Comments on: McCain adviser: Everyone in U.S. has some health coverage http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/ All politics, all the time Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: PUMA 4 OBAMA http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564703 PUMA 4 OBAMA Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:27:43 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564703 Wow.... I was seriously going out in Nov. to vote for this guy. IF YOU ARE A REAL PUMA, THIS IS NOT WHAT HILLARY IS ABOUT AT ALL. WE NEED TO UNITE AROUND OBAMA AND BIDEN THIS NOV. I AM SURE HILLARY WILL RUN AGAIN OBAMA/BIDEN 08' HILLARY/BILL 12 Wow.... I was seriously going out in Nov. to vote for this guy.

IF YOU ARE A REAL PUMA, THIS IS NOT WHAT HILLARY IS ABOUT AT ALL.
WE NEED TO UNITE AROUND OBAMA AND BIDEN THIS NOV.

I AM SURE HILLARY WILL RUN AGAIN

OBAMA/BIDEN 08'
HILLARY/BILL 12

]]> By: Cheryl http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564699 Cheryl Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:27:25 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564699 As a nurse, I would personally like to talk directly with the McCain advisor who made such a ridiculous comment. However, certainly it would be a waste of my valuable time. Where do these so called advisors find their flawed facts? Maybe it is time for the Republican party to really look at who is inexperienced.... As a nurse, I would personally like to talk directly with the McCain advisor who made such a ridiculous comment. However, certainly it would be a waste of my valuable time. Where do these so called advisors find their flawed facts? Maybe it is time for the Republican party to really look at who is inexperienced....

]]> By: Terry http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564697 Terry Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:27:22 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564697 What planet is this guy on? What planet is this guy on?

]]> By: Carol, Michigan http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564692 Carol, Michigan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:56 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564692 Every issue important to us average Americans and McCain and his advisors have no clue and are completely out of touch. How absolutely ridiculous that people will vote for him simply because he has an "R" after his name. Every issue important to us average Americans and McCain and his advisors have no clue and are completely out of touch.

How absolutely ridiculous that people will vote for him simply because he has an "R" after his name.

]]> By: Dem http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564691 Dem Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:40 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564691 Everyone must also have auto insurance too because after a wreck... one can obviously get their car fixed!! Does this guy pay for health insurance? If so, why if he's already covered??!!?? Everyone must also have auto insurance too because after a wreck... one can obviously get their car fixed!!

Does this guy pay for health insurance? If so, why if he's already covered??!!??

]]> By: Shari, NY http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564690 Shari, NY Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:33 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564690 Emergency Rooms should be for emergencies only. By the way does anyone remember the mentally challenged woman who, just a few weeks ago, died after waiting in vain for 24 hours in a NY hospital? Then just last week there was another similar case in another state. Emergency Rooms should be for emergencies only. By the way does anyone remember the mentally challenged woman who, just a few weeks ago, died after waiting in vain for 24 hours in a NY hospital? Then just last week there was another similar case in another state.

]]> By: Anonymous http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564689 Anonymous Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:31 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564689 So they're clarifying this by redefining "adviser"? If he advised you, he's an adviser. It doesn't matter if he's paid or "official." So they're clarifying this by redefining "adviser"? If he advised you, he's an adviser. It doesn't matter if he's paid or "official."

]]> By: A recovering Republican http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564684 A recovering Republican Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:13 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564684 This is too much. McCain will solve the uninsured by saying they aren't uninsured. Emergency rooms don't do preventative care that insurance gives you. Emergency rooms don't handle routine pregnancy screening and monitoring. Emergency rooms don't do baby wellness checkups or give out immunizations. Emergency rooms don't do preventiative screening such colonoscopy or health exams. Leave it to the Repubs to solve an issue by rewriting the definition to make it not an issue. 10 years sober and discusted. This is too much. McCain will solve the uninsured by saying they aren't uninsured. Emergency rooms don't do preventative care that insurance gives you. Emergency rooms don't handle routine pregnancy screening and monitoring. Emergency rooms don't do baby wellness checkups or give out immunizations. Emergency rooms don't do preventiative screening such colonoscopy or health exams. Leave it to the Repubs to solve an issue by rewriting the definition to make it not an issue.

