The Healthcare Summit begins this morning at Blair House and will be televised live on cable. No-Doz™ will not be provided unless you remembered to buy it last night at the supermarket before the snowstorm with your toilet paper and milk. As President Obama hopes for a bipartisan discussion on healthcare reform, and as Wellpoint (aka Blue Cross)
raises insurance rates by 39% while dishing out millions on bonuses and roughly $27 million on 103 lavish company trips for its employees, we wondered what the average American was thinking about the summit?
Here’s what they had to say:
I will be particularly happy when they close the prescription drug "doughnut hole" for seniors, as I’ve already exceded my Medicare limit for Cialis this year.
The only thing they seem to be interested in regulating is how much money they will receive from the pharmaceutical companies. This government can’t even protect us from the seasonal flu. How are they going to protect us from special interest groups?
I know they can’t be bothered to add a public option, but if I am forced to buy an insurance program, can they at least guarantee it will provide benefits to cover blood poisoning even if I have a pre-existing condition?
There are many who think that health insurance in America should be right, not a privilege and we couldn’t agree more. However, unlike our parents' generation, most of us will have to work until at least the age of 39.5 to afford to have children, so it should also be a given that it cover Invitro.
The last best hope for healthcare reform shouldn’t involve putting a group of people together in a room to discuss the well-being of Americans that would be much more suited to being relegated to playing a game of Dodge Ball. And yes, I was usually picked last.
I really haven’t had a need for healthcare so far. Our family doctor takes care of me. And you know what? The people my associates have me take care of on their behalf, most certainly won’t be needing it either.
I can only hope that this whole debate doesn’t turn out to be just one big joke on the American people.
There are many who think that health insurance in America should be right, not a privilege and we couldn’t agree more. However, unlike our parents' generation, most of us will have to work until at least the age of 39.5 to afford to have children, so it should also be a given that it cover Invitro.
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The way the democrats are going, my best hope is that they don't make things worse. Making things better I don't expect. These guys are bozos.
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