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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Really?
	Date:	8/14/2009 9:18:34 AM

How do you know that? Let me tell you a story so maybe you can understand where I come from. My Dad was between jobs and had a massive heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery without insurance. He got great care even though he was uninsured and the surgery saved his life. Unfortunately my parents had to declare bankruptcy because of $300,000 in medical costs, That is why my Mom lives with us now and only has social security to live on (which would require to eat dog food if it weren't for me). So please don't lecture me that I don't understand because I am a Republican. My party affiliation has nothing to do with my beliefs and I think I fully understand the implications of being without insurance a he!! of a lot more than politicians in Washington.

What you and others don't seem to get is that the vast majority of Americans, and yes that includes us conservatives and Republicans (not always the same), understand that our current system needs some repair. But what we fear much more than the imperfect status quo is turning this over to the government. As far as I can tell from my 50 years on this earth the only thing government does well is kill people and break things with the military. Obama said it best when he pointed out FedEx and UPS were doing fine but the USPS (a government agency) is a mess.

Everyone is so worried about those without insurance, right? So why don't we focus on them instead of turning the entire system upside down? That is exactly what Republicans have proposed but you probably never heard that because the Dems in Congress and the mainstream media has an embargo on their plan, just like they did to a more effective and less expensive stimulus plan proposed by Republicans.

And by the way GF, I love the fact that you mention the failure of HMO's. A couple of inconvenient facts about HMO's. They were created by Congress and in fact the leader of that legislation was none other than DEMOCRAT Senator Ted (up the river) Kennedy. So there you go. They promise a solution that fails and you want reward even more retarded Dem Congresspeople than Ted Kennedy to come up with another solution that involves more government intervention? No thanks!

And for the life of me I can't understand how you can ignore all the horror stories of socialized medicine.