HR 676 Poll

[penguin7]

[penguin7]

1. How can you support HR 676 single payer universal not for profit health care

And support a candidate that does not support HR 676?

This makes no sense to me.

[Cleita]

2. You are so right. n/t

[Occam Bandage]

3. I believe in single-payer healthcare.

I also believe that Dennis would be an incompetent President, despite approving of his ideology.

[inthebrain]

6. The candidate you're supporting does not support single payer

He's stated as much.

[Occam Bandage]

10. I am aware.

[existentialist]

7. not to worry

Dennis knows full well he doesn't have a snowball's chance of becoming President, and he's not running to become President, he's running to put his issues before the nation.

And about him being an incompetent President, he might be were he elected; how many of the present crop of candidates wouldn't be even worse? I don't really expect an answer to that, but its worth thinking about.

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. Perhaps that issue is not the top priority of some people

They may support it but feel other issues are more important.

[denem]

4. HR 676 IS SUICIDE

Unlike France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany and New Zealand for instance, it completely bans private health insurance. These countries allow supplemental insurance for 'luxry' treatments - like private hospitals rooms.

HR 676 gives existing insurance companies the option to go non-profit, or shut up shop. 15 - 20 billion to be spent against it by the HMOs and their flunkies in the general election to start with. And why wouldn't they - they have their backs to the wall - shut up and go out of business.

This is the sort of ambit claim, like banning hand guns, which make Kucinich unelectable. He would be fighting on so many fronts at once, and yes many of them admirable, it would make McGovern in 1972 look like a triumph

[penguin7]

5. Why would supplemental insurance be banned under HR 676?

And the private insurance companies are not all powerful.

[LWolf]

8. HR 676. AND Kucinich.

The logical choice, if you care about the issue.