Lisawfamily's Blog

Once we have another entitlement like social health care the Gov. will make damn sure they control what we eat, smoke, and drink....it's all part of losing more freedom from socialization.

I was in the military I know what socialized health care is like....Plus I have family in canada..They say it is so bad they have to have personal insurance on top of the social crapola. My aunt had to wait 3 years for knee surgery and by the time she got it, it was to late and now her knee is beyond repair

This fine on parents for not having health insurance for their kids DIRECTLY impacts middle class people. The "poor" (better definition is lazy) have medicade anyway. They are already covered by our tax dollars. The wealthy are able to afford whatever they want. That leaves us, the middle class. This fine is just to punish us, the evil, white, middle class of America. The heart of America.

C'mon Lisa, you didn't know it was your RIGHT to have entitlements? That it's your RIGHT to have as many kids as possible, regardless if you can care for them or not? Obama is hereee...according to Ludacris, anyway, and he will take us all to the promised land...

I work with a lot of folks from european countries , and they like the univeral health system in their home countries; but they don't understand why we wouldn't want it....
I had to give them a "neutral color," answer and say, "It won't work here because we have too many freeloaders that clog the system..."

Illegals and those supporters of Obama that by choice, choose not to work because they can live off and milk the system. The foreigner's eyes widened, as he couldn't believe such a thing....I reminded him of the Superdome in New Orleans, during Katrina, and how everyone sat around waiting for the government to bail them out...."That's Obama," I said.

Then, on the other hand was the entire town in Kansas, "Greenville or Greenburg," (I think) that was completely wiped off the map by tornadoes...yet the townfolk took initiative, and rebuilt without the Gov't holding their hand..."That's McCain," I added. He understood the difference rather quickly.

TM- ?? not understanding, i agree with you though..
sipedo- lets remember those NOT paying income taxes but paying gas, sales, etc are still NOT paying as much as the people paying income tax... not sure where the logic is that they pay more..that is untrue...and as someone who has gone from income of 20k to over 100k, our bracket nicely increases as well...rendering it more difficult to ever truly get ahead.
If you believe the amount of tax that is collected can possibly pay for the medical coverage needed for spoiled, irresponsible, unhealthy America would need, you are not being realistic...that was my point of this blog..with Americas health behaviors, should insurance be a right or responsibility...

Actually you pose a very good question. It is everyone's responsibility to make sure they have medical health insurance coverage (the same goes for home owner's insurance - flood insurance - car insurance - and so on) however there are two problems - one being that the premiums are way out of line and are too costly for many to afford - the other is that people don't want to spend that money on health insurance but would rather buy more material things in their lives. The health care premiums that keep rising each year are voted for by the Health Commissioner - they should be looked at and questioned how is it they determine that a family of lets say 4 or 5 could possibly afford a monthly premium of up to $ 900.00 a month or so - just to take the chance in using the insurance when it's needed. If you don't believe the premium amounts - just ask for PPO quotes on a family of 5 from Blue Cross Blue Shield. That is highway robbery. We are wanting to be made to obtain health coverage by the Democrats - but as socialized medicine everyone of us who earn money will have to pay taxes out of our earned dollars at the end of the day for those who choose not to work not to work for it either - so how much will be taken out of our hard earned money to meet the premiums needed for each family? And who gets to pocket the rest that is not used? I see the Democrats making millions off of tax payer money! Extra money that many of us just don't have.

Instead of forcing socialized medicine on everyone - there needs to be an investigation into the Insurance Commissioner to determine

So we have become a processed society to where we want everything handed to us for free and get our noses bent out of joint when we are made to do the right thing and that's to actually be Responsible U.S. Citizens. I personally can understand why people are tired of paying insurance though especially when the rates are not locked in and are out of control. By the time we spend our money on insurance for all types required - taxes on everything required - we have no money to live off of. So I suppose the two edged sword to look at is that if EVERY US Citizen did the right - responsible thing - paying for everything they should - then where would our economy be - because we would not be able to afford anything material other than what would be needed to survive on. Great topic!

If you missed the PBS special about many of the
different ways other countries are providing
healthcare, you may be able to search the video
through Google. Encoded cards were used by some,
so people always had their medical history handy.
In some countries, there were caps set for all types
of medical services preformed. Some countries
combined various things other countries were
doing, and kept the best. There is much that
could be done here. Obama is more open to new
ideas in ways to make healthcare more affordable.

rex mom ,
To equate the poor with lazy is unfair, not everyone doing manual labor is from athird world country.Not all are in asituation where Mom and Dad can keep them while they get a college education. My point is Social Insecurity /medicare-medicade started out as a good idea,an insurance fund for lower income Americans. The problem came about in the 60's when it was thrown into the general fund.Also this is the time frame that wicca was added.Having dealt with these people I know there are a number of bureucrats that believe that if you can swim a river or climb a fence you are entitledd to benifits.

TM, medical history encoded cards, and setting
limits for what doctors, hospitals, pharmacies,
etc can charge for various medical services, are
simply good ideas that we could utilize here.
...And Obama won the debate. :)

Lisa, Obama is open to new ideas, as long as they produce votes for him; i.e., ACORN's illegal activities, etc. McCAin will listen to new ideas, same with Palin. I don't see much teamwork from O'Biden, unless they're the ones that had the idea.

CYNICALPRO - you're a censoring moron, who continually reads the CNN polls. I'm being hard on you, because if OBama gets elected, we'll face tougher times, so start training now. I'm disgusted that you, like obama, lack the courage to face those that can contradict your fluffy statements; re: your censoring your blog so only liberals can post.

Did you watch the video from PBS, Frontline?
It's a bit long, but very interesting.

The reason socialized medicine won't work in America has nothing to do with the government..Americans are spoiled and selfish..they want the top of the line, cadillac healthcare and will not tolerate the cheap unattractive healthcare this will give them... Americans hate HMO's..wait till obama's healthcare package is given...they will despise the universal package Obama has in mind..lets hope it never passes..because I can't stand listening to the complaints this country will make!