Frist Has High Hopes On Health Reform

13 Responses to “Frist Has High Hopes On Health Reform”

1. Drew writes
   November 9th, 2009 9:00 am

   Is he writing himself prescriptions or something? Thanks for leaving politics before becoming a complete turncoat to conservatives.

2. Interested Citizen writes
   November 9th, 2009 11:46 am

   link’s broken.

3. Tom Paine writes
   November 9th, 2009 11:46 am

   Here’s hoping it’ll be at least as good as that budget-busting, deficit-enhancing, pharma-protecting prescription drug bill he and his GOP colleagues championed back when he was in the Senate.

   See, Marsha, we can play the adjective game, too!

4. Bill writes
   November 9th, 2009 8:15 pm

   hey, i know how we can pay for health care. Doctor Frist and family can give back the medicare money.

5. harry writes
   November 9th, 2009 8:30 pm

   Thank you for taking this position - will you please talk to Lamar and Corker and let them know that this is about taking care of all Americans and not just enhancing a party’s position?

6. pat csh writes
   November 10th, 2009 8:23 am

   Yes,thank you for taking this position on health care for all americans and as for me personally i want to see all people under health care because of who this country is supposed to be.

   now we need to knock that anti choice strangle hold on women and womens right to make our own choices out of that Bill!

7. Sidney writes
   November 10th, 2009 9:15 am

   I wrote to Cooper to express my dismay. Here’s part of the letter he sent me. Oh my gosh. Read his words carefully. “Being in school”. I thought he graduated. What’s he thinking? Maybe that we are dumber than a 5th grader:

   “I voted yes to advance the cause of health care reform by forcing the Senate to act. Without passage of this House bill, the Senate could delay reform indefinitely. That would be the worst possible outcome because our current health-care system is not sustainable. Congress needs to pass good health legislation for the good of the country.
   My vote is not an endorsement of all the provisions of the bill because I find much of the bill to be deeply flawed. Passing legislation is a little like writing a term paper in school. The first draft is usually not very good. The second draft is better - H.R. 3962 is the second draft. The bill that the Senate will vote on will be the third draft, which I expect to show major improvement. The final draft will be written afterword, if we get to that point, when the House and the Senate will vote on the same bill.”

   Cooper, a VOTE FOR is an endorsement FOR something. Where in school are you? First grade? I’m sick up to my eyeballs and elbows of these two-timing, double talking politicians. OUT!

   And Pat, women can and do make their own choices. BUT I don’t want to pay for their “mistakes” out of gov-ment funds. Let them do elective medical care and out-of-pocket expenses for themselves. It’s not my duty to pay for abortions or other elective care.

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8. Blue writes
   November 10th, 2009 10:17 am

   Sidney,
   This is the way that Congress works, In order to get a bill you have to start passing the bill to a higher level. Surely, you learned something in school. I do not want the right-wing to tell me what I can and cannot do about abortion. That is my right to have one as it your right not to have one. The white male still thinks that they can rule the woman, and take away the choice. Some abortions should be paid for by government money. Nothing is white or black, there is a little grey somewhere. Let’s get off of this right-wing agenda and pass something for all Americans. TN will not change until we can get the state out of the hands of the churches.

9. MetalMan writes
   November 10th, 2009 10:27 am

   Maybe Frist can use some of his family’s money to help pay for King Barry’s Health Care Deform Bill and lesson the load on our future generations. What a traitor! Go ahead on over and join Jim “Milkquetoast” Cooper’s camp.

10. TNVolunteer73 writes
    November 10th, 2009 10:32 am

    Blue and how you get Bad Bills is when you have Congress pass Bad bills to get them to a higher level.

    My daughters company has already started layoffs in preparation for the increased Taxes on healthcare benifits. They got rid of 7 yesterday. They are starting to make more of their assets liquid.

11. Blue writes
    November 10th, 2009 11:10 am

    The companies know that a public option will not increase health care premiums. That’s just an excuse to cut back on overall expenses. I guess one excuse is as good as another. I still can’t undestand why one is against choice. Choice is part of our being a free Nation. My Blue Cross sure needs
    competition.

12. gofer writes
    November 10th, 2009 3:03 pm

    Companies will be forced to cover not only the employee but the majority of family coverage as well. This will force companies to dump people into the “public option”. This has already been documented by the experience in Maine as well as the CBO. Some people are going to be shocked when they see their great private plan morphed into basically Medicaid.

    The bill also requires the “public option” to be adopted at any time there is a change in your present policy….ANY change, such as coverage or adding someone, etc. The end result, in a matter of years, will be insurance companies basically out of business, except for insurancing the more wealthy individuals. Everybody else will be on the govt. dole. This “single payer” system is the goal of Obama and the dems, as they have publically admitted.

    If you can read the bill and still be for this disaster,then you are either deluding yourself or you aren’t paying attention.

    The biggest shock will be the 20-something crowd, when they are forced to pay 18-22% of their pre-tax income for insurance and there will large deductables. They are the ones who will have “sticker shock.”

    Govt. is the problem. In some states, hair transplants are required to be covered. It’s govt. mandates such as that and not allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines that drive up costs. Allow people to chose coverage as they do for car insurance. There’s ways to “reform” the system without HUGE govt mandates and trillions of dollars in red tape plus 111 new agencies, committees, boards, etc. and STILL 12 million + people will remain uninsured, according to the CBO.

    “If you vote for the Republicans, THEY will take away your health insurance.” (That’s the real reason for this reform bill…in that ONE sentence, they foresee eternal control of the govt. and health care is the ticket.) You seriously don’t think they CARE the least about our health!??

13. idgaf writes
    November 10th, 2009 10:03 pm

    Don’t be surprised if a lot of companys move to Mexico or other countrys.