Comments on: Health-Care Myths http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/06/23/health-care-myths/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: TBarton http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/06/23/health-care-myths/comment-page-9/#comment-7360 TBarton Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:46:26 +0000 http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=1257#comment-7360 Elizabeth, Thanks for another fine piece of research. I always feel so much better informed after reading your articles. Elizabeth,
Thanks for another fine piece of research. I always feel so much better informed after reading your articles.

]]> By: Carla, Ballwin, MO http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/06/23/health-care-myths/comment-page-9/#comment-7359 Carla, Ballwin, MO Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:05:48 +0000 http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=1257#comment-7359 Health care always stirs a lot of emotion, the number of smart and impassioned responses is testament to that. Who wouldn't spend their last cent on saving their premature baby, or spouse or child with a terminal illness. Your mother, sister, grandmother, or beautiful best friend with breast cancer...we've all been there. A devastating car accident which cripples the victim, requiring months of rehabilitation. An elderly person with Alzheimer's, the care can deplete a wealthy family's fortune in no time. We've all been touched by life's unexpected heartbreaks. I hope the government and private sector can come up with a well thought out plan, which is agreeable to all sides of the debate. Health care always stirs a lot of emotion, the number of smart and impassioned responses is testament to that. Who wouldn’t spend their last cent on saving their premature baby, or spouse or child with a terminal illness. Your mother, sister, grandmother, or beautiful best friend with breast cancer…we’ve all been there. A devastating car accident which cripples the victim, requiring months of rehabilitation. An elderly person with Alzheimer’s, the care can deplete a wealthy family’s fortune in no time. We’ve all been touched by life’s unexpected heartbreaks. I hope the government and private sector can come up with a well thought out plan, which is agreeable to all sides of the debate.

]]> By: Nancy Welch http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/06/23/health-care-myths/comment-page-9/#comment-7358 Nancy Welch Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:00:44 +0000 http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=1257#comment-7358 I agreed completely with Sharden, until we stop dishing out FREE health care to those who do not pay taxes and get free health care and free housing and free food and stop sending all of our jobs out of this country we are going to continue to go down the recession track in this country. The only thing that is really free is salvation and that's because the price has already been paid. WE give all this free living to people who are able to work and our elderly who worked blood sweat and tears for this country are the ones that live without their medicine and cool air and food to eat. It really burns me up to see them struggle to have a little something and then when they get sick and have to be cared for they have to give everything to the state but, we will give free housing, free food, $1 prescriptions to people who can get off their lazy tails and work but, we don't do it. I am not just talking about illegals I am talking about Americans. We let people come in to this country and pay no taxes, whose bright idea was that. Like I don't know. I believe in the land of the free but, I get up everyday and go to work and give 150% to my employer and i don't expect not to pay taxes or not to have to pay for food or my medicine. Our elderly should be some of the wealthest around but we have forgotten them instead we give it to the undeserving. SOMEBODY WAKE UP IN WASHINGTON PLEASE. Someone commented that Washington does not lieve like we do I say Amen to that. I agreed completely with Sharden, until we stop dishing out FREE health care to those who do not pay taxes and get free health care and free housing and free food and stop sending all of our jobs out of this country we are going to continue to go down the recession track in this country. The only thing that is really free is salvation and that’s because the price has already been paid. WE give all this free living to people who are able to work and our elderly who worked blood sweat and tears for this country are the ones that live without their medicine and cool air and food to eat. It really burns me up to see them struggle to have a little something and then when they get sick and have to be cared for they have to give everything to the state but, we will give free housing, free food, $1 prescriptions to people who can get off their lazy tails and work but, we don’t do it. I am not just talking about illegals I am talking about Americans. We let people come in to this country and pay no taxes, whose bright idea was that. Like I don’t know. I believe in the land of the free but, I get up everyday and go to work and give 150% to my employer and i don’t expect not to pay taxes or not to have to pay for food or my medicine. Our elderly should be some of the wealthest around but we have forgotten them instead we give it to the undeserving. SOMEBODY WAKE UP IN WASHINGTON PLEASE. Someone commented that Washington does not lieve like we do I say Amen to that.

]]> By: Ira http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/06/23/health-care-myths/comment-page-9/#comment-7357 Ira Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:06:19 +0000 http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=1257#comment-7357 "Waiting time for elective surgery is lower in the US than in countries with nationalized health care." Did the study factor in uninsured or underinsured people? I need to see a specialist, but my insurance won't cover it and I can't afford to pay it out of my pocket, so my waiting time is until I can afford it - probably four or five months at least. If I was still living in Canada, I'm sure I could get treatment within a week. “Waiting time for elective surgery is lower in the US than in countries with nationalized health care.”

Did the study factor in uninsured or underinsured people? I need to see a specialist, but my insurance won’t cover it and I can’t afford to pay it out of my pocket, so my waiting time is until I can afford it – probably four or five months at least. If I was still living in Canada, I’m sure I could get treatment within a week.

]]> By: Andrew Polhamus http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/06/23/health-care-myths/comment-page-9/#comment-7356 Andrew Polhamus Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:36:14 +0000 http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=1257#comment-7356 I forgot to put this in my last post, but when you factor out all of the illegals, people who have TURNED DOWN Health Insurance for their own reasons, and people who are eligable for Medicaid but havent signed up for whatever reason, theres Roughly 8.2 million Americans who are caught inbetween. These Americans have jobs but are low paying so they can not aford health insurance but the government believes they make to much to recieve Medicaid. Are we really willing to spend 10 TRILLION on 2.6% of the population?!?!?!?!(Total pop. is 306,750,902) Based on those numbers it makes absolutly no sense to me. I forgot to put this in my last post, but when you factor out all of the illegals, people who have TURNED DOWN Health Insurance for their own reasons, and people who are eligable for Medicaid but havent signed up for whatever reason, theres Roughly 8.2 million Americans who are caught inbetween. These Americans have jobs but are low paying so they can not aford health insurance but the government believes they make to much to recieve Medicaid. Are we really willing to spend 10 TRILLION on 2.6% of the population?!?!?!?!(Total pop. is 306,750,902) Based on those numbers it makes absolutly no sense to me.

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