Obama: " The costs are out of control"

President Obama met with health care stakeholder representatives to discuss the central challenges of seek comprehensive health care reform.
The cost of health care is on an unsustainable course; the heart of all personal bankruptcies stem from the health care costs. President Obama said that the United States spends more on health care than any other nation, and in the next ten years, he plans to cut the rate of spending by $2 trillion. (10:30)

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[Brittancus]

When you have seen family members dying because they have denied medical care, as they had insufficient coverage. When your sick child could not afford 14 drugs to keep them alive. Yes! I think its time for a European type health care, without worrying about co-pays and premiums? Only the wealthy like the broken system the way it is, because they can afford everything they need, including home visits by prestigious physicians. We--THE AMERICAN PEOPLE--are given less service, specially if you have been laid-off from your job. However the fact that hundreds of thousands of well-heeled investors make massive profits in the medical industry--AS THAT IS WHAT IT IS--AN INDUSTRY. The million dollar ads on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies are already here to scare people off a European system Their biggest worry is that it will eat into their enormous profits? Nobody on the lower pay scale will get decent humane medical care, while the monolithic for-profit insurance companies are involved, as they will bleed every penny they can from us. Before the British legal and illegal immigration invasion of the 1950's, my distant relatives assured me they received first class health care from the government.

For once I agree with Sen. Reid and Democrats in passing Comprehensive Health care reform. Hopefully it is the Single Payer system, but with so much corruption in politics and the influence of lobbyists for elitists in the trillion dollar medical insurance industry it’s unlikely? THE PEOPLE do not need middleman anymore as they become rich of the backs of sick people. It will be very interesting to see what is enacted on Capitol Hill? Too much money to be made by both parties, for UHC to succeed. Large Campaign Contributions buys a lot of influence in our politics? Let us see if the majority of Democrats and president Obama are really concerned about the working man? Just remember that Health care is a trillion dollar---FOR PROFIT--- industry in America, that does not work for the average person. We saw E-Verify, the legal status verification system, dissolved by Harry Reid and House speaker Nancy Pelosi. Perhaps this time they will contribute to a hurting economy by introducing Universal Health Care for all?

Just have to ensure illegal nationals go home to get health care--NOT ON THE BACKS OF US TAXPAYERS? CALL YOUR SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVES AND DEMAND IT?

[Tony]

Brittancus, I agree with most of your anaylasis but not every problem begins and finish with Illegal nationals.

We have got to start looking into our souls honestly. we use and abuse these people like slaves( i guarantee you and me we all use these people directly or indirectly but we will never admit that). these people clean our homes, do our dirty laundry, cut our grass, harvest our crops, do anything we ask of them and never compalin or have rights. In return we can't even acknowledge that. These senators and reps you us to call do the exact same thing, they know we need these illegals to do our dirty work and thats why they will never do anything about it. we will keep blaming them for the world's problems. We can be really dishonest with our selves when we want to. Really. Before saying anything please check your forfathers history maybe they came here illegaly?? unless you are an navaho indian tribesman or maybe a mexican.