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Under Senate health care plan, you still pay

President Barack Obama speaks about health care during a town hall meeting at the Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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WASHINGTON — First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.

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I am aghast at Mr. Zoldivar's reticence to paying for health care insurance. I have paid for it all my life and I think most people, if they re-arrange their priorities, can also pay. I resent any attempt to cut Medicare benefits or to take Medicare Advantage away from the 9 million seniors who have it. They need to concentrate on eliminating the abuse of Medicaid by able-bodied young people who don't work but who get quack doctors to attest to their inability to work.

seniorcit.
4:14 PM, 7/8/2009

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Obama is going to make sure everyone has health care and people stupid enough to think it will be free are in deep need of a dose of reality. I wish they would show me in the Constitution where it says health care is a must. It does not. Nobody gets refused health care if they are sick. But this president is looking for a way to get rid of older people. What a better way. Deny them something they have paid for and dole it out for votes.

Joe
9:16 AM, 7/4/2009

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While I agree with this, legislators are taking the wrong approach on health care. They should be taking steps to reduce costs rather than continuing to pay outrageous fees. Costs should be capped at levels people can afford to pay and doctors put on fixed incomes. Limits also should be placed on malpractice claims and claims awarded only when reckless abandon can be proved in court.

oldtimer
8:19 AM, 7/4/2009

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I think it is a step in the right direction. People need something that they can afford. If you loose your job and get unemployment it is hard to keep up with your medical insurance when you get $1,000 and cobra demands $800.

good idea
12:53 AM, 7/4/2009

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I am for this plan that requires people to have health coverage. If you drive a car/wreck you are penalized for not having insurance. If people eat out - have cell phones- expensive shoes, they can spend for basic health coverage. With people doing their part + necessary restraints put on the drug companies, things will improve. Stopping all the advertising telling us to tell our physician we are interested in a particular drug- would enable companies to devote more dollars to research.

J
9:07 PM, 7/3/2009

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Can't wait to see the final outcome of this proposal!

sassy
9:55 AM, 7/3/2009

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