Boortz fearmongering: "Obama's health care plan is going to end up killing people"

Fear! Fear!! FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR!!!!!!

Be fearful of EVERYTHING!!

Fear!

The elderly are already covered by Medicare... a government program. Is this guy an idiot!!! nevermind

What's funny, the fear stories that they are saying is happening right now! It's already happening with the current system.

People are currently dying because they do not have insurance, or under insured, or pay into an insurance program until they get sick and need care and the insurance company cancels your insurance because you forgot to check to report a flu shot in your application.

Oh, that's right.... nobody ever dies from lack of treatment under our current system.

In 2002, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimated that 18,000 Americans died in 2000 because they were uninsured. Since then,
the number of uninsured has grown. Based on the IOM's methodology and subsequent Census Bureau estimates of insurance
coverage, 137,000 people died from 2000 through 2006 because they lacked health insurance, including 22,000 people in 2006.

Thank you Dr. Boortz. Were you in the same advanced class that gave us Dr. Wiener?
"Hack panel", I like that.
Dr. Boortz, you are wrong about your "decision making rant". Besides, you didn't mention who does it now!!!

Since the issue of health-care reform is not about health-care itself... buut is about all of us being able to access all the health-care that is out there...

That this right-wing ass-clown can lie so...

Make one wonder which is worse... that he can lie about the issue with a straight face or that a good chunk of his listeners will believe his lies?

i think the 2 big differences between cons and liberal is that the cons believe in the rugged individual and the liberals believe in a society of the people. the trouble comes in when you look at the flaw on the cons side. back in the day the arguement for rugged individualism made more sense because people were spread out over a wider area and there was much less communication. today however, we have nearly 400 million people living in this country. i think that pretty much settles the arguement on weather were a group of individuals or an interwoven society. as such, we have a responsiblity not only to ourselves but to the society as a whole. we make sacrifices for the greater good. ie: fire, police, roads,safty net programs so the old and infirm don't die in the street. health care is one of the sacrifices we need to make to help our society thrive. you cannot and should not say that because some are less fortunate than others that their health is not worth anything. these people are your neighbors and friends and co-workers. if everyone had access to decent healthcare that in itself would make us a more prosperous society by keeping the people healthier and make them more productive in the rest of their lives. the rich are still free to seek out the best treatment money can buy. if we want the world to see us as a shining beacon we need to set the example by lifting people up instead of blowing them up. sorry, don't mean to preach :)

'That's not a conservative position.'

Actually, that position would more than likely be a conservative one since conservatives believe in small government and cost-cutting, policies that would result in 'rationed healthcare'.

So, Medicare has been euthanizing people for decades, and we haven't heard about it?

Wow...in five minutes and 52 seconds he succeeded in imparting absolutely no information whatsoever. Also, funny how old people in the UK (where I live) can get hip replacements on National Health. And how private healthcare is still legal 65 years after the NHS's creation.

What a load of empty rhetoric.

Were in the constitution does it say anything about the right to free health care? This is an issue of taking money away for the so called rich and giving it to the poor. I do not want this to pass. I think there are people who need help yes, but there should be a system in place for them to earn their care.

Boortz gets this one right, example: the government just failed miserably with insuring that rural television viewers get the basic channels on thier TV with the switch to an inferior digital signal that doesn't get out to isolated rural areas. No more tornado warnings for these folks. There is no telling how many more people would be affected for the worse with government attempting another program that affects everybody from the federal level. Government needs to improve or demonstrate that it can get it right before anything like this is even attempted.

I hope you Lefties get the Healthcare plan you want. I really do. People like me have enough money to do what the Canadians and Brits do; go elsewhere for care. Successful people will always get what they have earned, one way or another. You, the poor, will be the ones suffering under Government Rule as usual. And the best Irony? The Rich Lefties will get their care just as I do; they just won't tell their poor friends.

I'm not cruel; I just understand that you people can not be reasoned with. You need proof positive of your stupidity. You need the universal teacher: pain. Well, get ready, it's coming.

I really think 0bama is just the right "man" for this job.

0bama/Biden 2012!

I've seen first person how government handles health and human services through the VA. I promise you, you don't want it. Boortz is an optimist.

America has a Constitution in case the mass idiots have forgotton. The Government does not generate wealth, they strong arm it citizens. Private sector and individuals creat jobs and wealth. When did you last get a job from a "poor person"? The dunderheads in Washington DC can't keep Medicare/Medicade and Social Security funded for then next 30 years. The majority of the deadbeats who spounge off my tax dollars don't pay ANY income taxes, federal withholding or state taxes, but the leeches live better than I do after working 60 hours a week, all they have to do is bum a ride to the welfare office, sign up and the imperial federal government sends them money, pays their rent, pays for more babies, etc... There is alot to fear, and it's the madman in Washington DC & his socialist gang!

I wish people would do at least a little bit of research before making some of these comments!

Medicare/Medicaid are big failures. These programs are the main reasons for the large deficits and the near bankruptcy for California and New York! Oh yeah, the federal government handed these plans down to the state level, then continued to add mandated care to these plans... why in the hell should my tax dollars pay for someone to get obesity surgery?

And where did the idea of social security being sucessful come from? Do you think your children will be earning checks when they are over 65? I highly doubt it.

In my opinion, the fix to health care would be more competition between care givers and insurance companies, more transparancy in health care costs, less screwing of insurance companies by the medical community (you will get the higher cost prescription if you have insurance), and caps on all lawsuits regarding doctors and hospitals (since they are mainly fraudulent).

Basically, the main reason this is being debated is the wealth-envy of lower class society. Your saviour is attempting to tax the rich to feed the poor, and keep at least one of his campaign promises. I hope that this one is shot down. People do not realize how detrimental this will be to taxes, federal deficit, and overall free-market business in the US (not government-run business like we are moving toward - that's called fascist).

Go to work people, and perhaps you could afford to cover your own health care costs, or mooch off the rest of us and just go to the emergency room - you know they can't turn you down.

Long ago, the government convinced us that it was a "right" and therefore an obligation for government to educate our children. They convinced us that they could do a better job teaching our children than the private sector or churches.........How's that working out for us??