Yes, you have a high school education.... you can read, but you still do not understand

Did you understand that the projected unfunded debt on the current medicare system is $89 trillion. Oh, yeah the POTUS failed to bring that part up.

I am a practicing physician of 25 years and emphatically disagree with Dr. Turk. Certainly we need reform and insurance company oversight, but I do not believe it has to involve socialized medicine in any way. Of course we need TORT reform, and I believe Mr. Obama just attempted to throw a bone with talk of a pilot plan. Just do it. If the Stimulus could be rammed through in such little time, then so can TORT reform.....if you're serious about it. HC is expensive, and I personally don't believe it is going to get much cheaper. In fact, as technology grows, it is likely to get more expensive, that is, for state-of-the-art care. Of course there is nothing called a 'death panel', but there are 'advisory panels', those who will recommend how much care can be afforded and given. A person denied, say a high priced chemo drug, might have a different opinion regarding whether to call it an advisory panel or death panel. Keep in mind that NO other national health plan allows the use of the newer chemo drugs, like Avastin, which can cost $17,000 a month. It is simply too cost prohibitive. In the US, so far, insurance companies and medicare have paid for this drug and other similar drugs. Over 50% of the cost increases over the past 30 years is due to higher technology. So, what happens when we have the technology to make everybody the $6 million man, but we don't have $6 million per man? To date, by and large, rising insurance premiums have covered very expensive care for those stricken. I seriously doubt that a huge government bureaucracy can lower prices and offer anywhere near the same level of care. Yes, we need reform, we should not try to throw out the whole system and start over with the government in control. We need to forge ahead and make some real progress, but slow enough to see what works and what doesn't. Dr. Turk has one opinion, I have another, and as I discuss it with my colleagues, l find I am not alone. In fact, I have yet to talk to a single colleague who supports any current plan. Obama

There appears to be confusion in the term understanding. Everyone seems to understand what he says. It is the difference in what has been written (into the bills) and what is written that is the problem. When you understand that, media statements like: "By using misleading words and phrases like "rationing," "government takeover" and "socialized medicine," and some truly ludicrous ones like "death panels" and "killing grandma," opponents of the president's plan have convinced many Americans that the health care reforms under consideration are indefensible" - are the indefensible misunderstanding. Dear Media: quit misrepresenting thyis left wing agenda and READ THE BILL.

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bob martin _ I also have a high school education, come from a lower income home, and two college degrees I paid for on my own but all the information I have looked at tied direct to the bills now in Congress - do leave open no protection against undocumented people in this country, have built in systems with in the bill that will leave employers with a simple choice to dump employees with privet insurance onto the government option and there is one it would be the exchange with rules,
So Bob if you believe Obama you need to do further investigation and read the existing bills now written by one party only. I hope you reconsider to look into this you will be sorry once its in place because there will be no turning back-Just what Obama and his brown shirts want.

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another DEMOCRAT LOSER who cant spell (QUIT) not quite, who is this really that IDIOT joe plugs biden

this is plain english
congress must pay off the national debt
they must audit The Fed
they must stop deficit spending
they must put the dollar back on the gold standard
then they can spend what tax dollars they collect on which reforms they can afford to fund. simple!

We also pay monthly for medicare

What you're saying is you need to 'earn' the money to have Health Care. So women 65 or over that are married, and are still married or their husbands have passed away, and have never been in the workforce should not be able to use Medicare because they didn't 'earn' it.
Workers with families who got layed off through no fault of their own and can't afford Health care shouldn't be able to have Medical insurance through Welfare because they are not 'earning' it.
A mind is a horrible thing to waste. And yours is wasted.

Stupid liberal, huh? Well, I agree that there are some who are looking for a free ride. Beyond that, you make a lot of sense. My personal policy is very inexpensive at $375 a month. No, it doesn't cover the small stuff, but pays 100% up to $3 million, after I reach my deductable. So, I take responsibility for routine visits and tests (although at a negotiated rate), but I can't go bankrupt and am covered for major expenses. If my bill is $250,000, I still only pay my $5k deductable. Yes, I know that's a lot for some people, but they aren't likely to have to sell their house to come up with it.

True reform in health care starts with a preventative medicine approach. I agree, like taking care of your car, you must take care of your body and mind before it breaks down. Regular oil changes and tune ups prevent problems with your engine, good education and a Mayo clinic model of medicine will lower health care costs because we will prevent illness and decrease the burden on health insurance. To think that we only have to change the delivery of a system and not change what is causing us to access it, is simple minded.
Quit smoking, prevent obesity and you will see costs driven down even without health care reform.
Expecting to fix a medical problem after years of abuse is not the solution. That would be like driving your car without ever having it inspected or treated correctly.
We need to do something....we can not throw out some kind of reform.

In other words you are saying only those who can afford it should be able to survive.
Pretty cold.

Wow you're obviously rich and haven't had a condition like an immune system disease which requires constant medical treatment to stay alive... So someone born with an illness should suffer even though they didn't chose to be born that way? Even if they are someone who works hard like 60hrs a week doesn't recieve any government money and can't recieve insurance from their employer and still struggle to cover costs of preventitive medicine...? Must be awesome to have so much money it doesn't mean anything to you and you can throw around $5k for a hospital visit whenever. I bet you're a great guy with a bunch of friends...

I disagree, we have congressmen and senators in DC that have quality Health Care, not to mention many many other benefits that the Tax Payers are paying for. If any one of them had to seek medical care under the insurance most americans have you can bet they would get off their behinds and do something. Death Panels, we already have that because if you don't have QUALITY Ins you do not get QUALITY treatment. Drugs and Test that could help you are never mentioned and yes people are dying because they simply have no Insurance. The elderly worked all their life only to find that they are treated as usless non-productive citizens and they paid Uncle Sam and now that they need him to give a hand they are handed a bandade. They can't afford the Gaps on the prescription coverage the Goverment came up with so they miss many days and not taking any. What we have come to is if you are not a productive member of society you are denied drugs that are readily available to your Politicians and yes your life span is shortened . If they cared they would cut some of the costs going to themselves that might make a lot of people feel better.