Marshall Said:

Did the GOP think they could prevent Obama from getting healthcare reform?

We Answered:

Yes they did and still do. And they aim to do so by spreading lies and half truths.

I do not understand why so many Americans have fallen for lies about healthcare in the USA, abroad and also the planned reforms [1]. I mean, if the healthcare system in the USA is so good, why have no other nations taken it up? Could it be due to the following facts?
FACT - the USA spends more on healthcare PER PERSON than any other nation on the planet [2].
FACT - the US has higher death rates for kids under five than western European countries with universal health coverage [3].
Or if the US healthcare system is run so well, why not run the fire service like the healthcare system? [4]
Maybe that is because in the USA, insurance companies push up costs, buy politicians and refuse to pay claims that people pay for [5]. (Look up Wendell Potter on YouTube to hear more if the link below is too long.)
Obama wants to make insurance cheaper, stop insurance companies from refusing health coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, and make sure they pay out when they are meant to [6], a system similar to that which works in Taiwan [7]. He debated this before he was elected [8].
Is it right that a dead American four year old would have had a better chance of life if they were born in Canada, Cuba, Germany and so many other industrialised nations with universal healthcare?
If you think my arguments are wrong, e-mail me with proof. But if you can not, let Obama try to help America. If he fails, vote him out in 2012.

Lester Said:

Does the GOP really have a healthcare reform plan?

We Answered:

You have correctly answered your own question. The GOP plan from the beginning has been to water down the health care plan to the point that it satisfied the insurance companies.

It was the same in the Senate where GOP committee amendments were routinely voted down. They prefer the status quo, after all those without health care coverage tend not to vote or vote Democratic.

Historically, people with different political party identifications have given different rankings
to health care as a voting priority, with Democrats tending to place more importance on
health care than Republicans, and independents falling somewhere in between. Partisan
differences in the ranking of health are similar to past years according to recent survey data
in the 2008 election. In February, larger shares of voters who self-identified as Democrats
(27 percent) and independents (19 percent) named health care as a top issue in their vote
than those who identified as Republicans (11 percent).

http://www.kff.org/spotlight/election/lo…

It's disturbing when you read the study that over 40,000 Americans die each year from lack of health care coverage. Strange that the pro life party would be so set against universal health care coverage.

Violet Said:

Is the GOP going to try to abolish Healthcare Reform & allow companies to drop those w/ Preexisting Conditions?

We Answered:

lets hope so but all they can do right now is look for ways to change or slow down obamacare until they have a majority in both houses and obama is ousted in 2012

Scott Said:

Why are Dems upset that the GOP doesn't want healthcare reform?

We Answered:

They're the party of no...

Kim Said:

Will it not be ironic if Kennedy's Senate Seat is give to the GOP which casts a vote against Healthcare Reform?

We Answered:

It would be wonderful, marvelous, and the greatest thing since sliced bread