Obama Tactic forces health care bill regardless of normal senate procedures.

arcticspirit,
I see where you're coming from on the issue of the president saying he wants the bill to pass.
All presidents have made strong requests when it comes to pet projects.
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, all have done what Obama is doing. It is nothing new.
As to health care, I know 2 people who died from lack of care because no money, no insurance. There was no government help available.
I know several people that have went without because of costs.
It is time for somehting to happen regarding health care, and at least this is a beginning.

Jubal, If you knew anything about me, you would understand that I don't waste my precious time doing political pandering.

I happen to be disabled and I don't want my medical rights taken way from me in a way to get somewhat quick access to medical care. (depends on the doctors schedules and getting referrals)

I want to get well, and this propaganda the president is singing about isn't gonna cut it. If fact is frightening.

My experience with government healthcare....

i grew up with the government running the hospitals and dentists. This would be the US government. not the Japanese government.

Do you know that I had my wisdom teeth taken out and they did not put me "under" like they do in the civilian sector... they just used Novocaine and used more when I started spazzing out in the seat as the stuff was wearing off. Of course recovery was a bitch.

That's just one way shortcuts are taken. And I was given as little Novocaine as possible and none of that stuff that makes your mouth numb before. No wonder I'm scared of dentists.

So if you want your government run healthcare so bad I hope you know what you are getting.

So you agree that Obama should threaten and force it's bill thru congress. No president had demanded such treatment. Why should Obama? He did it with the stimulus and many of us aren't happy about the after math.

Why not let it go thru normal house and senate procedure? Does that scare him too much? Evidently the answer is yes. Instead senators are threatened by OBAMA to give a 60 vote so there will be no changes.

When you loose your health care rights due to law, and cant have the surgery you need or the advanced testing that you should have because the wait list is years long, and meanwhile your health deteriorates to the point to where the surgery that would have helped 3 years before is obsolete now... is par for the course. I have a friend in Canada that died before she could get breast cancer surgery.

Nice try ArcticSpirit. The first sentence gave this away as political pandering.

The gov't should work for the interests of its people. When 72% say they want to have another option, the democracy part of our gov't should kick into gear and the representatives should vote the will of the people instead of the will of the industry throwing millions of dollars in their face. If this reform does not include a public option, we will have even more proof that we live in a Plutocracy rather than a Democracy.

Our current health care system generates an enormous amount of overhead. Every time we go to the doctor, a claim must be submitted, an approval department has to go over the claim, checks have to be mailed, patients are sent co-pay bills, and so on. The thing that's especially wasteful is that each doctor's office usually maintains their own record-keeping system. A universal healthcare plan would allow us to build one centralized system. There would be no need for maintaining insurance information or wasting time submitting claims. The work savings in the banking and postal areas alone would be worth billions every year.

Businesses and individuals that choose to keep their health plans still must pay a much higher amount. Remember, businesses only have a certain amount of money they can spend on labor. If they must spend more on health insurance premiums, they will have less money to spend on raises, new hires, investment, and so on. Individuals who must pay more for premiums have less money to spend on rent, food, and consumer goods; in other words, less money is pumped back into the economy. Thus, health care prevents the country from making a robust economic recovery. A simpler government-controlled system that reduces costs would go a long way in helping that recovery.

Since health care premiums continue to grow at several times the rate of inflation, many businesses are simply choosing to not offer a health plan, or if they do, to pass on more of the cost to employees. Employees facing higher costs themselves are often choosing to go without health coverage. No health insurance doesn't necessarily mean no health care since there are many clinics and services that are free to indigent individuals. However, any costs not covered by insurance must be absorbed by all the rest of us, which means even higher premiums.

At the White House meeting this week, Mr. Obama told senators from both parties that he did not want a health care overhaul to fail if it came up a vote shy of the 60 needed to break filibusters, the people with knowledge of the session said.

What does this sound like to you? Take out the presidential name if you need to, to be objective... this is WRONG.

My original graphic that I found was a cartoon that said something about the health care bill being about as great as the stimulus bill... was removed from the internet. CENSORSHIP.

PRAVDA.

The second image I used, was also removed from the internet... Also this story keeps getting buried on current.com. I'm sorry Mr. Gore if it's against your side, but truth is truth and it should be told.