Hey Seattesounders.  I have no problem with mandating everyone being covered by health protection.....just not through the government.  Private enterprise with over 1200 insurance companies nationwide creates competition.  The government plan would be subsidized by taxes paid by me and you!  Make it mandatory(no exceptions)! Insurance companies would have to accept everyone with no pre conditions.  They could increase premium for smokers and obese.  Even illegals would have to sign up or be deported.  When they sign up they also enroll in a year of weekly classes to citizenship.  If they do not attend 80% of the classes, they are deported.  Part of the healh plan would also involve preventive procedures, paid at 100% by the insurance company and if you did not do the preventive procedures yearly, your premium would go up.  If you want to get serious about the health care of our nation there are much better ways than socialized health care.  Sorry, that just does not work effectively.

Let reform be like that of the Senators.........all the plans they can choose from are from private insurance companies.  You know, those companies  that Obama criticised Wednesday night for making a profit!!!

Sorry godsdog,  public-private insurance system is just a step away from public insurance or Medicaid/Medicare for all.

Your life(literally)depends on this.  If not now, when you get older. 

In a televised evening news conference, Obama said the biggest driving force behind the federal deficit was skyrocketing healthcare costs for the government's Medicare program of healthcare for the elderly and Medicaid for the poor.

Did you get that...........the govenment's Medicare(covering 45 million people) and Medicaid (covering around 40 million people) programs are.........skyrocketing in costs!!  And Obama wants you to think that when the government also covers 300+ million other citizens, cost per citizen is going to decline.  

Excuse me, either Obama thinks we are completely dumb or very naive.  Please call, write, or email your Senators and Representative and let them know you do not want any "Government Option" in any Helth Reform Bill.  If it does include any "Govenment Option" you will do everything in your power to defeat them in the next election.

Believe me, they do want to get re-elected!

Bllue Dogs are contributing to the economic recovery.  Got to stop out of control spending and not have a 'governmnet option' or 'public option' or whatever you want to call it in the health reform packeage.