10 years sober and discusted.

]]> By: Socialists for Obamessiah http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564683 Socialists for Obamessiah Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:04 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564683 There is no healthcare "crisis," any more than there is an auto-insurance crisis. You, the individual, purchase auto insurance for the "catastrophic" events (ie accidents). What's not included in that insurance is maintenance… things like oil changes, tire rotations, tune ups, car washing, etc. Why should health insurance be any different? In fact, if Americans only had insurance for "catastrophic" health problems and paid out-of-pocket for their own routine doctor visits, the cost would drop significantly, significantly. This is a simple rule, not only of economics, but of human nature… when there is a third-party "other" (medicaid, medicare, health insurance, your trust fund or your parents because you're still living in their basement) picking up the tab for something, the individual consumer doesn't actually SEE the cost, the expense, and doesn't actually have the opportunity to compare costs. That said, the costs become astronomical because the individual is missing from this equation, replaced by a bureaucracy making that purchasing decision. No responsibility equals higher costs. You compare home owners' insurance. You compare auto insurance. (Both of which I did this year and saw my insurance costs cut in half! Thank you USAA!) You compare renters' insurance. And why? Because it's YOU, the consumer, who's picking up the tab for this cost. And because of which, insurance companies are FORCED to actually COMPETE for your consumer dollar… and further because of which, they offer low rates. Again I ask, why should your health insurance be any different? Insurance is insurance is insurance… is lumber is automobiles is homes is computers is electronics… the product is irrelvant… Market forces DO work! And they work for you, the consumer, when governments and bureaucracies get the hell out of the way and allow the market to work. Governments create the problems, then have the "audacity" to come around claiming to have the solution… to the very problems THEY created. Audacity, indeed. There is no healthcare "crisis," any more than there is an auto-insurance crisis.

You, the individual, purchase auto insurance for the "catastrophic" events (ie accidents). What's not included in that insurance is maintenance… things like oil changes, tire rotations, tune ups, car washing, etc. Why should health insurance be any different?

In fact, if Americans only had insurance for "catastrophic" health problems and paid out-of-pocket for their own routine doctor visits, the cost would drop significantly, significantly. This is a simple rule, not only of economics, but of human nature… when there is a third-party "other" (medicaid, medicare, health insurance, your trust fund or your parents because you're still living in their basement) picking up the tab for something, the individual consumer doesn't actually SEE the cost, the expense, and doesn't actually have the opportunity to compare costs. That said, the costs become astronomical because the individual is missing from this equation, replaced by a bureaucracy making that purchasing decision. No responsibility equals higher costs.

You compare home owners' insurance. You compare auto insurance. (Both of which I did this year and saw my insurance costs cut in half! Thank you USAA!) You compare renters' insurance. And why? Because it's YOU, the consumer, who's picking up the tab for this cost. And because of which, insurance companies are FORCED to actually COMPETE for your consumer dollar… and further because of which, they offer low rates. Again I ask, why should your health insurance be any different?

Insurance is insurance is insurance… is lumber is automobiles is homes is computers is electronics… the product is irrelvant… Market forces DO work! And they work for you, the consumer, when governments and bureaucracies get the hell out of the way and allow the market to work. Governments create the problems, then have the "audacity" to come around claiming to have the solution… to the very problems THEY created. Audacity, indeed.

