Obama wants to provide healthcare for everyone, even for those who cannot afford it. Without competition, the prices of insurance goes up & quality goes down. The non-profit public insurance option are for those who don't have insurance & does not effect those who already have it. Some say they can't fairly compete. Obama compares it as public universities vs. private ones.
It does not include/support abortion or illegal immigrants. He hopes to end insurance company abuse and cover more Americans. Rather than making claims and fighting against it, why don't we all just work together? And for those who can't afford coverage, provide them with a choice. No one should get in the way of what YOU and YOUR needs.
How does he expect to pay? More spending cuts with the savings he promises within the healthcare system. Just like people against the Iraq war that the last decades have spent trillion of dollars on, lets take the time to spend the money in OUR country for OUR people. Furthermore, the people against this are the same people who are against medicare and medicade. The more money we make/spend doesn't make any of us any healthier. Four decades ago, it took a lifetime of hardworkers to come up and provide medicare. Seniors shouldn't struggle to pay bills, it is a sacred trust passed down from generation to generation. Obama says not a dollar from medicare will be used to help pay for his plan. American seniors get what they were promised. Seniors... let alone, anyone should have to pay thousands of dollasr a year out of their own pocket just to live life. It's hard enough.
There's plenty of arguments to fight this. But for some reason, I believe it. My grandmother lives with me and she is on medicare. She has four or five different medications she has to take and thanks to her medicare, we pay a dollar to five dollars for one.
My brother almost lost his life at the hospital. However, he did not have any insurance although he was a full-time worker. He was allergic to some medication. He spent about two weeks in ICU. Without insurance, his hospital bill was well over $40,000. That... was the price of my car. My parents work full-time at normal everyday jobs. And there was no way they could afford to pay for it in any way, shape or form. Luckily, the hospital has many payment options and plans. They ended up helping my parents & brother pay for the bill and sent monthly payments. Not all hospitals do this. LUCKILY, Danbury hospital must take people in even if they don't have insurance. Later on, my brother was diagnosed with diabetes. He went to drop off his medication at Walmart, pick it up and the price was pretty steep. The guy asked why my brother didn't have insurance and he couldn't answer it. He just didn't have it. He's an American citizen, born and raised here, graduated and works full time. Why didn't he have insurance? he went to his job, worked things out with his supervisor, and luckily, has insurance now. Although his doctor visits are pretty often, his insurance helps him a lot.
My mother lost one of her best friends due to breast cancer, because she didn't have the money or insurance to go to the doctors.
I think people that aren't a big fan of the insurance plan are people who don't know anyone on medicare, medicade or those who are suffering with hospital bills. Instead of being against it, why don't we just share ideas of ways to IMPROVE it?
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