Churchill said it best, democracy isnt the best system but for now it works. if you notice we are seeing a shift in the democratic process. Because it really deosnt work all that great …

All i can say is write to the presidenty/congress and CC the newspapers. one day it will make a difference.

I’m truly sorry for your loss. You must have done everything you could for your father.
It’s surprising then, that you don’t feel more outrage @ our scandalous healthcare system.
Corrrect me if I’m wrong guys, but I’m of a mind that President Obama has made his proposal abundantly clear. His proposal states that the public would be free to stay w/our current plan if we’re happy w/it. The single payer or public plan would be 1 additional option available to us.
Why do I think the government would be better @ running our healthcare system? Because they already do to some extent: Medicare. It’s a plan most MDs I’ve come across readily accept. They’re pretty much guaranteed payment if their staff follows Medicare guidelines.——Anybody out there got Medicare? How’s it working for you?
And what’s w/that argument I hear that the govt. isn’t capable of running a huge program efficiently? The military is govt. run.
My outrage above is really directed @ those of us who let others do our thinking for us. When it comes to an issue so vital to the vast majority of the public, why do we simply repeat what somebody has already put into our mouths?
If we’re sheep instead of thinking/feeling human beings, I’m not really sorry for calling people bozos. Except when it cuts 1 person to the heart.
Steve C, my prayers for your father’s soul.

Bozo? I take major offense to that. And yes I have been seriously ill and so have my family memebers. My dad was ill and died. So what of it? All Insurance is a scam they dont ever want you to use their services. They want the free money. What you dont want is to have to stand in line and wait 3 years to have an operation.. what makes you think governmet run coverage would raise teh standard any better? if anything it may chase away teh great doctors and you will get the doctor that is sub-sub-standard.

I have never flamed anyone on this blog and for you to jump at us for voicing our opinions is beyond rude.

Have any of you bozos actually been seriously ill? Physically, that is. Let’s leave your outraged, outsized egos for behavioral health specialists.

Have you ever been w/a loved one who refuses to go to the ER despite all MDs’ advice solely because of the cost?
Get off your high horses you naysaying idiots w/your pre-packaged, regurgitated arguments against healthcare reform unless you’ve been in a life-or-death situation & worried as much about how you’d pay for the medical expenses as you did about your medical condition.
Ask yourselves whether child mortality rates in this country would drop, if fewer patients would die of “complications” arising from their substandard, overpriced medical “care”.
How healthy are you, the above, & how much do you pay for your healthcare coverage? I pay close to $900.00 per month for great coverage, which is unfortunately so expensive I have to cherry pick which services I can use – if they’re covered @ all.