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Where will the pendulum stop?
Hopefully it will stop right here, right now. As Presidential candidate Alan Keyes warned us months ago, “Obama is a radical communist… He is going to destroy this country and we are either going to stop him or the United States of America is going to cease to exist.”
As you may have heard, Robert Creamer, a CONVICTED FELON and Obama’s ACORN associate, outlined the guidelines for the Obamacare SCAM in his 2007 book, “Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win.” http://the-classic-liberal.com/progressive-agenda-for-structural-change-stand-up-straight/
As per Creamer’s book, their main objective is NOT improving health care. It’s to advance their power through the “democratization of wealth” (socialism/Marxim) as per the teachings of Saul Alinsky.
Stop the scam now!

AntonioSosa of FL 11:41PM December 14, 2009

Lets see: Mandated premiums; 500 million in medicare cuts; 55-64 year olds can sign on; increased taxes; 40% tax on insurance preminums we already have above government mandate; reduced quality services. Boy, if this is the best congress can offer, please don't help me.
Congress needs to dump the bill. Get government out of healthcare and let what is right with healthcare work while fixing whats wrong. We do not need to throw the baby out with the bath water.
Boy, I wish our Florida Senator Bill Nelson was part of the solution not the problem, but alas, he's a liberal.

Patriotson of FL 5:47PM December 14, 2009

Why the rush and secrecy in forging the current Reid proposal (whatever it may be)? If this deeply flawed, hastily put together legislation passes expect the Democrats to loose Congress in 2010.

Reality Check of NY 5:35PM December 14, 2009

Democrats took their eye off the ball. If you reduce "true" costs, such as hospitals, doctors, medical equipment, drugs, administrative costs, etc., we will all "win". They haven't even started addressing the "real" problem. We have the wrong people working on this issue. They don't understand that
no one can afford it now. You have to truly reduce the costs now, before you add anything or anyone to it. But... what do you expect out of government employees, any way? we taxpayers pay for their health insurance, which is cheaper than ours. And, they make at least 25% more than we do, too.....

paul of OH 2:11PM December 14, 2009

Agreed. The problem (and expense) ih US healthcare is that Insurance Companies are involved. They should stick to catastrophic coverage and leave the healthcare providers to do their own admission, administration, and billing. Take the middle-man OUT.
Think about it, we have fire insurance, auto liability, and even catastrophic health insurance so that we are protected in case the unwanted event happens (fire, mva, or bad/surprise health issue). But most health care is not unwanted. We WANT to go to the Dr. when we're sick. So let us pay the Dr. directly (or his/her billing company) and take the insurance companies out of the loop entirely for standard healthcare.

Forrest Rudin of CO 1:57PM December 14, 2009

Approximately one-third (31 percent) of hospital costs are tied to administering paperwork and navigating the nightmarish bureaucracy and disingenuous (I even dare say dishonest) policies foisted on our nation by the private insurance industry. The Cleveland Clinic alone reportedly has 2,000 physicians and 1,400 clerks handling their billing.
This is ridiculous.
There will be no true national health reform until we demand - absolutely demand - massive overhaul of the private insurance industry.

CCT of CO 1:00PM December 14, 2009