Thread: US Constitution Survey

Quote: Originally Posted by cheewiee Yes, he has mentioned many times that he thinks there should be a government option to the current system Yes, and it sucks.... My mother is on Medicare, due to disablity. She is a diabetic, and Medicare won't pay for certain forms of insulin when she is at home, but will when she is in the hospital (or other care facility). Medicare is a national insurance system that provides insurnance. Its not...

Quote: Originally Posted by Evanescence why not...doggs have it RUFF.... LOL and I hear wild dogs "yotes" have it even ruffer around you. Some day I'd love a guided varmit hunt. I dont have a varmit rifle tho just a 22 mag with a 4x16 weaver and a rem 700 30-06 with a Leupold Variax II so I'd have to borrow.

PM me if you want to ride along on a real fox/coyote trapline... Its a real hoot....

Quote: Originally Posted by cheewiee So the problem with Government run Heath Care is that it sets the market... For Example, lets just say a Heart Transplant. Medicare says the most it is going to pay for a Heart Transplant is $100,000.00. Medicare has already engaged in price fixing. Rather than letting the market control the price, the Government sets a false threshhold to what Dr's Can charge for a Heart Transplant. It is for reasons...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sam! The problem is that NOT setting price caps in medicate invites fraud and/or unnecessary procedures for shady doctors who want to get paid. Even with Price Caps there was approx 60 BILLION in Medicare fraud last year.. By setting medicare Caps, the Government is engaged in price fixing when it comes down to Health Care. Because these caps exist they are what Doctors charge... Because of their involvement, there...

sigh... why do people think that they NEED more healthcare than we did 100 years ago? cuz healthcare is a right... sad face

Exaggerating the severity of questionable sections of the bill? Definitely. Creating lies? That might be going a bit far. There is something behind what they're saying, just not as clear-cut or egregious as some portray it. Take the death-panel thing. Was the wording such that a mandatory death panel would decide to enact euthanasia? No. But there was an item (which the Senate just removed) that provided end-of-life counseling for...

Quote: Originally Posted by PrayerWarrior61 And don't forget: They don't teach this in schools anymore, I think they classified this as sedition and banned it That's my all-time favorite quote from the Declaration! How sad that it is so appropriate today.

Quote: Originally Posted by sandie Has anyone read the Australian Constitution? The Americans learn about theirs. We don't. True. But at least we have a Health Care system that works. The US should learn form what we have.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pouye I just read Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny". Also Glen Beck's book "Common Sense" based on Thomas Paine's pamphlet. After reading those books, I realized that the USA has gone so far into the "Statist" realm that we are no longer a free country. Period. We are a neo-Socialist nation based on a Statist-style government. The USA, with its...