Town Hall Debate - Health Care: Should health care be tre.
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Question: Senator, selling health care coverage in America as a
marketable commodity has become a very profitable industry. Do you
believe health care should be treated as a commodity?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, you know, as I travel around the country, this
is one of the single most frequently asked issues that I get, is the
issue of health care.
It is breaking family budgets. I can’t tell you how many people I
meet who don’t have health insurance. If you’ve got health insurance,
most of you have seen your premiums double over the last eight years.
and your copayments and deductibles have gone up 30 percent just in
the last year alone. And if you’re a small business, it’s a crushing
burden.
So one of the things that I have said from the start of this
campaign is that we have a moral commitment as well as an economic
imperative to do something about the health care crisis that so many
families are facing. So here is what I would do.
If you’ve got health care already, and probably the majority of
you do, then you can keep your plan if you are satisfied with it. You
can keep your choice of doctor. We’re going to work with your
employer to lower the cost of your premiums by up to $2,500 a year.
And we’re going to do it by investing in prevention. We’re going to
do it by making sure that we use information technology so that
medical records are actually on computers instead of you filling forms
out in triplicate when you go to the hospital. That will reduce
medical errors and reduce costs.
If you don’t have health insurance, you’re going to be able to
buy the same kind of insurance
PHOEBE
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
21/F here. home alone with a webcam
im soOoo bored right now =( 5b
September 24th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Health CARE in USA ,,, is bullshit .
September 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Obama well be Jimmy Carter 2
September 26th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Sarah Palin is related 2 . Roosevelt & Princess Diana and we all know what happened to her. I hope someone puts a bullet in Ms Palins head and two in her heart. Also did you know Obama’s campaign was supported by the Freddie Mac mortgage people who now are 100% owned by the us government. Happy families hey. My moneys on the blood line 2 continue ruling the puppet state called American. We dont have things much better over here we are due a change of government 2 but not a change of blood line.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Yeah, did you know that you are probably blood related to Obama and McCain too. Everyone’s related when you get down to like the 25th cousin 12 times removed.
September 27th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Did you know Barack Obama is blood related to the Bush family and **** Cheney. Another interesting fact is that nearly every us president before has also been blood related. Does make you wonder.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Yes Obama talks about Goverment help.The same help you enjoy MCCain as a Federal Goverment employee.So he can’t knock what he and his family gets for free. Old man just don’t get it! Vote Obama/Biden 2008!
September 29th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!! What a joke. There’s more than 2 candidates running for President. CIA controlled media. Google it - Baldwin, Barr, McKinney, etc.
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 am
When I look at McCain the words Old and Rickety come to mind. If Palin weren’t his running mate I actually considered voting for him. But I’m deathly afraid of the Palin administration.
October 5th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Blah Blah Blah. McCain is painful to watch.