Comments on: 36 million reasons why America was right to say Yes We Can http://oconallstreet.com/2009/11/08/36-million-reasons-why-america-was-right-to-say-yes-we-can/ Borderless thoughts on Politics, Public Affairs, the media and anything else that matters from Conall McDevitt, SDLP MLA for South Belfast Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:54:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: The Gipper http://oconallstreet.com/2009/11/08/36-million-reasons-why-america-was-right-to-say-yes-we-can/comment-page-1/#comment-23033 The Gipper Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:14 +0000 http://oconallstreet.com/?p=2363#comment-23033 As you can probably imagine, I think this is crazy. The poor already have access to coverage. The 36m statistic you cite (the Democrats often refer to 48m depending on the day of the week) is a phony number, mainly because the vast majority of uninsured are the wealthy who choose to pay for treatment rather than insurance, the young (or so-called indestructibles), and people who are eligible for an existing program but don't know it. People who actually like their insurance programs will see their premiums increase and may well see their work cut medical benefits because they know that government now will pick up the tab. Where was TORT reform in the bill, eh? If the Democratic Party enjoy sitting on their high horse why don't they pass legislation on ambulance chasers like John Edwards? As you can probably imagine, I think this is crazy. The poor already have access to coverage. The 36m statistic you cite (the Democrats often refer to 48m depending on the day of the week) is a phony number, mainly because the vast majority of uninsured are the wealthy who choose to pay for treatment rather than insurance, the young (or so-called indestructibles), and people who are eligible for an existing program but don’t know it.

People who actually like their insurance programs will see their premiums increase and may well see their work cut medical benefits because they know that government now will pick up the tab. Where was TORT reform in the bill, eh? If the Democratic Party enjoy sitting on their high horse why don’t they pass legislation on ambulance chasers like John Edwards?

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