http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement#Presidential_usage

I don’t see any posts on your blog that address that topic, though.

Though we have some number of “uninsured”, that’s not the same as not having access to healthcare. The “uninsured” number includes those people who are temporarily between jobs (eg, you leave one job for another, but have a week in between the two), as well as people who could afford it if it were a priority, but, for one reason or another, choose not to have health insurance. But in any event, everyone has access to some level of “health care”, even if they do not have access to “health insurance”.

That isn’t to say that there aren’t some people who are left out – there are, specifically those who have sleazy insurance carriers that drop them as soon as they get sick – but the crisis is exaggerated.

More important than whether or not there is a crisis and whether or not this particular proposal is a good idea or a bad idea is that the far left in this country wants to pass it without a vote and they want to bribe two senators in order to do it. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the proposal, this is clearly wrong and criminal.

In the spirit of an informed discussion, I’d like to object to the statement “Our [The US] health care system is the best in the world.”
The US healthcare industry is world leading, yes. But the health care coverage of US citizens is almost Third-World (words from a German newspaper). Too few people can afford even the basics, too many left behind.

In Europe, everybody has a right to get his medical treatments paid. Not all of it, not every treatment conceivable, but everything that’s needed to survive plus a chunk – details vary from country to country.

In the US, what’s the number of people who are ovwhelmed by health care cost is huge. Yes, that comes at a cost: There is mandatory health care insurance. The freedom to not insure yourself is taken away. As diseases are as certain as death and taxes, I find that fair.

My reference is several high-paid IT specialists who migrated from the US to Germany a few years ago because the social network here in Germany is superior, and despite some erosion I believe it still is.

Don’t have yourself scared by your own politicians. As Michael wrote: “Research it on your own”. Please also look for the international comparison for which fraction of the population can afford treatment. US media may be biased. Look into international sources.

Best Regards,

Bananenblatt