Christiane

1) Insulting my country is no way to win an argument. 2) MOST people in the US, despite propaganda by Michael Moore, have no problems with health bills. You don't need to make millions per year to have good insurance. 3) I am not an idiot that is afraid of commies under my bed. Again with the caricatures! It seems that a lot of people outside of the US have no idea what Americans think, so fall back on preconceptions that just aren't true.

Je suis pas francais, mais mon mari SysKoll est francais. Je suis americaine et on habit aux etats unis. j'aime bien ce jeu and je joue touts les soirs chez moi. Quand je suis pas en jeu, je lis ce forum pour maintenir l'addiction

She didn't have credit available. A lien was put on her house. The hospital had no idea of whether she could pay it before she was treated. She could not be denied treatment for not having insurance. Dilly, I don't understand your question. I am at the age to have kids. And under the Obama health care bill, I will be forced to buy insurance. By the government. The government will be forcing me to buy something. To me, this is unacceptable interference by the government into my personal life. My husband is French and his family lives in France, so I know both systems. I know the downsides of both. I went without insurance for a large portion of my own childhood. I also know that I would rather have what I have now forever than put politicians in charge of deciding what gets covered and what doesn't. Because once they have made the decision whether my treatment is worth covering or not, I have nowhere to turn. At least now, if my health insurance provider denies me, I have recourse in court. Try suing the federal government when this is all said and done. There are better solutions to the problems we have, than the bill passed by congress. But politicians are all too eager to gain more power over the lives of the citizens than to do what is truly right.

Oh, I realize it! That's why I don't want them in charge of my health care.

Nice caricature, but it doesn't match up with reality. My mother passed out and had to go to the hospital in an ambulance when she didn't have insurance. She got into the emergency room and had a CAT scan with a half hour. Try getting a CAT scan that quick in any country with socialized medicine. Yes, she had to pay for it. She took loans and paid them off. It's called personal responsibility. You use services; you pay for them.