www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55245.html Quotes..."Government lawyers are defending the healthcare overhaul as merely...a way of regulating how Americans pay for their healthcare; a completely constitutional use of Congresses power...seizing on an alternative suggested in passing by the twenty six states in their briefs, government lawyers argue that under the state's plan Americans would be denied access to medical care, a situation far more draconian than the tax penalty in the health reform law.
Earlier this month, the states wrote in their briefs to the 11th Circuit Court, that Congress cannot compel someone to buy insurance"...
[Question here: if that's true then how is it we the people have to have auto insurance liability coverage to drive or own a car?]
"...but one legal way to ensure that people pay for medical services, is imposing restrictions or penalties on people who attempt to get health care with out insurance...
[suggests that health care is not necessary nor mandatory perhaps?...Implies Americans have largely been scammed by persuasive media and traditions?]
"...the restrictions that the states propose would limit access to medical care (discriminate it based on economics)...in disregard of long standing common law and statutes, the administration/government lawyers wrote...also writing that..."Because the need for health care is unpredictable, state's approach would require that individuals obtain insurance or else accept risk of being left in the streets after an auto accident.
The Justice department lawyers called it, "a requirement to pay for health care through insurance. Congress did not exceed its power by opting to require minimum insurance coverage or the payment of a tax.....instead of conditioning access to health care on the purchase of insurance and there by denying the sick and injured access to medical care if they do not have coverage"
My Personal Response to that additional to comments already entered, The Article As A Whole... Is unsavory and savage in its content.
At the present, I and many others, can not seek health care because we can't afford it and I object to so many bills that come after. I have medicare. At best, its paying 30% or less of medical costs altogether.
My only income has been Social Security Disability totaling 694.00. Of that my monthly budget is 658.00 give or take 12.00. So I and I'm sure 100 others if not more have no money for insurance premiums + co-pays+deductibles+co-pay prescription costs, etc.
It is my experience that medical insurance equals insurance premiums+co-pays+part pay on office visits+co-pay on prescriptions plus part pay hospital charges.
And when one thinks about it ...I guess it is medical insurance but for the medical profession by using our names and account numbers for little or less services to us at out of our pocket costs.
We all would do well not to buy or attempt to buy any insurance. Just make 10.00 or 15.00 payments once a month or what we can afford and the hospitals can wait on their money and stay in budget of what they take in thru that.
I myself refuse to be bullied to buy more insurance. I'll die at home having faith in God First.
Tell me folks...How much of medical care is staged fraud? I mean, if people can keep consumers from being treated because we can't afford to pay, then apparently there is fraud somewhere in medical practices. How else would it be justified letting people die in the streets at an auto accident because they don't have insurance?
The states nor the government lawyers, can be permitted to tell me in one sentence my nine stents need follow-up medications, check-ups, and doctor appointments with specialist is life saving important,...and when insurance fails...I'm suddenly o.k. It's not important. Go on with your life, you don't need all that. Obviously there is fraud,mental cruelty, as well as economic exploitation, in essence an"assault"
One doctor tells me, Your kidneys are functioning 35% less than they should be....Two weeks later, another in E.R. asks me "What Kidney failure?... when I asked him if I should be taking medications he prescribed me then said," there's nothing wrong with your kidneys...go on and take the medicine"...
Given this....And to think Congress wants to make people have to buy insurance or pay tax or go with out health care...and even if you do buy insurance, it'll limit what treatment you receive by it's policies and protocols on what it will pay for and won't.
My name is Paul Eldridge and I approve this statement and I stand behind it and all here to.
You can't tell me there's not discrimination in health care compare the health care Representative Gifford got vs your own health care. I refuse to go hungry or homeless just to pay insurances mandated by legislation. I refuse to pay any insurance premiums to any insurance companies unless I get full coverage, unconditionally, unlimited access, and all Americans should do the same.
National Insurance Networks should have to deposit into a pool .10 for every 2.00 paid monthly to the pool.
And Besides, Raising medical Costs on U.S. consumers to pay for overseas medical costs is a deceitful misuse of authority, and obtaining funding through exploitive manipulation of the medical system and consumers.
Those who walk forward always looking back, don't see that which makes them stumble