]]> By: Docjay http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564679 Docjay Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:36 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564679 As a physician I have seen it all over the past 37 years. The uninsured are not just illegal aliens. They are White, Black, Asians and every ehnicity you can imagine. We as physicians have treated hundreds if not thousands of these uninsured in our offices and ERs. It is heart wrenching to see a sick child who is brought in and parents are at their wits end as to how to pay for the ER visit and how to buy medicene without any money. Most of the people are decent hard working folks. The cost of medicine has sky rocketed during the past 10 years. The same medicine that is manufactured in other countries costs 1/10 of what it costs in the USA. Amazingly it is manufactured by the same drug manufacturers! The olny solution is 1. To have some kind of coverage for ALL AMERICANS. If an illegal alien comes to ER, we can treat the emerget condition and show him the way to get further help.2.Shut off all ER care for non emergent cases by a triage system 3.Make it very hard to sue the doctors and hospitals for frevelous suits. This is one of the reason the cost is so high. Instead of ordering one or two tests multiple tests are ordered to cover ones behind! If the patient looses the case he should be responsible to pay all the attorney fees and court costs.This should be collected before the case is filed from both parties to discourege such unneceesry suits brought to court in the first place. 4.Make people responsible for their own health. We see people who have diabets weighing over 300 pounds and smoking heavily despite the fact they have COPD. This wastes the physicians time and money from each one of us as he/she is not taking care of their own problems.5. Many old folks do not want any heroic measures. But the family members want to keep a 98 year old grand mother on a ventillator! Make it mandatory for everyone to have a living will regardless of the age. It is not Obama or Mccain who alone can solve this problem. It is OUR problem. We have to demand these type of changes. As a physician I have seen it all over the past 37 years. The uninsured are not just illegal aliens. They are White, Black, Asians and every ehnicity you can imagine. We as physicians have treated hundreds if not thousands of these uninsured in our offices and ERs. It is heart wrenching to see a sick child who is brought in and parents are at their wits end as to how to pay for the ER visit and how to buy medicene without any money. Most of the people are decent hard working folks. The cost of medicine has sky rocketed during the past 10 years. The same medicine that is manufactured in other countries costs 1/10 of what it costs in the USA. Amazingly it is manufactured by the same drug manufacturers!
The olny solution is 1. To have some kind of coverage for ALL AMERICANS. If an illegal alien comes to ER, we can treat the emerget condition and show him the way to get further help.2.Shut off all ER care for non emergent cases by a triage system
3.Make it very hard to sue the doctors and hospitals for frevelous suits. This is one of the reason the cost is so high. Instead of ordering one or two tests multiple tests are ordered to cover ones behind! If the patient looses the case he should be responsible to pay all the attorney fees and court costs.This should be collected before the case is filed from both parties to discourege such unneceesry suits brought to court in the first place. 4.Make people responsible for their own health. We see people who have diabets weighing over 300 pounds and smoking heavily despite the fact they have COPD. This wastes the physicians time and money from each one of us as he/she is not taking care of their own problems.5. Many old folks do not want any heroic measures. But the family members want to keep a 98 year old grand mother on a ventillator! Make it mandatory for everyone to have a living will regardless of the age.
It is not Obama or Mccain who alone can solve this problem. It is OUR problem. We have to demand these type of changes.

]]> By: Bushwhacked in Eugene, OR http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564677 Bushwhacked in Eugene, OR Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:29 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564677 So typical --- so emergency rooms are the answer to the insurance lack? Wow. Has McCain ever been near an emergency room and had to wait like ordinary people? Does he have any grip at all? Does he know how much this would cost -- because one way or another, we will pay for it. Crazy. I hope people are listening to this AND the Putin story, which apparently has better legs than the Bush admin wants to admit -- naturally. So typical - so emergency rooms are the answer to the insurance lack? Wow. Has McCain ever been near an emergency room and had to wait like ordinary people? Does he have any grip at all? Does he know how much this would cost - because one way or another, we will pay for it.

Crazy. I hope people are listening to this AND the Putin story, which apparently has better legs than the Bush admin wants to admit - naturally.

]]> By: Eric Wayne http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564676 Eric Wayne Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:21 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564676 So I guess it could be argued that no one in the U.S. is homeless or hungry either since there is a McDonalds or hotel also near by. Even if you dont have the money to pay your doctor, by a burger or book a room. So I guess it could be argued that no one in the U.S. is homeless or hungry either since there is a McDonalds or hotel also near by. Even if you dont have the money to pay your doctor, by a burger or book a room.

