Comments on: Healthcare reform — a page in American history

By: Janet Wendy Spiegel

Janet Wendy Spiegel — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:05:23 +0000

Suzanne, you are so right. How did fear-mongering become so mighty as to usurp the goals and aspirations for our people? I wrote a post awhile back talking about our founding fathers and got a bit of a tongue lashing: http://www.genplususa.com/what-would-our-founding-fathers-say/

Thanks for throwing in your two cents. I couldn’t agree with you more.

By: Suzanne Bogue

Suzanne Bogue — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:22:39 +0000

If we could keep the concept of communism and socialism OUT of the mix we might be able to understand that it is really what our country was founded upon. Looking back at history, the founding fathers didn’t like the concept of large banks and more or less predicted what has happened. While a banking system much larger than they could have concieved is necessary for a free economy, they still had the right idea. The fact that most insurance companies have ties to large banking should tell us something.
The insurance companies and banks are holding our health and welfare hostage. Let our governments get our healthcare under control and we will be healthy enough to wrest the control of our financial lives from the clutches of big business!

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[...] Single payer, public option, 5 bills into one…Janet at Gen Plus gives her American/Canadian take on last week’s day in healthcare history. [...]

By: Janet Wendy Spiegel

Janet Wendy Spiegel — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:22:42 +0000

I wonder what people would really think if the media didn’t stir up the fear factors and if the political parties weren’t so polarized. I like MoneyPenny’s point that had the reform been labelled something really simple (she coins “Medicare for All”…I would buy that…”healthcare for all” works!) people would understand the concept better. Now I have to do my research on HR 676.

Marika — I agree. And I wish more people would just say it like it is! How can anyone NOT want healthcare for all??

By: Marika

Marika — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:41:06 +0000

Right on, Janet! The Canadian model, however imperfect, is as good as it gets.

By: moneypenny

moneypenny — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:31:19 +0000

Single payer is the best way to go, I agree completely. Why they didn’t start the reform process with something simple, like “Medicare for All” is a complete mystery. John Conyers (D-Mich) introduced a bill that would have done that — HR 676, I think. It was only 30 pages long and even a non-lawyer could understand it — imagine! Instead, we get 1,200+ pages of legalese that won’t kick in until 2013 (or possibly never, if the insurance industry execs and certain other people have their way), won’t cover everyone and may or may not have a public option. Thanks for nothing, Congress!