government. Thank you John for being a good real American.

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jasonglomp — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:36:30 -0000

Cheryl,
Good point the government does do very little efficiently or effectively. The Military is a poorly run ill funded waste and our system of interstate highways is a nightmare. My one problem with your argument is this: When Republican president Abraham Lincoln said, "A government of by and for the people shall never parish from the earth" the government he was talking about was ours. This government is not some thing in Washington that you have no control over. It is yours and mine and if it is doing a poor job then you should feel terrible because it belongs to you and it belongs to me. What we should do is hold a nation wide referendum on health care reform and have people vote on it. We could have one man...for arguments sake lets call him John McCain support reforming the system without government intervention and another man lets call him...i don't know Barack Obama he can represent the opinion that government should be involved in Health Care. We can invite every Adult American to come out and cast a vote as to which man had a better plan and in the end we will go with whoever gets the most votes plan. I know it sounds far fetched but it just might work.

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jasonglomp — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:31:34 -0000

It's weird, I don't see it that way Cazie. I would love it if you would expand on these idea's so I could get a better idea of what you mean about Obama. I really want to hate Obama and the liberal left but some of what he is saying makes sense to me. I do hate Democrats almost as much as I hate Republicans. However, I don't understand what is undemocratic about winning an election and then attempting to do exactly what you said you were going to do while you campaigned in that election. That seems like the most democratic thing in the world. Obama promised Universal Health Care during his campaign and then the people elected him and now he's trying to achieve that goal for better or worse. Now if the election had been to close to call and then the Supreme Court over-stepped the authority given to them by the constitution to order a sovereign state to stop counting it's votes I could see how that would seem undemocratic. A president trying to accomplish what he campaigned on that's downright refreshing. Democrats have always believed in Government intervention in peoples lives look at FDR or John Kennedy or Bobby Kennedy. These lefty's appear on our money, Mount Rushmore, and have Stadiums named after them. Bill Clinton tried to get health care reform and was a scumbag but I don't think he was undemocratic. The size of Government increased dramatically under Ronald Regan but I consider the man to be an American hero. Maybe I am not as smart as you though. Maybe I am missing something here. I do so want to hate Obama. Please expand upon your idea's here so I can understand what is so undemocratic about Obama in particular. Also if you are against Medicare and Medicaid do you believe that we should do away with veteran's health care benefits as well because last I checked those were government run and I like the fact the we give our brave warriors free government run lifetime Health Care. No wait...come to think of it your right screw the men and woman of the military. I want to be against these things. I just don't see it your way and I would ask you to help me better understand why getting health-care from a Company who pays it's CEO $10,000,000 dollars a year is better then getting health-care from a government where no individual can make more then $500,000 (the salary of the president). It seems to me that more money would go to health-care for a working class stiff like me and less to some elitist jet set CEO's pocket. Like I said I want to hate Obama. I already do not trust the government. I think you could finally help me see light. So expand upon your ideas here and really break it down for me. Make it clear why Obama is so bad, cause I just don't get it. As far as I can tell he is just another in a long line of scumbag politicians that we have elected over the years no better no worse. Also, if the government is to be as the founders intended "of... for ...and by the people" isn't the fact that are government sucks so bad our fault. It's our government and it is in fact us; you, me, and every other American's job to make it work right and well and for us and as the constitution says "for the general welfare" of it's people. Please I beg of you enlighten me because as of now I just don't get it.

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:06:56 -0000

Linda,
Thank you for your kind words.

Re: Fix Health Care Policy | Sound Off

jasonglomp — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:56:49 -0000

Here's a little nugget that no one seems to be talking about. I am an uninsured American. I am in independent contractor (cab driver) and can not afford to pay for health insurance without the aid of an employer. Many of my friends are in the same boat. Waitress and waiters, kitchen staff, maids, cab drivers, bartenders and other members of the hospitality industry seem to most often lack adequate health insurance.

So I pose this question. What do people who don't have insurance do when we get sick with some sort of pandemic flu? We don't go to the doctor at least not until we absolutely have to. We don't take days off work because we can't afford it.

What does that mean for people who have health insurance and don't care whether or not We do? It means your going to get the swine-flu or whatever else nasty sickness is coming down the pike. Or it means your going to have to stop eating in restaurants, drinking at bars, or taking taxi's. So in the end it is imperative to everyone's health that the uninsured can afford to see a doctor.

The question is how do we do that. I will not pay a health insurance corporation that spends millions of dollars to lobby congress against me getting health care one red cent. I will not pay one cent to a corporation were CEO's are paid 500 times what I take home. If i am mandated by the government to do so then I guess I will go jail. Mandating individuals to pay money to corporations is in fact the text book definition of fascism in that it is a melding of the corporations and the government. Individual mandates would be a tax levied by the government through penalties for non-compliance. Before you say "but...but..you have to have insurance to drive a car," remember you don't have to drive a car it's a privilege you do have to breath and exist.
So what then. You don't want get sick riding in my cab or eating at your favorite restaurant. We don't want to pay corporations money that they waste it on huge CEO compensation or electing some douche bag congressman for his tenth term. You don't want government run health care. We do. How about a compromise some sort of option where you can buy into a government run health care plan if want and if don't want to then don't. We could call it....hmmm...I don't know... hmmm...oh yeah I got it we will call it a Public Option. What do you say do we have a deal. Think fast I am about to sneeze.