]]> By: vb http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564673 vb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:49 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564673 When was the last time this elitist in the $500 shoes, went to a ER..You could be having a heart attack, and they wont admit you for another 3 hrs. I bet he has his personal physician living in one of his 7 homes When was the last time this elitist in the $500 shoes, went to a ER..You could be having a heart attack, and they wont admit you for another 3 hrs. I bet he has his personal physician living in one of his 7 homes

]]> By: USMC 68-71 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564671 USMC 68-71 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:44 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564671 So does that mean that since there are banks all over the country, no one is really "living in poverty?" So what......if you run out of cash you can just walk into the nearest bank and demand money? Does it mean that since there are empty houses all over the country that no one is really "homeless?" You can just walk into an empty house and use it, I guess. Actually, this is just another "Nation of Whiners" comment, isn't it? I swear, these people are living on a different planet than the rest of us. So does that mean that since there are banks all over the country, no one is really "living in poverty?" So what......if you run out of cash you can just walk into the nearest bank and demand money?
Does it mean that since there are empty houses all over the country that no one is really "homeless?" You can just walk into an empty house and use it, I guess.

Actually, this is just another "Nation of Whiners" comment, isn't it?

I swear, these people are living on a different planet than the rest of us.

]]> By: Greg http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564665 Greg Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:25 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564665 Sue, I make no apologies. What can I say? I'm not a Socialist. It's really that simple. The American Dream is not "what can the rich pay for me" but "if I put my mind to it, the sky's the limit." Thinking that dumbing down the American system into a Socialist one is the solution is absurd. Sue, I make no apologies. What can I say? I'm not a Socialist. It's really that simple.

The American Dream is not "what can the rich pay for me" but "if I put my mind to it, the sky's the limit." Thinking that dumbing down the American system into a Socialist one is the solution is absurd.

]]> By: Bill http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564662 Bill Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:08 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564662 If thats McCain's healthcare plan, they need to ask the folks at Grady Hospital in Atlanta how well that will work. If things continue to run the same there (free "healthcare" for all the "uninsured" folks who show up at the emergency room) One of the best trauma hospitals in the south is on the verge of closing it's doors. Then where will we go John? If thats McCain's healthcare plan, they need to ask the folks at Grady Hospital in Atlanta how well that will work. If things continue to run the same there (free "healthcare" for all the "uninsured" folks who show up at the emergency room) One of the best trauma hospitals in the south is on the verge of closing it's doors. Then where will we go John?

]]> By: Rudy NYC http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564659 Rudy NYC Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:23:50 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564659 This guy has "access to health care" and "access to health coverage" mixed up. He thinks they mean they same thing. I cannot get chemo for cancer at the ER. I cannot get a dental checkup at the ER. I cannot get waited on at the ER. This guy has "access to health care" and "access to health coverage" mixed up. He thinks they mean they same thing.

I cannot get chemo for cancer at the ER.
I cannot get a dental checkup at the ER.
I cannot get waited on at the ER.

]]> By: Miles http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564658 Miles Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:23:45 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564658 And who pays for those who can only seek medical care in emergency rooms but are unable to pay for it themselves? How much cheaper would it be if they could afford to seek preventative care? How much more do you and I have to pay because this is the Republican plan to make sure we all have coverage????? And who pays for those who can only seek medical care in emergency rooms but are unable to pay for it themselves? How much cheaper would it be if they could afford to seek preventative care? How much more do you and I have to pay because this is the Republican plan to make sure we all have coverage?????

]]> By: Abul http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564651 Abul Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:23:15 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564651 YEP!!!! solution to every problems from McCain is same. YEP!!!!
solution to every problems from McCain is same.

]]> By: SEA http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564650 SEA Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:23:12 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564650 What, next McCain and his group will be saying people should have no complaints about not having money for food, gas, housing, etc because---we ALL have access to the Federal Dispository!!! Good one McCain and please, no one is buying the excuse that this guy is not an "official" campaign advisior either!!!!! What, next McCain and his group will be saying people should have no complaints about not having money for food, gas, housing, etc because-we ALL have access to the Federal Dispository!!! Good one McCain and please, no one is buying the excuse that this guy is not an "official" campaign advisior either!!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564638 Anonymous Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:22:09 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564638 Not an official adviser? Do they know he helped write McCain's health plan? Not an official adviser? Do they know he helped write McCain's health plan?

