Why Health Insurance Reform Matters to Women
Posted on October 25, 2009
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In some states, maternity care is not covered because pregnancy can be seen as a pre-existing condition. Its even legal in some states to deny a woman coverage because shes been a victim of domestic violence. First Lady Michelle Obama looks at where health care policy and people’s lives intersect. Two-time cancer survivor Roxi Griffin and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius join her to discuss how the current system doesn’t work for women and their families and why health insurance reform is so …
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bobjman – You’re right, someone paid for my health services…..I, along with millions of Canadian taxpayers, foot the bill for healthcare. The difference between Canada and the USA is that most Canadians are willing to pay extra taxes to have free, universal healthcare. Most Americans are not. Yet, they are willing to pay trillions of dollars for unnecessary, futile wars. It’s a question of priorities. I think if you really wanted free, universal healthcare, you would of had it by now.
ApocalypsePlough
I’m willing to pay the tax for health care I have a better chance of getting good care if I get sick with the Goverment than I would with my insurance company they can raise my rates and drop me anytime they want and I can’t do anything about it..
I don’t know why I even bother the ones against the public option are probably the ones the figured out how to play the system and have there health care provided for them either through getting early SSI because of some mental disease or some fake injury or just poping out a bunch of kids and begging the tax payer to pay for them either way were still paying..
How bout we heave free healthcare when we stop funding our military presence in the rest of the world you F’ing idiots.
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Health Care should be a right for every hard working tax paying American a human right.. We should pay something for our health care there should be competition but competition should not turn into prostitution of our country’s values I value my dollar very much but not at the expense of denying anyone health care..
where do all you haters come from? you must live a depressing life
I can’t believe SDPattens fucked up comment has been thumbed up…you are a disgusting POS human being
people like you take everything for granted..if god forbid something would ever happen to you and you would be in need of help, I wonder if you would still have the same views
all this hate and lack of compassion and human decency by anti-american anti-human conservatives like you is fucking disgusting
SDPatten
Your an idiot thanks for being an American that works hard.. I do too so does my husband we pay for insurance we pay a lot for insurance.. a quarter of our money goes to insurance.. We need health care reform all around ..
You can’t even send them a message unless they add you as a friend!!!! What a sham!!! wow!!!
Amen brother.
I knew i would get a stupid bastard replying to my comment. Listen, i never once said stop funding the militray, i stated stop funding illegal wars, understand? Or do you need me to break it down for you. I know it must hard not being able to read very well, but try it before you reply to a comment.
bobj, no one owes you healthcare you entitlement piece of shit. I hope you fuckin hang on a tree.
Michelle Obama, stop the guilt trip!!!!!!! You want healthcare reform? LET ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES COMPETE ACROSS STATE LINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You took a job as ‘vice president of community relations’ in chicago for $121,000 and was bumped up to $316,000 in 2005 when your husband became state senator. Obama’s plan will insure that WE ALL PAY MORE IN TAXES.
I was ashamed of my country when bush and the most corrupt incompetent government in history was in place. Now that the President Obama has brought back a government for the people, international respect and honor back to America I’m proud to be American again.
who’d love to fuck her!!!???
It is you “real” ones that worry the world.
She is not the disgrace, your hatred is.
I’ll put aside the fact that shes reading from a prompter. So long as she doesn’t forget the people that put her in that nice house.
NEVER FORGET THE PEOPLE.
People are dying in this country because now there are over 200 channels for the elite to spread sadism and apathy. Care about your neighbor and other people and this dumb ass puppet can go to hell.
I think you could better fund the millitary if there were more jobs in America than funding the Chinese military…. so yer point is????
what an ignorant viewpoint
yeah lets not fund our military
im sure your healthcare system will help us all out after we get nuked and we are radioactive
What a loaded assumption. Without government, and the elite, to get you healthcare, if you don’t have insurance, then the hospital will just let your kids die. Just because you are like that, there are plenty of people who aren’t. That’s why your ratings are going to hell.
Beautifully stated First Lady. People are dying in this country because insurance companies are screwing people over. What we need is a single payer system were our taxes will pay for the medical cost. Stop funding illegal wars and help cure the sick in this country.
Yeah like im going to believe anything this CUNT puppet says
The only people that deserve healthcare are the people that work hard to get it
the rest can die because they cant pay for it
First Lady,
You’re a disgrace to those of us who actually love and our proud of this country.
Love,
Real Americans