Comments on: Letter: Bill Foster says, “Take a Number” http://elburnherald.com/9897/2010/03/04/letter-bill-foster-says-%e2%80%9ctake-a-number%e2%80%9d/ Over 100 Years of Dedicated Service Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RM http://elburnherald.com/9897/2010/03/04/letter-bill-foster-says-%e2%80%9ctake-a-number%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-390 RM Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:15:20 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=9897#comment-390 Obviously informed has never been a recipient of Medicare or Medicaid. They work very well for those who have it and certainly much better than having nothing. Agreed that there are many things is the healthcare system that are grossly overpriced. Drugs are one of the worst.

How are insurance companies acting as a buffer by denying insurance, refusing to pay most of the costs and pocketing the difference?

]]> By: informed http://elburnherald.com/9897/2010/03/04/letter-bill-foster-says-%e2%80%9ctake-a-number%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-389 informed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:56 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=9897#comment-389 Let’s have a quick lesson in health care shall we. Insurance IS NOT the same as health care. If health care (hospitals, doctors, tests, drugs, etc.) wasn’t so expensive we wouldn’t even need insurance. Do you have insurance for groceries? Gas? Electricity? No, they are provided to market at a fair price that all of us can afford. So why go after the insurance companies? They are the buffer that allow their paying members to afford this countries overpriced health care. Let’s go after the real culprits, the overpriced health care system. And as far as letting the government do that for us. Please! The governments list of successes is non-existent. Medicare, medicaid, social security, and Amtrack are all great examples of how our government runs things.

]]> By: RM http://elburnherald.com/9897/2010/03/04/letter-bill-foster-says-%e2%80%9ctake-a-number%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-386 RM Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:42:43 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=9897#comment-386 I’m tired of the lying scare tactic that we are moving toward socialized medicine. Never will all healthcare providers become government employees. It’s an economic impossiblity. Although I’d welcome the improved benefits and the ability to retire comfortably after 30 years. I could stay in the front of the line for healthcare as a government employee while others go without since that’s another falsehood Republicans would like us to believe.

]]> By: RM http://elburnherald.com/9897/2010/03/04/letter-bill-foster-says-%e2%80%9ctake-a-number%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-384 RM Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:31:07 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=9897#comment-384 Cody – you don’t seem to realize that we already have rationed healthcare. Insurers decide who is worthy of coverage and whether or not and how much they will pay. I don’t want government or the insurance company making those decisions but if I had to choose – I’d pick government. I want someone who actually understands healthcare and real costs to make those choices.

If I honestly though starting over with a clean slate would work, I’d be 110% behind it. Unfortunately I have zero confidence that anything would be accomplished starting over. The Republican leadership has proven to me that they are ineffective and unsupportive of people over corporate America. I think the best plan is ram this thing through like Hastert did with senior prescription coverage and fix it after the fact.

]]> By: term limits http://elburnherald.com/9897/2010/03/04/letter-bill-foster-says-%e2%80%9ctake-a-number%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-383 term limits Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:13:56 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=9897#comment-383 We ask that President Obama and Congressional Democrats join with Republican leaders to start over on health insurance reform.

We ask that they help craft sensible reforms designed to lower costs and expand access without violating individual rights or the integrity of the market.


We ask that they enact medical liability reform and put an end to frivolous lawsuits that drive up the cost of medicine.

We ask that they allow individuals and small businesses to pool together to purchase high-quality affordable health care coverage.

We ask that they allow Americans to shop for health care coverage from coast to coast and purchase insurance policies across state lines.

We ask that they create new incentives to save for current and future health care needs by allowing people to use their health savings accounts funds to pay premiums for high deductible health plans.

We ask that they guarantee individuals with pre-existing conditions or past illnesses access to affordable coverage through the expansion of state-based, high-risk pools, and reinsurance programs.

Thank you for reading this.

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