ERROR - Misstated Health Care Reporting

Al From: Democrats Don't Need the Public Option - WSJ.com

By insisting on the public option, liberal Democrats will allow the Republicans, who have no ideas of their own, to cloud the prospects for reform.

This is just a patently FALSE accusation.  This is what Democrats in Congress and Barak Obama WANT you to think.

Conservative Heath-care Ideas:
More Health Care plans!

Again, Republicans DO HAVE HEALTH CARE  IDEAS, Democrats just don't want to hear them! They are too damn focused on getting socialism entrenched in the American system. 

Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk said the package put together by moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives would be far cheaper than a plan being drawn up in the Senate. A preliminary review of that plan by the Congressional Budget Office found it would cost about $1 trillion over 10 years to extend health insurance to 16 million people who otherwise would not be covered -- about a third of the roughly 45 million now uninsured.

"I think this plan that we put forward is more centrist, more bipartisan and would be at significantly lower cost," Kirk said. He said no cost estimate had been prepared for the measures he put forth Tuesday, but asserted its elements would require less money from taxpayers than other proposals.

The package announced by the GOP "Tuesday Group" includes some perennial Republican favorites such as regulatory relief, an individual tax break for purchasing health insurance and limits on malpractice lawsuits. It also would encourage insurers to pool their coverage to a greater extent
than currently allowed, which Kirk and other supporters say has worked well in California.

But it also emphasizes preventive care, computerizing patient records and reducing "defensive medicine" by promoting treatments proven effective -- all principles the White House has endorsed, as well.

The centerpiece of the plan, Kirk said, is a "Medical Rights Act" that would keep government out of "decisions made by you and your doctor."

He said the plans were drawn up during four months of talks with dozens of groups, including patient advocates, doctors, nurses, employers and "other interested groups."

The proposal came as the conservative GOP leadership in the House stepped up attacks on the proposal being drafted by Senate Democrats. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Monday's budget office report showed "millions of Americans" would lose their current insurance.

"President Obama says the problem with our health care is that we spend too much, and if you look at all the proposals, clearly they are going to spend trillions of dollars of additional money that we don't have -- that we're going to have to borrow -- in order to finance their scheme," Boehner told reporters.

The notion that Democrats keep saying that Republicans do not have any health care ideas is ridiculous.  It shows how out of touch Democrats are with the American People.  Yes, the American people want some health care reform, but are ADAMANTLY AGAINST GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE.  What Republicans propose

Al From: Democrats Don't Need the Public Option - WSJ.com

As President Barack Obama has made clear, we need to reform. Right now, health insurance is too costly and the health-insurance market is not competitive enough. Too many people lack insurance or the chance to choose a plan that best suits their needs. Too many people are denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions or lose their coverage when they become sick. And our most successful public program—Medicare—is on the road to going broke. Doing nothing is not acceptable.

Interesting.  The last time I checked, when a program is going terribly wrong you would do everything in you power to fix it, not create a COPY of it which will cost 10 times as much as the original program that ended up not working!  Medicare is going broke, and Obama and Democrats use that as an example of a success!  LOL, what a joke!  Or the Post Office.. LOL what a JOKE!  The government is a BUREAUCRACY AND NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE DOING THE GOOD WORK MAKING THINGS CHEAPER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND BETTER. 

Doing nothing is not an option - BUT SO IS MAKING THE ENTIRE THING WORSE!  If it is going to make things worse and cost close to a $1,000,000,000,000.00.. leave the current system in place, and tackle the issues 1 at a time, not comprehensively change the entire system that 75% of Americans are happy with! 

If Democrats really wanted to pass something they could be proud of, and the American people would completely accept:  Why not just remove the regulation restricting cross state insurance?  THAT would solve about 85% of the problems with costs, and medical restrictions and would cost $0,000.00.  Honestly, I currently don't have health insurance.  I'm 30 years and and in great condition, I CHOOSE not to buy health insurance becauwse it costs too much and i have higher priorities than paying $3,600 a year to go to the doctor 1 time for a checkup.  With that being said, I DO NOT WANT A FORCED GOVERNMENT HEALTH-CARE OPTION.  I WANT THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE MY DOCTOR, AND I WANT MY DOCTOR TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO TAKE ME ON AS A PATIENT.  I WANT MY DOCTOR TO RUN HIS OWNS PRACTICE SUCCESSFULLY, NOT BE RUN OUT OF BUSINESS BY THE GOVERNMENT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. 

And one more thing... GET TRIAL LAWYERS UNDER CONTROL!  TORT REFORM MUST BE DONE!