Comments on: Will the Democrats tear up their Golden Ticket? http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/06/25/will-the-democrats-tear-up-their-golden-ticket/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/06/25/will-the-democrats-tear-up-their-golden-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Colin Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:31:53 +0000 http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=238#comment-451 Steve I agree something needs to be done. But just like when HillaryCare went down, the Democrats overreached. Mostly people don't mind their healthcare plans that much. What they detest is the fact that they are afraid to leave or lose a job with a healthcare plan. They need solid "bridge" plans. Many aspects of what Hillary advocated would have improved health services for Americans. Unfortunately she had these closed meetings and said it all has to be done. You cite the 76% of Americans that wanted to try the Democrat plan. You give the American people too much credit. They know very little about the Democrat plan, and as they find out more and more the support has eroded. Frankly the opposition to the Democrat plan only has to publish public reports on the Canadian, British, French, etc. health care plans. It leaves Americans feeling very unsure about taking a step that big. The other big issue is how to pay for it. Some of the estimates don't sound too unreasonable if we were operating in a low deficit environment. This country and many states are running deficits that perilous to our economic recovery. Secondly be careful of the estimates. When it comes to a new government program it usually does well to double or triple it's eventual cost. Steve I agree something needs to be done. But just like when HillaryCare went down, the Democrats overreached. Mostly people don’t mind their healthcare plans that much. What they detest is the fact that they are afraid to leave or lose a job with a healthcare plan. They need solid “bridge” plans. Many aspects of what Hillary advocated would have improved health services for Americans. Unfortunately she had these closed meetings and said it all has to be done.

You cite the 76% of Americans that wanted to try the Democrat plan. You give the American people too much credit. They know very little about the Democrat plan, and as they find out more and more the support has eroded. Frankly the opposition to the Democrat plan only has to publish public reports on the Canadian, British, French, etc. health care plans. It leaves Americans feeling very unsure about taking a step that big.
The other big issue is how to pay for it. Some of the estimates don’t sound too unreasonable if we were operating in a low deficit environment. This country and many states are running deficits that perilous to our economic recovery. Secondly be careful of the estimates. When it comes to a new government program it usually does well to double or triple it’s eventual cost.

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