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On the question of repeal itself, the AP-GfK results are starkly different than those of Quinnipiac. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed want to leave the law as it is or expand it (with 43 percent wanting to change it to do more and 19 percent preferring to keep it as-is) while 36 percent want to repeal it or reduce its scope, (with 26 percent favoring repeal and 10 percent wanting to scale it back).I wonder if the defense bill is 2000 pages. And why does that even matter the size of the bill. That is a point of view without any intellectual basis for connecting it to the fabric of reality
January 19 2011 at 2:04 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyYes, well I certainly will not be contacting Huckabee to have my name added to the list, nor will the other 65% of the population. While the Health Care Bill has some flaws it is better than nothing. The GOP has created their own falsified "truth" about this bill. We do not need to have Congress wasting their time on this, what we need is to address adding much needed jobs to the economy. This is the REAL #1 issue that congress should be addressing.
January 19 2011 at 11:13 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replygridge9356. If this health bill goes forward and I pray it doesn't, it will be the bureaucrats deciding how the doctor will treat you. It doesn't matter the size of the bill? It does if no one reads it before signing it. Your representatives would have never legislated Obama Care IF it including themselves or their families. Why is that? It took Obama over one year to goat the Democrats into signing it, and it cost many careers in the last election. Democrats are dropping out of the next election because they know what's coming in November 2012.
February 20 2011 at 6:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNo responsible lawmaker would sign a 2,000 + page bill. It wreaks of earmarks and deficit spending.... We can't afford it. We need a simpler, less expensive bill.
January 19 2011 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyIt's not too late to let your senator know that you would like the current Obamacare repealed and overhauled. www.repealitnow.com or www.repealhealthcareact.com/mike-huckabee.aspx will give the chance to put your name on an extended list that is going to be presented in an effort to support the repeal votes. No contribution necessary!
January 19 2011 at 10:11 AM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyMost Americans DO NOT want that. Most in the GOP do. Good luck. If you win, we lose and the deficit goes up another $200 billion.
January 19 2011 at 10:46 AM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyThanks for the heads-up... I just e-mailed my Representative and Senators to voice my opposition to repeal of the Health Care Law. Just as public education and police and fire protection are beneficial to all the people, a healthy populace benefits everyone. Health insurance should not be a for profit business. People, not profits, should come first.
January 19 2011 at 9:07 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThis country needs to stop allowing the insurance companies from running our country. Thats the only reason the GOP, is trying to block Obamacare,is so they can get all the kickbacks from them.
January 19 2011 at 10:10 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyInstead of improving the country's economic situation or finding ways to put people back to work, the GOP is choosing to plow ahead with the most divisive item on their agenda and cast a vote to strip Americans of health coverage -- what a waste of time.
January 19 2011 at 9:32 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Replyeveryone born in this country has a right to health care i cannt believe that in america we would let people die because they have no money we sure as hell take care of the men and women we send to murder in our two wars in the middle east lets wake up america ans take care of americans
January 19 2011 at 8:03 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyAOL continues its campaign of advocacy for the Obama administration, but this analysis is empty and pointless. Surprise, surprise -- a large minority of people support Obamacare when they understand it as a path to a debt-free, non-deficit-producing, trillion-plus-dollar entitlement and someone else covering part of their insurance. But a very large majority rejects the individual mandate, which is the key to Obamacare's cost-shifting from older, less healthy people to younger, healthier people who'd either choose to go without health insurance or -- and this is the dirty secret of Obamacare -- buy a "major-medical" plan to cover catastrophic costs only, for about $50 or $80 a month. That's the essential truth: in a recent poll, 100% of those surveyed said they approved of free ice cream, but a majority opposed a plan to force everyone to buy ice cream at a higher cost than they currently see at the market. Obamacare's promises of lower deficits, lower health care costs and free choice of coverage options are false. If advocates would simply be honest -- and admit that Obamacare is about expanding coverage for the uninsured without serious regard to costs -- this debate might be more productive.
As it is, Obamacare forces everyone into costlier insurance plans, then tells us not to worry because the government will either (1) force your insurance company to deliver expanded coverage without any increased costs or (2) use the higher costs and taxes on other people to pay for part of your insurance. He who promises to rob Peter to pay Paul can always count on Paul's support.
How could insurance companies be against obamacare when they are given 30 million new policy holder whose premiums are paid by our government with hard working tax payers money? These same people have been employed for years in order to keep their families insured. Some in jobs they wish they could quit but keep to protect their families. No one is denied medical coverage in this country, why do we have to change this?
January 18 2011 at 11:19 PM Report abuse Permalink -5 rate up rate down ReplyHealth Care has become a BUSINESS, that is why people are going into any medical field. People forget that Doctors are not God and can not fix everything or save every life. They do tests for a few reasons, one being they don't want to be sued, two for the money and three, they actually feel they can find the problem. I do remember Obama saying the Ins. premiums would not go up, well mine did.
January 18 2011 at 10:37 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplySo did my wifes that her job paid for...I guess that is why she will be unemployed soon...The cost is up over 50% n the last two years with the carrier identifing new mandates as the reason and her job will now layoff all the workers and privatize it with no benefits and half the pay...This healthcare mandate will cause many employers to do the same nevermind the thousands of companies that the government has handed out exemptions to so far..Healthcare we all will be mandated to get except the Senate and House along with these companies granted exemption. So we are doing this for millions to get coverage only to exempt millions from the coverage makes no sense.
January 18 2011 at 10:45 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyIncrease in HC costs have nothing to do with Obamacare, whose costs affect the market in 2014.
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