]]> By: Independent Thinker http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564631 Independent Thinker Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:21:38 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564631 Don't worry all -- this is a joke. No one in their right mind would honestly consider this a national health plan -- oh, wait, a Republican said this -- oh, man, maybe it wasn't a joke after all. Don't worry all - this is a joke. No one in their right mind would honestly consider this a national health plan - oh, wait, a Republican said this - oh, man, maybe it wasn't a joke after all.

]]> By: Filipina http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564629 Filipina Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:20:58 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564629 Are you for real McSame all I can is OMG!!!!! Obama/Biden Are you for real McSame all I can is OMG!!!!!
Obama/Biden

]]> By: Pamela in Charlotte http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564616 Pamela in Charlotte Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:46 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564616 The McCain cheer: The I to the D to the I to the O to the T...what does it spell! IDIOT! Go Team Obama! The McCain cheer:

The I to the D to the I to the O to the T...what does it spell! IDIOT!

Go Team Obama!

]]> By: 1911 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564614 1911 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:34 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564614 WOW! Obama/Biden 08 WOW!

Obama/Biden 08

]]> By: Jim from ct http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564612 Jim from ct Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:26 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564612 These republicans have no soul. These republicans have no soul.

]]> By: real change http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564611 real change Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:24 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564611 people who are commenting about foreclosures and how obama is exaggerating the economy are talking about a separate issue. If mccain sends people to the ER as his answer then YOU joe-tax payer will be paying for it, and paying MUCH more then if they actually addressed the problem instead of "re-categorizing".....changing the name of the problem wont "make it go away".......people cant be that ignorant, do all you republicans want to pay for the most expensive health care option out there???? i thought that went against the idea of people taking responsibility for themselves, ay! people who are commenting about foreclosures and how obama is exaggerating the economy are talking about a separate issue. If mccain sends people to the ER as his answer then YOU joe-tax payer will be paying for it, and paying MUCH more then if they actually addressed the problem instead of "re-categorizing".....changing the name of the problem wont "make it go away".......people cant be that ignorant, do all you republicans want to pay for the most expensive health care option out there???? i thought that went against the idea of people taking responsibility for themselves, ay!

]]> By: andrea http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564610 andrea Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:14 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564610 This is the most ridiculous, idiotic statement I have ever heard in my entire life. Seriously?! This is the most ridiculous, idiotic statement I have ever heard in my entire life. Seriously?!

]]> By: Shirley pissed of Girlie in Colorado http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564607 Shirley pissed of Girlie in Colorado Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:18:26 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564607 Are you kidding?? I work in healthcare and the Emergency Rooms are already terribly over crowded, is this idiot suggesting that when you have a cold to run to an ER and plug it up using it as a Dr visit?? What a typical out of touch response to a HUGE problem from some wealthy politician who has never had to go without. You and the bleating sheep that cluelessly follow you and allow you to spoon feed them what you want them to hear make me sick!!! I pray, everyday that the Bloated, Corrupt current administration is soon gone and we get Obama/Biden in to try and fix the mess you made of our country. Are you kidding?? I work in healthcare and the Emergency Rooms are already terribly over crowded, is this idiot suggesting that when you have a cold to run to an ER and plug it up using it as a Dr visit??
What a typical out of touch response to a HUGE problem from some wealthy politician who has never had to go without. You and the bleating sheep that cluelessly follow you and allow you to spoon feed them what you want them to hear make me sick!!! I pray, everyday that the Bloated, Corrupt current administration is soon gone and we get Obama/Biden in to try and fix the mess you made of our country.

]]> By: Karrie http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564606 Karrie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:18:23 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564606 This is John McCain’s health care policy advisor? What an idiot! It’s treating people like dogs. What's next, euthanasia if you're really sick? I’m speechless. This is John McCain’s health care policy advisor? What an idiot! It’s treating people like dogs. What's next, euthanasia if you're really sick?
I’m speechless.

]]> By: sean http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564604 sean Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:18:12 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564604 This is the clearest demonstration yet the Republicans and their leadership just don't get it. This is shocking and disgusting. They don't deserve our votes! This is the clearest demonstration yet the Republicans and their leadership just don't get it. This is shocking and disgusting. They don't deserve our votes!

