Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Gretl
Lv 6
Gretl asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Obama intentionally misquotes Hillary's health care plan?

Yes, her health care is mandatory... Her health care plan makes sense. She said garnishing wages would apply only to workers who can afford health coverage but refuse to buy it, which puts undue pressure on hospitals and emergency rooms. THAT is what she really said about it.

Obama will not make healthcare a priority, he hasn't even bothered with it until now.

17 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes, it is done on purpose.

  • 1 decade ago

    Are you crazy? Payroll deduction or garnishment both have the same end result. My wages are being taken away from me. I earn my wages. I should decide how I want my money spent. Moreover, you are open to this plan without knowing how much money it will cost each individual. It could be 40% of your wages. Will you still support this nonsense?

    If I am 18 and healthy, why should I pay the healthcare for some 50 year old smoker, drinker, druggee?

    This foolishness will lead to a government mandated health care program. Sugar, caffeine and fat will be outlawed.

    Universal healthcare is a 24/7/365 buffet for the obsessive compulsive doctor crazy folks. They will overwork the system. People will go to the doctor for a hang nail.

    This system will be a nightmare.

    Obama program is voluntary. Freedom and independence is always the best option.

    http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4457/hillarypay...

  • 1 decade ago

    we already have all of those in some form except universal health care. We all already pay for the health care of government employees, prisoners, the indigent, bankruptcies from medical bills, elderly, the disabled, illegal immigrants in some states, unemployed, and when we purchase things, part of that money goes to pay salaries and medical of the employees. The people who are paying the medical coverage, either directly or indirectly, of other people are FED UP with not being able to have coverage themselves.

    We need a healthy workforce. The workers should be the ones WITH medical coverage, not the ones left out! Preventative care is important for every American.

    H

    Source(s): I am a government employee who has my medical covered for my entire family of four as a part of my salary thanks to our tax dollars. I believe in universal health care, but it's not because I don't have health care.
  • 1 decade ago

    Actually he did work on health care issues even in IL--which is where he did not go with making it mandatory and she says he wimped out then and still does.

    How are his criticisms that bad though? Her plan is not so defined as some seem to think--health insurance costs vary--there is the issue of FORCING insurers to take on ANYONE and EVERYONE and what that will do to premiums, etc.

    She's not talking about creating a hospital or ER insurance, she's talking about forcing people to buy what exists and a lot of folks who COULD have it don't have it because of costs, but will the government agree they can't afford it?

    No this is not so cut-and-dried as you make it sound.

    No I'm not voting for Obama.

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • 1 decade ago

    Wrong! Obama has been working on his Health Care Plan for years. BarackObama.com. I want a Health Care option. I don't want it mandated that I have to buy it. Hillary shouldn't be going against the Constitution.

  • Deb M
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Obama said today that Hillary copied HIS health care plan...what a liar!

    I heard him during the CNN debates...go toe to toe with Hillary, that his plan was NOT mandatory for everyone...and he checked some people don't want a health care plan. NOW his plan in universal....

  • 1 decade ago

    That's not true--go to

    www.barackobama.com/issues and click on his healthcare plan. He has not mentioned it to be mandatory---or talked about garnishing wages and it seems to me that this is a smarter approach because there will be people who refuse to get health care and it would not be surprising if one of those would challenge a mandatory plan that garnishes wages in the courts, claiming that this is violating his/her freedom of choice. You can't force people to buy it--not with our constitution......

  • 1 decade ago

    Her plan sucks. Just think, if every time you had a problem with your health care you had to go to a Government office like the DMV. Scary !

    If you don't have health care, get up, go out, and get a job! No one is going to give it out for free, nor should they have to !

    ANYBODY BUT OBAMA OR CLINTON IN 08 !!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Who cares?

  • 1 decade ago

    ...also, garnishing wages is the same thing that is happening already with employer healthcare (who's premiums keep going up every year!), what do you people think taxes taken out of your paychecks are? GARNISHMENTS!!!!!!!!! DUH!!!! Hillary's plan covers EVERYONE! period!

    Obama's plan? leaves out an estimated 15 million people!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    how does she know who can and cannot afford it? if they could afford it, they would participate by choice and not by force. If i say i cant afford who is she to say that i can and garnish my wages?

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.