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Tell us about health care Congress has
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 | 2:02 a.m.
Most people would agree with Vernon Pechous’ letter to the editor in Monday’s Las Vegas Sun, headlined “Let anyone obtain Congress’ insurance.”
I’d like someone to explain how we can make Congress do exactly that. It’s what most of us want. Congress is acting as if, “We got ours; let them eat cake.”
Also, I’d like to see someone publish what kind of health insurance coverage members of Congress receive. We who hired them and are paying the bills would like to know.
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The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program provides Federal employees, retirees and their survivors the widest selection of health plans in the country.
You can choose from among Consumer-Driven and High Deductible plans that offer catastrophic risk protection with higher deductibles, health savings/reimbursable accounts and lower premiums, or Fee-for-Service (FFS) plans, and their Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO), or Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) if you live (or sometimes if you work) within the area serviced by the plan.
http://www.opm.gov/INSURE/HEALTH/
In a recent Gallup survey, 89% of Republicans, 64% of independents, and 61% of Americans overall say Americans themselves -- rather than the government -- have the primary responsibility for ensuring that they have health insurance. Six in 10 Democrats say the government should be primarily responsible.
"By a margin of 52 percent to 27 percent, Americans said Mr. Obama has better ideas about overhauling health care than Republicans. And the percentage of Americans who approve of how Mr. Obama has handled health care has gone from 40 percent in August to 47 percent, about equal to where it was earlier in the summer."
"On one of the most contentious issues in the health care debate - whether to establish a government-run health insurance plan as an alternative to private insurers - nearly two-thirds of the country continues to favor the proposal, which is backed by Mr. Obama but has drawn intense fire from most Republicans and some moderate Democrats. "
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Some Americans will still need a public
option.
Real Americans will not take away soneone
else's free choice.
ksand99 didn't state a source for his information...
Inquiring minds need to know...
New York Times/CBS poll shows over 70% of
Americans want a public option.
From a Rasmussen poll on August 11 - "Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That's down five points from two weeks ago and down eight points from six weeks ago."
Rasmussen is a Republican.
His polls can't be trusted.
In a recent Gallup survey, 89% of Republicans, 64% of independents, and 61% of Americans overall say Americans themselves -- rather than the government -- have the primary responsibility for ensuring that they have health insurance. Six in 10 Democrats say the government should be primarily responsible.