Comments on: Obama’s Health Care Address: Have We Seen This Movie?

By: Brendett

Brendett — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:33:22 +0000

President Obama Health Care Reform Bill dont pass this time….
You will see a lot of Private Insurance Compaines going out of business in the near future because people want be able to afford them anymore!
I canceled my health care insurance a year ago !
The Gop will be at fault if Health Care don’t pass this time……
It has become clear to me that the GOP is not interested in compromise or cooperation.They are only interested in regaining power even if it means opposing something that is good for the country as a whole. Mark my word, once we get past the “public option” hurdle the GOP will waste no time identifying some other element of health care reform to railroad comprehensive overhaul of the US health care system. Think about it, a success for President Obama does not help their cause to regain power. So why cooperate or compromise on policies which benefit the incumbent if your goal is to remove the incumbent from office? President Obama has the potential to do something good for this country. If he is allowed to succeed it would prolong the return of the GOP to power. So don’t look for any cooperation from the GOP. The only thing we can expect from the GOP is continued opposition. Democrats need to do what’s best for the country and forget about bipartisanship that’s the word the Gop is using as a weapon to stop the health care reform bill from passing this time!…
If the Republican Party want to regain there dignity and respect back they are sure going about it the wrong way you are being so transparent in your quest !

By: Wayne A Frostad

Wayne A Frostad — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:41:23 +0000

Lived in Canada for 30 Months. Appointments were 4 months, A minor surgery was 6 months and the surgeon was
my landlord. For each 1500 added to the
covered would need a doctor where are yougoing to get them. You can’t educate that many,with our education system. Medicare is failing, as the doctors income are dropping.
All you have to do is look carefully at
the bills we receive.The fees are dropping. Veterans
RX are less because most are generic..

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:54:13 +0000

President Clinton didn’t have a majority in the Congress and the Senate
to pass the bill. President Obama does.
However, the Public Option must be implemented. This bill should pass without the Republican shenanigans. We should all remember that in the last November’s elections Obama won the presidency with a majority of 52.9% of the popular votes to McCain’s 45.7% and
365 electoral votes to 173. This result gave him the needed mandate to implement the rapid end to the Iraq war, Energy Independence and Universal Health Care ,as promised during the 2008
Presidential Campaign. That’s what the majority voted for!The noise we hear now are the voices of the sore losers.

By: LeftOfCenter44

LeftOfCenter44 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:02:35 +0000

I disagree on the speech not having ann effect. I think if it’s going to have any effect, the President MUST reiterate our obligation as a nation to provide health care to ALL American familys, he MUST point out the liars on the right and the interests that they have vested upon destroying a bill like this, and he MUST let the people know he not only stands by the public option still but is willing to go down for it if that’s what it takes. And only then will the difference be that the American people will stand up yet again and let it be known loud and clear that we’ll settle for nothing less from our congress and our senate then a public option. If voters threaten to replace a politician if they don’t get on board in the interest of the middle to lower class and our voices WILL be heard.

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:25:10 +0000

With the implosion of Canadian healthcare, the tripling of US debt in record time, a costly, bloody needless war and a great mistrust for a government that caters to lobbyists, it will take more than smooth talk to get the glaze from my eyes.

By: 1azcowboy

1azcowboy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:06:07 +0000

jhw539 : If he uses that strategy the dems might actually lose the house and maybe even the senate—-plus, go down as the most devisive POTUS in recent history.

By: jhw539

jhw539 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:22:37 +0000

Obama has given a number of speeches, town halls and such already and has not succeeded in moving the dial. Where this might differ – and differ from Clinton – is that it is a chance for Obama to change from his failed tactic (letting the slow deliberations of Congress grind for months) to one more likely to yield results (accept Republicans are going to obstruct everything and sit down with just Democrats, Snowe, and maybe Collins in the room).
The speech is unlikely to do anything, but a shift in strategy could make the difference.