None for me either..As soon as I hear the words "Obamacare" I know the speakers are most likely a bit unhinged..Most of us would have preferred single payer. However under the new law over thity million Americans who had no access to health care , will now have it...When the Republicans and their tea party friends have something better to replace the current system with, please let me know.

I think it is ignorant not to look at the good and bad of this legislation. Yes some good has come of it, but a lot of bad stuff is coming. For example, it will be cheaper for companies to pay the fine and not insure their employees so in the end we may all lose out insurance and have to rely on the government to provide! I do not like that. Or the 3+ percent tax on real estate sales going to support this legislation that is coming down the road. I HATE that. What does Real Estate have to do with Health Insurance? We have to see both sides before we make a decision on whether to support something or not and it seems like some very intelligent people in this field will be speaking on this. I think it is worth a listen.

Wow. What an ignorant, narrow-minded comment. There are many reasons why so many do not have health care, and you really expose your ignorance by lumping everyone into one category.

Fantastic comment! I wholeheartedly agree...I am eating my popcorn and drinking my tea.

And what do you do to force your company to hold benefits, for employees, any suggestions? My husband drives truck and his company does not offer insurance, so now people that have bust your a** retail jobs, do you really think they offer insurance?

And pre existing conditions, good job finding an insurance that pays for everything privately with pre existing conditions if obama is emliminated out of office. Because we sure know the republicians will screw that for us too. But they want to talk about the bad of obamacare.

Oh well, I have a pre existing condition, so you want them yanked from being covered, Just be glad to know next time you pay for medical services in lehigh valley, you are contributing to the MRI bill that insurance could not cover and we could not afford to pay, because insurance don't pay for the bill and the patient cannot afford it, guess who pays it. Thats right other patients in their insurance costs and medical services. So thanks ahead of time!!

will you opt out of social security and medicare when you are old enough?

You probably want Palin for President, too, right???

Could not agree more!

The polling on the public option was about 75% in favor and 25% opposed..The single payer, or medicare for all was somewhere in that neighborhood but certainly favored by a strong majority of Americans..So, yes, I think it's fair to say that most wanted either single payer or at least a public option..However, the Republicans and their tea party friend have no options for the millions of americans without health care. None !!!!!! The poor already are on Medicaid..It's the unemployed worker and the workers with a part time job or a number of part time jobs that need this assistance. they are not loafers as the republicans and their tea party friends would have you think..With Obamacare 30 million more Americans will have coverage that dont have it now..Certainly, thanks to the Republican filibusters and opposition , that's the best that could be done now...But it is certainly better than not having health care at all for these families and their children. Again, what is the Republican alternative??

A word from a Wikipedia article about those infamous polls:
"In contrast, a October 2011 Rasmussen Reports poll showed only 35% of respondents in favor of single-payer health care, with a plurality (49%) opposed.[67] Politifact rated a statement by Michael Moore "false" when he stated that "[t]he majority actually want single-payer health care."[68] Responses on these polls largely depend on the wording. For example, people respond more favorably when they are asked if they want a system "like Medicare," less favorably when stated as "socialized."[68]"

And do you think we are going to see that surplus. If I am not mistaken, republicians want school funding cut, they want social security for elderly cut. Obviously they want healthcare expenses out of governments hands. So yes, Scott walker did such a great job funding their own pockets.

We are really mixing apples and oranges now! What does the surplus in Wisconsin have to do with the Healthcare Reform Bill?

Didn't the voters just recall him to start the process to kick him out of office?

Tim,Governor Walker just won his recall election with close to 60% of the vote over his Democrat challenger. I guess people in Wisconsin like having that deficit turned into a surplus and having jobs created in their state! Their unemployment rate is well below the national average. Obama could have similar results if he had been as successful with his policies.

Tamarya, you are putting the horse before the cart. The Republicans are not mean people who just woke up one day and wanted to cut all funding. The fact is that there is no money. The United States total public debt as of today is $15,728,112,402,859.92. That is a hell of a scary number! The U.S. government took in about $7,000 in revenue for every man, woman and child in the United States last year. It spent more than $11,000 per person. The gap between those numbers, about $4,000 per person, is the deficit, and it was covered by borrowing money. Can you seriously be in favor of continuing like this?Their are too many programs and no money to pay for them. Scott Walker is correcting this problem in his state and doing a great job of it. That is why he won the recall vote. And, yes, Republicans do want healthcare expenses out of government's hands. Government never runs anything well. And their projections on how much programs will cost are ALWAYS wrong.

Tea Party seems to be alive and well and able to evolve to the next level. And adding some balance to the over the top liberal/progressive/socialist idea's out there.

So you want to replace the insolvent government program with an even larger government program??

ACA is an abortion. The Goverment does not implement ANY program effectively. Physicians also see a nice uptick in income. Also, the AMA gave their approval, not each physician. Just like a Union can give its approval to something that not many of its members support. The five or so physicians I have spoken with all support the REPEAL of ACA.

Well that is them, I do see where some physicians are against medicaid and medicare, because they are a hassle for physicians to get through to cover needed services, if they cover at all. One thing I would support is if private insurance was required to be carried and by more people being covered they could lower the monthly cost. Pre existing conditions still be covered and if you have a pre existing condition you are required to pick up a full coverage insurance that covers everything you need. If healthy then you can opt for a limited coverage if that is all you feel you will use. If we can cover our automobiles with insurance and no one argues that, why is being forced to cover health insurance for our well being an argument? Probably the reason no one argues automobile insurance is because it protects you from being sued to repair someone's car, or from being sued for medical expenses. However if hospitals would start filing suits to patients that do not pay their bills or arrest them for not paying, then the ones against ACA would be for it. However medical bills that are unpaid go on credit report and enventually they are gone with no action taken.

People don't have a problem with car insurance because driving is a choice. If you do not want to buy car insurance you simply choose not to drive. Their is no such choice with the mandate, unless you choose not to live.

Unfortunately, Obama is a man of very poor character and a proven liar. I don't see how listening to him is going to help. I also do not think their are many objective people out there. This is a very polarizing issue. And anyone who disagrees with it tends to be called names and vilified.
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And if they wind up with no insurance, themselves or their children have a pre existing condition and they completely get denied private insurance.

Luckily, Obamacare is not the only solution out there. Hopefully they will find a way to keep the good and get rid of the bad and work towards some REAL reform that does not include a one payer system and too much government control in a part of our lives where the individuals, families and their doctors should be the only ones making the decisions. .

I think the big thing rosemary, is they give to people that do not need it, meaning they give it to healthy adults because they find out they are pregnant, or they supply it to healthy children, even if the parents are making enough to cover their insurance. They need to keep it for people that need it that are ill or seniors that are retired. Even now my grandfather pays 200 a month for medicare, but yet a healthy child gets it free. As for now most insurances will even decline a child because of a health issue, they declined my son because he has an undescended testicle and was seeing a urologist, because it was damaged during a surgery. I think affordable healthcare should be what it is, which means affordable healthcare through insurance companies. I do agree it should not mean mandating government handouts for people that do not need it.

And obviously the pre existing thing should remain too. If you are paying monthly for private insurance and you are making the initiative to get private insurance to cover your medical expenses to stay away from government assistance, then insurances should be forced to cover you.

I heard it went through the supreme court.

Hopefully it won't cost too many people their jobs or make too many people have to change their insurance from a plan they liked to something less. When my husband was unemployed I liked being able to choose between paying for health insurance or food! I guess the government and the supreme court has taken that choice away from us!