How do you feel about Obama's Health Care reform?

I think we need to leave well enough alone. Leave things as they are and don't reform health care.

It sounds very encouraging especially in light of the fact that most people insured today bay thousands of dollars a year for practically nothing when you consider the high deductibles and all the hidden costs that insurance does not pay for.

In essence, most of the insured in this country, really do not have any insurance at all not to mention the people who have nothing at all which is really the situation most of us are in.

People are so worried about insurance paying for an abortion. Better they be done legally than illegally if the need arises. Teenage pregnancy rates are way up and the economy is going south so do the math on that one.

There are far more important issues concerning health care, i.e. everyone would be covered and if you are poor, the government would subsidize a plan for you. The homeless would not be turned away.

The working poor would have a plan. The middle class with families would be covered. Young people starting out in life would be covered. Health care would be available and people could pick and choose which plan they wanted that better served their needs. If they lost their jobs, they would not lose their insurance. As the job loss numbers rise, this is really a paramount issue.

In essence, your employer may be able to give you a raise if his/her health care costs were brought way down. Wages have stagnated due to the escalating health care costs on small businesses, corporations and major industries in America today.

Health care costs have brought this country to its knees and we are all begging for mercy and are at the mercy of the powers that be.

Obama wants to give us a way out of the dead lock we are in by giving us choice, less cost, and bringing more competition into the playing field. Of course, the powers that be are not happy. They will have to shape up or ship out.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_go_co/us...

I believe that is what you are talking about and people need to read about it before making a decision. Some people are getting the wrong impression based only on what they have heard and have no idea what the reform actually involves. Anyway-

"Abortion is not mentioned in the 1,018-page bill that Democratic leaders hope will be approved by the last of three House committees this week."

Direct quote. I think that as far as abortion goes that things need to stay the way they are.

That being said I do have one more thing to add- I do not like having to pay $200 out of every paycheck for health insurance, especially when there are countries out there who nevre have to pay a cent for treatment. I like the idea of a health care system where you do not need health insurance to be able to seek medical care, and unfortunately abortion procedures fall under that category, along with open heart surgeries. It would not be fair to say that it will cover one procedure and not another. America will not be the first country where abortions are being payed for by our government. Think about Canada.

I am against it anyway. But adding more access to abortion makes me more against it.

Governmental health care is not the solution to our health care problems. It would only decrease the quality of care for a vast majority of people and create huge problems in terms of taxes. Our economy is in enough trouble right now. Adding health care to it would only make it worse.

If we would just make more incentives for smaller business to offer health care coverage to their full and part time employees then that would be an easier and much less expensive way for us to help our health care problem. And when the economy gets better that will help as well.

But government run health care is great if you don't get sick or only need routine procedures and care. But get a more complicated problem and then it will be a mess. I don't think people realize this. Look at Canada they have government run health care, but now they are seeing that it creates problems for people serious health problems. There are less doctors because of it. And very few specialists. Our capitalistic way of doing health care in the end helps more people.

OMG, I really hope this never passes. I just read it and I in no way want to pay for someone to kill their baby. It is sad enough such a practice is necessary with an ectopic pregnancy. In addition, I would rather pay for my healthcare than to receive Medicaid. I don't want someone telling me I have to switch and on top of that pay for someone that is sitting their a** at home to have the same health care I have.

Whinie....if it is not mentioned, it is NOT excluded meaning we would have to pay for someone to kill their unborn baby. I for one am going to do everything I can to stop this.

My insurance company already pays for abortion, so it wouldn't really matter to me. I don't agree with abortion, but I also don't think we should take away a woman's right to choose. She's the one who has to live with herself.

As far as being paid for by taxes, etc., dude--I can't afford health insurance for my kids right now ($600 per month), so all I care about is getting them insurance PERIOD. Whether or not is pays for abortion is the least of my concerns. It's sad, but all I want is coverage for my kids, you know?

Besides--our taxes already pay for women who can't keep their legs closed and continue to pop out one baby after nother just to get more food stamps; lazy @ssholes who aren't really disabled, but they pretend to be so that they can collect disability, etc. What's one more thing, you know?

thats messed up, why add abortion to it? its your fault you get pregnant. thats just wrong. hes already screwed us so much as it is. its his fault my husband gets little benefits from the military. being a retired vet unable to work he gets crap because obama cut back all that. he seriously just needs impeached now before he ruins the country anymore