]]> By: Lisa P http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564601 Lisa P Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:18:02 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564601 Wow. Just wow. I think the McCain campaign just handed Obama the health care issue -- they would have to be idiots to ever bring it up again after this display of backwards reasoning. Wow. Wow. Just wow. I think the McCain campaign just handed Obama the health care issue - they would have to be idiots to ever bring it up again after this display of backwards reasoning. Wow.

]]> By: Concerned http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564596 Concerned Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:17:20 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564596 OMG - honestly? Is this going to be the health secretary? OMG – honestly? Is this going to be the health secretary?

]]> By: sabrina01 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564594 sabrina01 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:17:11 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564594 MONEY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE IT mC CAIN IS OUT OF HERE OBAMA 08 MONEY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE IT mC CAIN IS OUT OF HERE OBAMA 08

]]> By: ATLian http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564593 ATLian Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:16:56 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564593 What part of EMERGENCY does he not understand? What part of EMERGENCY does he not understand?

]]> By: Kyle, Champaign, IL http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564592 Kyle, Champaign, IL Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:16:52 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564592 What? This has to be a joke right? What? This has to be a joke right?

]]> By: SM http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564586 SM Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:16:24 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564586 Did McCain get his melanoma treated in an emergency room? Did McCain get his melanoma treated in an emergency room?

]]> By: kel http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564585 kel Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:16:17 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564585 McCain say that he is ready for the office as long if we do not get sick for the next four years. McCain say that he is ready for the office as long if we do not get sick for the next four years.

]]> By: No way, no how http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564584 No way, no how Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:16:14 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564584 Thank you Mccain for letting us in on your brilliant advisors...I cannot believe this man has almost half the country's vote...this needs to be all over the news. Thank you Mccain for letting us in on your brilliant advisors...I cannot believe this man has almost half the country's vote...this needs to be all over the news.

]]> By: Nia - AZ by way of MN http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564581 Nia - AZ by way of MN Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:15:29 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564581 "They take pride in being ignorant" we cannot be fooled again people!! So basicaly under McDrafts health plan he would do away with employer backed programs leave us with a $5,000 to get our own health insurance which is sky high and will leave people without...but have no fear people crowding into the ER with preventable issues is the answer...all we have to do is re-word it. "They take pride in being ignorant" we cannot be fooled again people!! So basicaly under McDrafts health plan he would do away with employer backed programs leave us with a $5,000 to get our own health insurance which is sky high and will leave people without...but have no fear people crowding into the ER with preventable issues is the answer...all we have to do is re-word it.

]]> By: Central Scruitinizer http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564578 Central Scruitinizer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:15:23 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564578 does anyone know when the funeral for McSames campaign is going to be? does anyone know when the funeral for McSames campaign is going to be?

]]> By: Kim, Charlotte, NC http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564572 Kim, Charlotte, NC Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:14:45 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564572 This is so sad................................ This is so sad................................

]]> By: Jodi http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564569 Jodi Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:13:58 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564569 They may not be able to turn you away but they sure can watch you die. Look what happened to that Lady in the New York hospital. SHe died in the emergency room waiting for care. YEAH!! That is the universal healthcare we need. They may not be able to turn you away but they sure can watch you die. Look what happened to that Lady in the New York hospital. SHe died in the emergency room waiting for care. YEAH!! That is the universal healthcare we need.

]]> By: AB http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564568 AB Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:13:56 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564568 The Obama campaign should stop being nice and attack Mccain on issues such as this. They should make on this which says: Mccain's health care plan: Wait till your health reaches a crisis and only then walk into an emergency room. The mccain person forgot that whether you walk into an emergency room or not the patient will have to foot the bill if they have no insurance coverage. The Obama campaign should stop being nice and attack Mccain on issues such as this. They should make on this which says:

Mccain's health care plan:

Wait till your health reaches a crisis and only then walk into an emergency room.

The mccain person forgot that whether you walk into an emergency room or not the patient will have to foot the bill if they have no insurance coverage.

]]> By: 4Obama2 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564565 4Obama2 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:13:29 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564565 Since McCain and his band of robbers only get the best physicians looking after them whenever they need anything, I guess they would have no clue about the rest of the people and their health care situations. - WORSE than out of touch and 45% of Americans are thinking of voting for these clowns???? What does that say??? Since McCain and his band of robbers only get the best physicians looking after them whenever they need anything, I guess they would have no clue about the rest of the people and their health care situations. – WORSE than out of touch and 45% of Americans are thinking of voting for these clowns???? What does that say???

