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JC Freeman
Beaverton, OR
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JC commented on the article |I agree that single-payer is what we need. But if we can't get that, then the "anemic" public option - as you describe it - is better than the alternative, which is NOTHING. Anyway, we already have nothing. Why do we need it twice? If it is anemic, it is because of the ridiculous bipartisan stance the Obama administration has taken, and now the Blue Dog Democrats' efforts to mire up the system: why do they call themselves Democrats anyway when they think like Republicans? I believe that Obama needs to call the Democratic party together, get tough and push through what the American people need, have demanded, was one of the major reasons he was voted into office, and is a right in ever other industrialized nation.
According to what you say, you have access to a state plan after 60 days. Surely you realize that most states do not offer that, and that the average state plan is "Too bad, sorry you're out of work and there are no jobs available. Have a nice day." It's great that you were only on the street for a month - that gives great solace to those who have not been able to find work for nearly two years.
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Well, that's funny. Where do you live? You seem to be only quasi-aware that many people have long-time lost their jobs due to the economy, and they are earning just $0 per month and are NOT covered by Medicaid and/or SCHIP. So much for those earning $1000 per month receiving health benefits at this time. Think again. In terms of a public option, something would be better than nothing. And what many of us have is absolutely nothing. Have you forgotten that there are people who need health coverage who are NOT children or welfare recipients, nor in their last six months of life, nor do they have children or maybe even spouses - working or not. Have you considered that many people have fallen off the unemployment roles, including extensions, because the states they live in refuse to honor those extensions, or at least the third tier of it, if said individual earned a whopping $1000 in tax year 2008 doing temporary or part-time work? Do you realize that many of said people have no housing, no healthcare and little to no food unless somebody is kind enough to take them in? A single-payer, public option would at least solve the lack of healthcare issue, if not the economic devastation which will likely be with us for a very long time. Extending Medicare to everyone would work, as well. Contrary to what you say, the public option does not fall short. What falls short and is reprehensible is the greed of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries that think nothing of watching people die around them, just so that they can collect the highest premiums possible, refuse coverage to those in need, and give nothing in return. With no public option, these companies will just continue merrily down the road watching the people fall around them.
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