John Doelman

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  John commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  The Public Health Insurance Option: Trigger-Happy?

  People with health insurance are happier if the don't need to use it, compared with unhappy if they have to use it. It is truly simple. Insurance companies are for profit. If you are paying $200.00 per month you can't use more than $100.00, or so, per month in benefit, or they don't make a profit. Everyone has heard the horror stories about denied coverage. These stories are not lies, they are real. AND, they will happen to you, if you have a major problem that needs the approval of someone who is making a profit on your health. 31% of our healthcare dollars go to insurance companies. The only way we are ever going to balance the healthcare budget and cover everyone is with a single payer system. Are we Americans so stubborn that we can't realize this? Are we going to continue to listen to the naysayers that spout that the government can't run anything? These are the same people that say we have the greatest military in the world... I hate to clue them that the same government runs that too. 59% of the people in this country want single payer. 59% of the physicians want it too. That sounds like a pretty big majority, and I will bet that if the remaining 41% truly understood the pros and cons of the debate, half of them would be for it too. Single payer is the only way to lower the cost of healthcare, and cover everyone. Call your congressman today.