]]> By: ron http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564560 ron Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:49 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564560 as the campaign goes on voters will see how much what sen. obama doesn't say will cost you. when they debate and sen. obama as to explain his proposals in detail you will see how fragile they are and how they have little chance of being implemented.energy rebates are tied in to windfall profits no windfall no rebates even with windfall litigation and implementation cost would be prohibitive. money saved from ending the Iraq war are again based on their not being any other commitments in the world and the cost of the Afghanistan war not rising what are the chances of that happening. look at all the proposals and you'll find that the majority are based on if's which comes down to just words. as the campaign goes on voters will see how much what sen. obama doesn't say will cost you. when they debate and sen. obama as to explain his proposals in detail you will see how fragile they are and how they have little chance of being implemented.energy rebates are tied in to windfall profits no windfall no rebates even with windfall litigation and implementation cost would be prohibitive. money saved from ending the Iraq war are again based on their not being any other commitments in the world and the cost of the Afghanistan war not rising what are the chances of that happening. look at all the proposals and you'll find that the majority are based on if's which comes down to just words.

]]> By: Orin from Columbus OH http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564556 Orin from Columbus OH Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:37 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564556 So McCain's top advisor on heath care wants to solve the health care problem in the U.S. by changing the way people are categorized so that no one will be categorized as not having health care, so in the real world he will change nothing but declair "Voila! Problem solved." This is unbelievable! This is just as bad as McCain's "former" top economic advisor calling us a country of whiners about the economy. "Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care. So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved." So McCain's top advisor on heath care wants to solve the health care problem in the U.S. by changing the way people are categorized so that no one will be categorized as not having health care, so in the real world he will change nothing but declair "Voila! Problem solved." This is unbelievable!

This is just as bad as McCain's "former" top economic advisor calling us a country of whiners about the economy. "Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care. So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved."

]]> By: Lisa http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564553 Lisa Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:11 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564553 WOW... if everyone used the emergency room, that would make the wait 20 times longer. What idiot from the McCain camp said this? They are out of touch!!! WOW...

if everyone used the emergency room, that would make the wait 20 times longer. What idiot from the McCain camp said this? They are out of touch!!!

]]> By: Deb, Allentown, PA http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564552 Deb, Allentown, PA Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:01 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564552 Hoping this will come out of moderation... Your comment is awaiting moderation. There are about five posts on here from like-minded idiots who think this is absolutely correct. You all are in need of mental health services…think you'll get them at your local emergency room? And Kelly, you can try to disavow this moron, but the horse is out of the barn already. "John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy" I'm going to bet that we hear that Mr. Goodman doesn't speak for John McCain, just like John McCain doesn't speak for John McCain. Hoping this will come out of moderation...

Your comment is awaiting moderation.
There are about five posts on here from like-minded idiots who think this is absolutely correct. You all are in need of mental health services…think you'll get them at your local emergency room?

And Kelly, you can try to disavow this moron, but the horse is out of the barn already. "John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy"

I'm going to bet that we hear that Mr. Goodman doesn't speak for John McCain, just like John McCain doesn't speak for John McCain.

]]> By: Rose http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-everyone-in-us-has-some-health-coverage/#comment-1564550 Rose Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:11:48 +0000 http://cnnpoliticalticker.wordpress.com/?p=15105#comment-1564550 I pay $7,300.00 a year for medical insurance (I'm one of the LUCKY(?) ones to even have insurance?) and this $7,300.00 a year does not EVEN COVER a pap smear. Next time I'll just go to the E.R. for my preventive medicine. It is beyond me how anyone could seriously entertain the idea of voting for John McCain. Obama08 I pay $7,300.00 a year for medical insurance (I'm one of the LUCKY(?) ones to even have insurance?) and this $7,300.00 a year does not EVEN COVER a pap smear. Next time I'll just go to the E.R. for my preventive medicine.

It is beyond me how anyone could seriously entertain the idea of voting for John McCain.

Obama08

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