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post #91 of 95
3/15/10 at 9:00am
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Originally Posted by Momofmany View Post
I'll never fully get the "control the people" comments. For those that bring this up, please help me understand where you draw the line, because there are some things that, IMO, are essential. Some that come to mind: speed limits, schools, police force, drug laws, age restrictions for things like buying tobacco and alcohol products, pornography, building codes, labor laws. I could go on and on.

I don't agree with everything that the government has their hand in, but that doesn't mean that I think they are doing things to "control the people".

Having recently lost my job and soon to lose my health care benefits when the severance runs out, it's dawned on me that without health care, my life expectancy has just dropped. It's not a question of "control". It's a matter of life or death for millions of people across the country.
Thank you. This is a very good post.
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post #92 of 95
3/15/10 at 11:43am
We are talking about nationizing 17% of our GDP people, that is freaking HUGE.

Latest poll


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Health Care Reform
43% Favor Health Care Plan, 53% Oppose
Monday, March 15, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement
Democrats in Congress are vowing to pass their national health care plan with a vote in the House possible by the end of this week. But most voters still oppose the plan the same way they have for months.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 43% favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, while 53% oppose it. Those findings include 23% who Strongly Favor the plan and 46% who Strongly Oppose it.


Article below from Yahoo, dated today, Monday, March 15, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health...verhaul_primer

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For example, a family of four making $44,000 would pay $2,763 in premiums _about 6 percent of its income_ for a policy worth $9,435.

But a similar family making $66,000 would have to pay $6,257 in premiums, close to 10 percent of its income. That may be less than a mortgage, but it's more than a car payment.

Once the exchanges open, most Americans would be required to carry health insurance or pay a fine. Medicaid would be expanded to cover childless adults living near poverty.
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post #93 of 95
3/15/10 at 12:33pm
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For example, a family of four making $44,000 would pay $2,763 in premiums _about 6 percent of its income_ for a policy worth $9,435.
Any idea on how they arrived at the figure $9435?
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post #94 of 95
3/15/10 at 3:19pm
It doesnt say at all, but my guess would be health care spending / number of people
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post #95 of 95
3/15/10 at 4:05pm
The poll results in this thread just about mirror the results of today's Rasmussen poll on this Bill.
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