Comments on: Why Not Obama? http://readethos.com/2008/04/15/why-not-obama/ A blog on race, class, politics & culture Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ed http://readethos.com/2008/04/15/why-not-obama/#comment-261 Ed Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:52:27 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-261 Allow me to calrify, the reason I don't think single-payer health insurance can happen overnight is because there are too many members of Congress and Senate who have strong ties to insurance and pharmaceudical companies. I honestly don't think a law of that nature would pass. But if you increase competition and disband monopolies you decrease the insurance agencies’ power and influence and then there is a chance that you can pass something into law. I just think that while senators and congressman/women are in the insurance companies pockets a law could get passed. Now I'm not a polisci major but a change like this would require the ratification of some kind of bill or law wouldn't it? Please respond whenever you get a chance as to how single-payer insurance could be implemented while avoiding potential blockades like the ones I have mentioned. Like I said before I agree it would be the best system I just don't know how we could implement it. Also I've heard that in places like Canada waiting lists have developed and are causing some problems for people who need immediate healthcare, whats ur take on that? Allow me to calrify, the reason I don’t think single-payer health insurance can happen overnight is because there are too many members of Congress and Senate who have strong ties to insurance and pharmaceudical companies. I honestly don’t think a law of that nature would pass. But if you increase competition and disband monopolies you decrease the insurance agencies’ power and influence and then there is a chance that you can pass something into law. I just think that while senators and congressman/women are in the insurance companies pockets a law could get passed. Now I’m not a polisci major but a change like this would require the ratification of some kind of bill or law wouldn’t it?

Please respond whenever you get a chance as to how single-payer insurance could be implemented while avoiding potential blockades like the ones I have mentioned. Like I said before I agree it would be the best system I just don’t know how we could implement it. Also I’ve heard that in places like Canada waiting lists have developed and are causing some problems for people who need immediate healthcare, whats ur take on that?

]]> By: Eric http://readethos.com/2008/04/15/why-not-obama/#comment-256 Eric Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:00:14 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-256 Re: Single-payer...I am currently on vacation and don't really feel like going over the details of why I think it is not only feasible but absolutely necessary. Re: People who buy into "hope" and "change"...never have I bashed these people. In fact, sympathize with them. As I have said, I think the tendency of people to invest their time and energy into a candidate like Obama who mouths progressive sounding platitudes speaks to a broad rejection by the American people of the Bush administration and its neo-conservatism. But things like "hope" and "change" are so vague that they are essentially meaningless. Moreover, they are no substitute for a progressive political agenda--something Obama lacks. Really, who is against "change" or "hope"? Not me! I just wish Obama would spell out how he intends to deliver those things politically because the agenda he has appeared to espouse on the campaign trail and in his past does little to distinguish him from the neo-liberal consensus of the center of the Democratic Party. Re: Single-payer…I am currently on vacation and don’t really feel like going over the details of why I think it is not only feasible but absolutely necessary.

Re: People who buy into “hope” and “change”…never have I bashed these people. In fact, sympathize with them. As I have said, I think the tendency of people to invest their time and energy into a candidate like Obama who mouths progressive sounding platitudes speaks to a broad rejection by the American people of the Bush administration and its neo-conservatism.

But things like “hope” and “change” are so vague that they are essentially meaningless. Moreover, they are no substitute for a progressive political agenda–something Obama lacks.

Really, who is against “change” or “hope”? Not me! I just wish Obama would spell out how he intends to deliver those things politically because the agenda he has appeared to espouse on the campaign trail and in his past does little to distinguish him from the neo-liberal consensus of the center of the Democratic Party.

]]> By: Ed http://readethos.com/2008/04/15/why-not-obama/#comment-250 Ed Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:54:11 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-250 When you talk about Universal Health Care and adopting a single payer system similar to that of Canada's and Sweden's you cannot assume that Ralph Nader or any other Presidential candidate can make that happen overnight. While the idea is a good one it is not necesarily feasible, at least in the immediate future. Obama's plan offers eligibility to every US citizen and makes it affordable, those who can't afford health insurance will be covered by Federal programs, those who just miss the cutoff for medicaid will still receive federal stipends to make healthcare more affordable, furthermore the increased competition steeming from the public program and more private insurance programs will drive the cost of premiums and medication down. Obama also plans to move records to an electronic system rather than a paper one which will eliminate the wasteful spending that Nader speaks of in half. While a single payer system would certainly be the best way to go, that is a change that must come gradually. Think of how many more people will be unemployed and uninsured if we were to eliminate private insurance agencies with the flick of a switch. Please, consider the feasibility of such suggestions before bashing those who choose to latch onto the idea of hope and change and who reach for the light at the end of the tunnel which is becoming brighter in the eyes of many Americans thanks to Obama When you talk about Universal Health Care and adopting a single payer system similar to that of Canada’s and Sweden’s you cannot assume that Ralph Nader or any other Presidential candidate can make that happen overnight. While the idea is a good one it is not necesarily feasible, at least in the immediate future. Obama’s plan offers eligibility to every US citizen and makes it affordable, those who can’t afford health insurance will be covered by Federal programs, those who just miss the cutoff for medicaid will still receive federal stipends to make healthcare more affordable, furthermore the increased competition steeming from the public program and more private insurance programs will drive the cost of premiums and medication down. Obama also plans to move records to an electronic system rather than a paper one which will eliminate the wasteful spending that Nader speaks of in half. While a single payer system would certainly be the best way to go, that is a change that must come gradually. Think of how many more people will be unemployed and uninsured if we were to eliminate private insurance agencies with the flick of a switch. Please, consider the feasibility of such suggestions before bashing those who choose to latch onto the idea of hope and change and who reach for the light at the end of the tunnel which is becoming brighter in the eyes of many Americans thanks to Obama

]]> By: corona http://readethos.com/2008/04/15/why-not-obama/#comment-75 corona Sat, 03 May 2008 17:17:22 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-75 yo when yall make contributions to Suede (or anywhere else) that are also here you should have them put a shoutout in return something like "source: Ethos Blog (www.readethos.com)" yo when yall make contributions to Suede (or anywhere else) that are also here you should have them put a shoutout in return
something like “source: Ethos Blog (www.readethos.com)”

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