Comments on: Strengthening the health-care bill http://augustafreepress.com/2009/11/23/strengthening-the-health-care-bill/ Independent news source for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro, Va. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max Friedman http://augustafreepress.com/2009/11/23/strengthening-the-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-91893 Max Friedman Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:52:31 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=15447#comment-91893 Sen. Warner: My old company, which had a very good health care insurance plan with several companies, has now merged with a larger one. We are getting an even better health insurance plan for the same or less money. Competition is one of the keys to cutting health costs and insurance costs. The public/government option will kill this ability of insurance companies to compete in the open market, which you claim to support. Let's see what the next 2,000 page waste of trees bill has in it, or hidden in it. That is where the danger of this government's health care plans lie. The implied options and powers are getting to the "authoritarian" stage as in if you don't have health insurance, you can be fined up to $5,000. If you don't pay the fine, you can go to jail for possibly up to 5 years, a felony sentence. This is not the "choice" we hoped for. If this isn't authoritarian, Sen. Warner, what is? Sen. Warner:

My old company, which had a very good health care insurance plan with several companies, has now merged with a larger one. We are getting an even better health insurance plan for the same or less money.

Competition is one of the keys to cutting health costs and insurance costs. The public/government option will kill this ability of insurance companies to compete in the open market, which you claim to support.

Let’s see what the next 2,000 page waste of trees bill has in it, or hidden in it. That is where the danger of this government’s health care plans lie. The implied options and powers are getting to the “authoritarian” stage as in if you don’t have health insurance, you can be fined up to $5,000. If you don’t pay the fine, you can go to jail for possibly up to 5 years, a felony sentence. This is not the “choice” we hoped for.

If this isn’t authoritarian, Sen. Warner, what is?

]]> By: Yvonne Woods http://augustafreepress.com/2009/11/23/strengthening-the-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-91649 Yvonne Woods Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:25:38 +0000 http://augustafreepress.com/?p=15447#comment-91649 What's wrong with democrats? They voted for bank and auto bailouts but, they won't help the uninsured? without a public option it's not health reform stop acting like repubicans and use the power we gave you and help us or we might as well put republicans back in office. Stop being wishy washy and get the bill passed with a strong public option. What’s wrong with democrats? They voted for bank and auto bailouts but, they won’t help the uninsured? without a public option it’s not health reform stop acting like repubicans and use the power we gave you and help us or we might as well put republicans back in office. Stop being wishy washy and get the bill passed with a strong public option.

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