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I would support a MOM’s march on Washington D.C. It seems someone needs to wake them up!

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Sue Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm

@Mary,
That would be a great idea. Maybe we can all meet at a Starbucks before we march, just to get to know each other.

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I believe we need reform with insurance and medication.BUT I AM TOTALLY AGAINST more involvment by the government..Uncle Sam has been on my sh?@ list as long as I can remember, I am 56. Get him out of my business..

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I wish that in the Myth Email that we can send out, there would be sources/proof sited for each myth.

That would make this info much more provable to the people who believe all or most of the myths.

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Yes, lets march!
What I dont understand is how the people with good insurance, which is me, don’t see that each year our services are eroding and co pays are increasing because whether we like it or not we ARE paying for the uninsured, believe me, the wealthy CEO’s profits won’t go down. So let us do the right thing for the less fortunate and for ourselves and support the public option and our Presidents plan.
Shawn

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What bill? All I’ve heard is how ‘someone’ is spreading myths. And how we are against them. We’re in enough debt to our great-grandchildren. This is socialism! Government, stay out of our lives!!

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People who are against the health care bill are saying that from birth to death the government will have control over us. But they fail to see that the so-called health care providers are controlling us, that, they have power over the health care they choose to provide us. And they control how much we pay them, what and who will be covered but it’s the CEOs who are reaping all the ‘benefits.

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I don’t support Obama’s plan. I support John Conyers Medicare for all bill. Every industrialized country has some form of single payer healthcare.

Can we afford covering the 47 million uninsured and the 50 million underinsured nationwide? Yes, we can. Currently insurance companies have an overhead of approximately 30 percent, which is spent on marketing, administration, shareholders dividends and exorbitant CEO salaries. Medicare’s overhead is approximately 3 percent. We could save about $350 billion annually, enough to cover the 47 million uninsured and the 50 million underinsured. Both the Congressional Budget Office and the General Accounting Office say the U.S. could insure everyone for the money we’re paying now to insure seniors only.

Is this socialized medicine? No, it is not. With socialized medicine, doctors and hospitals are owned by the government. As with Medicare , hospitals would be semi-private just as they are now, and doctors would be in private practice just as they are now. Single payer would replace the costly, inefficient system of private insurance. Paperwork would be greatly reduced because there would be only one entity to deal with.

Fifty-nine percent of physicians support legislation to establish national health insurance; 65 percent of Americans agree that the U.S. should adopt a program like Medicare for all. We spend twice as much on health care as other industrialized nations, and they cover all of their population. Every other industrialized country in the world has national health insurance. We are the only country that uses private, for-profit insurance to finance health care for the majority of our population.

Attempting to tinker with privatized for profit healthcare is no solution. It is putting a band aid on a broken leg. It is the costs associated with privatized for profit healthcare that is the central problem. ONLY single payer healthcare addresses that issue.

An added benefit to a single payer system is its impact on the economy:

Medicare for All (Single Payer) Reform Would Be Major Stimulus for Economy with 2.6 Million New Jobs, $317 Billion in Business Revenue, $100 Billion in Wages. The number of jobs created by a single payer system, expanding and upgrading Medicare to cover everyone, parallels almost exactly the total job loss in 2008, according to the findings of a groundbreaking study.
Findings from “Single-Payer/Medicare for All:
An Economic Stimulus Plan for the Nation,”
Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy,
research arm, National Nurses Organizing
Committee/California Nurses Association.
See full study at http://www.calnurses.org

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Thank you, Moms in Red Capes!! We NEED this bill to pass!! I won’t bother you with my story, but simply that I’m desperate for health care.

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Thanks. I like this idea. I’d love to paste a clean link to the myths on my Facebook page but right now it seems like it’s set up just to send e-mails. Am I missing a page to link that has the myths listed? (If so, sorry for my ineffective use of the search) If not, would it be easy to format a link that could easily be shared on FB? I’d think a button right under the “Use your address book” button that is a “Post to Facebook” would be great.

Also, I’d definitely seriously consider a trip to DC for a March on the Mall. I’ve been disappointed that I’ve had work conflicts for all of the MomsRising activities in my area and hope to make some of them and potentially a national event in the future.

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I wish you would stop emailing me. I don’t support any of your causes and your “unsubscribe” link doesn’t work. Come to think of it, none of your ideas work either.
I’m a conservative Republican working mom. Leave me the hell alone.

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Stacie Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am

@Kimberly Moin, I am also a working mother and a nurse. I watched President Obama at the town hall meeting in Colorado. I needed to hear what he said. I voted for Obama (very proud of that) and the reason why I voted for him was because I believe he is truely wanting to help the USA. If the Republicans are so smart why didn’t they do something in the 8 years they were there? I see everyday what it is like for patients with insurance that says “no, you can’t have that test you need because our computer says no”. I see people who have no insurance and are afraid to come to the doctor for fear of the cost. Everyone says they do not want the government to decide but what you need to remember is right now you have no say. The insurance companies TELL you what you can and cannot do. However you spell it, you are not in control of your health! I support President Obama and all the moms out there for stepping up and doing what others were not able or CHOSE not to do.

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Kim Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:01 pm

@Stacie, I don’t care that you support him or UHC. UHC will not work in this Country. That said, I have a special needs child and I went back to work to pay her medical bills. It shouldn’t be on someone else’s dime. I am sick unto death of everyone’s believing that they are entitled to “free” health care. It comes at a cost and that cost will bankrupt this Country. There are other solutions besides “tax the rich”. THose solutions never work. Further, why should those who work hard to get somewhere in life have to pay for those who don’t.

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Leigh Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:21 pm

@Kim,
I, like you, am sick of hearing people complain that they have to work “just for healthcare.” Why in the world would they expect to get it for free?

I’m sick of being part of the taxed to death middle class who works my rear end off and has a third of my paycheck taken to pay for people who do not want to work. I don’t have a problem with supporting those who truly cannot work. BUT, I have taught in our public schools and had CHILDREN tell me that they were going to live off my paycheck. That’s sad.

I ALSO think, though, that our health care system needs drastic reform. But, I don’t think the government running it is the answer. I have family living in Australia and in Michigan. The Australian family has shared with us the quality of care their socialized system provides. In short, no competition, no motivation to provide the best. My family in Michigan has shared how Canadians pour over the border for health care in Detroit hospitals because their socialized care is so bad.

AND, let’s just think about the bang-up job that our federal government has done with retirement, public schools, and other things they have taken over. Can someone say inefficient.

FINALLY, and most importantly, I do not want my hard earned dollars going to fund the killing of unborn babies. Obama spouted promises that he wanted to make abortion “rare.” Lies, lies, lies. How is forcing me to fund something that I believe is morally reprehensible fair or right? And how will providing public funding make it more rare?

stacie Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:44 pm

@Kim, We are paying for those who do not have insurance now. I work hard everyday as well. I see what you mean. The problem is, with any plan that comes up there will be people that will have a strong opinion about it whether it be for or against. I appreciate the fact that you are taking care of your daughter as I do with my little boy who has a condition where we go to Children’s Hospital now every 6 months instead of every 3 months. The problem there is that they are not in network. I understand what you are saying and it isn’t fair. Your opinion is no different than mine in that we feel strong about our views. I hope that everything goes well for you and your daughter and would only want the best for you both. When you are passionate about something you should voice what you feel. Take care!

Anonymous Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 12:44 pm

@Leigh, I agree. Michigan actually has a program that covers uninsured children. And your family is correct about Canadians coming across the border for health care. When daughter was hospitalized at CHS of Michigan, a lot of the nurses and techs came from Canada for two reasons: (1) better health care, (2) better pay.

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