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27 February 2008
Ohio Democratic debate
What are your thoughts about this debate tonight?
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27 February 2008
What are your thoughts about this debate tonight?
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3 comments
Alan
Feb 28 2008 at 12:32 AM
I watched the debate Emme, but didn't hear anything new. Clinton still wants to insure everyone by mandate, but hasn't explained how she'll force all U.S. citizens to buy it. Obama also wants to insure all the American people, but will only mandate it for children, which would (according to most experts), leave about 15 million people out. And, McCain has no plan whatsoever to insure anyone - with McCain, Americans will still be on their own, with their health insurance tied to an employer.
Emme
Feb 29 2008 at 01:38 AM
I wish during the primaries we could really hear more of the nuggets, the nuts and bolts of HOW they will implement what they are proposing. I feel we all can come up with creative ideas...what's hard is the follow through and action applied to the idea. I want to hear about the plan, strategy, road map for a way out of the insurance debacle we are in. Every single child born should have the right in our "free" country (with all the big businesses and enormous wealth) to be insured automatically. There should be a buy-in for additonal coverage (doctors/[proceedures not of a basic nature and of your choice) but basic coverage should be a given for all of us born here or new nationals. Acutally insurance groups should have a lobbying cap. Ok not only insurance groups but special interest groups as well. (i am sure there are limitations in place already but it seems that anything political usually find loopholes for their interests.
Alan
Mar 03 2008 at 01:08 AM
Unfortunately Emme, politicians are not going to say more than they believe they have to, for fear of making a promise that has no chance of being kept. The other problem is that the news media lets them get away with half-baked ideas, and rarely follows up with what should be obvious questions. Reporters will ask cursory questions of Clinton and Obama, simply because they have spoken about attempting to insure all Americans. However, McCain has no plan for health insurance whatsoever, and I have NEVER heard any reporter ask him what his plan is for insuring all United States citizens. Often, our so-called professional news media does a far less than average job of inquiring of the Presidential candidates, or any politician for that matter.I fear that when the next Presidential election roles around in 2012, this country will be in an even worse place than it is now - likely more than 50 million Americans with no health insurance, and bankruptcies due to unpaid health bills becoming several fold higher than today.The United States is a great country to live in (if everything in life goes just right). But, if you get sick enough - long enough in America with no health insurance, this is by far the worst industrialized nation to live in!