Former Head of the Democratic Party against health care bill

Lol, Dean is an idiot, but even a broken clock is right twice a day I guess. He is right, he just doesn't know why is all. It is a gimmie for insurance companies. In fact, any bill that mandates a citizen to buy insurance is an absolute boon for insurance companies. It is guaranteed business. The alternative is a public for those who can't afford insurance on their own. So, a person who is now faced with the option of buying insurance or paying fines and possibly jail time, aho can't afford insurance on their own, has no choice but to go on the public option, it's almost enslavement. Let this be known to everyone, I will not supprt any bill, ANY bill no matter how good, that mandates citizens to have health insurance.

Remember this is the Senate Bill. WE don't even know if this will pass. Health Care Reform with the Public Option passed in the House. I do agree with Howad dean however, we need a public option. This Bill that they have now is watered down, but I don't think it will pass. I think the Pulbic Option will prevail (fingers crossed). I like Howard Dean, I think more should listen to him not just Democrats. I'd rather have a single payer health insurance myself, but I'll settle for havin a Public Option. I think people are just trying to stall anyway they can right now. However, I think Healthcare Reform with the Public Option will be passed.

Even with the Public Option it was going to increase money flowing to the insurance companies just like how the laws on auto insurance flowed more money to them. The government has a huge stake in this since the government makes more money off the insurance companies then the insurance companies themselves make. Even with the public option the bill was always about making people buy healthcare even if they don't want it... so the federal government could get more revenue. The income limits that were tossed around to actually get your healthcare for free (paid by tax dollars) were too low for many to qualify that may actually be in need, and then they would be forced by the government to buy health insurance. Why is it that people don't want to listen unless a democrat finally calls it what it is? This is not new news! As for the Insurance companies that keep a whole 2-6%, they have been hit by the economy too... I doubt they will even make that much profit next year. Everyone else gets a bail out.

Freakin' lobbyists!! Yeah, I just heard Dean speaking on MSNBC. What a crock of poo!

No one in Washington has the guts to suggest the optimal healthcare plan: 1. Open Medicare Parts A (inpatient coverage) and B (outpatient coverage) to everyone, in the form it exists in right now. We know Medicare works and that people who are on it like it. The systems are in place. It would take more workers, more records-storage space and larger computers to handle a system with 300 million beneficiaries as opposed to the 40 million who are on it now, but it's doable. The cost wouldn't go up 7.5 times (40 goes into 300 7.5 times) because the 40 million people who are on Medicare right now are senior citizens, many of whom have very expensive-to-treat conditions. I figure you can add 130 million of the 260 million who aren't currently on Medicare for very little expense since they're healthy. 2. Gather a group of health insurance and health provider people to design "superpolicies." You'd buy a superpolicy if you wanted something Medicare didn't offer. They could cover dental and vision care, provide prescription coverage (think Medicare Part D), enable you to get a private room in the hospital...lots of things would be available with superpolicies. The insurance companies would be better off selling superpolicies than selling full-coverage policies because the really expensive stuff would already be taken care of by the beneficiary's Medicare policy. You could buy superpolicies directly from the insurance company, or you could have the cost added onto your Medicare Part B premium. Howard Dean is right, though; a bill containing mandates that doesn't eliminate preexisting conditions clauses is nothing but a gift to the insurance industry. As a physician, Howard Dean knows more about health insurance than most of us.

Everyone should listen to Howard Dean and vote NO on the horrid, unconstitutional "deathcare" bill. Howard Dean is a doctor and he should know ALL the harm it can do, both as a doctor and as a politician. I never thought I'd find myself on the same side of any issue as Dean, but, for whatever his reasons on this one, NO ONE should vote for this bill; it must be defeated AT ALL COST.