Clinton Or Obama? or anybody else: Who will best defend healthcare ?

I never said vote for a Republican . . my belief is that you vote for the person who holds the values closest to your own. That may be Democrat. Or Libertarian. Or Green.

There are liberal Republicans . . .I vote for the conservative person.

No politician is going to mirror all our beliefs though. You just have to get close enough.

I used to be a Democrat and very liberal when I was young. As I started living in the real world, for me, conservatism made more sense.

I have to say you sound like my husband though - he gets very frustrated by liberals and thinks voting for liberal issues is irresponsible.


steph

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And I wonder about the poll question as well: What is meant by "defending healthcare"? Does this mean defending the status quo---in other words, 40+ million uninsured Americans and literally thousands of insurance schemes complicating the works for those of us fortunate enough to have access to health care? If so, you're going to vote for a solid conservative, like Fred Thompson or Newt Gingrich. But if you want fundamental change in the way health care is delivered and funded in this country, you'll want someone like John Edwards or Dennis Kucinich.

Me, I'm somewhere between the two extremes, so I don't hold out much hope for either party's ability to deal effectively with the uninsured and underinsured while keeping government bureaucracy out of health care. While I agree that the system desperately needs to be fixed, I harbor a healthy dose of suspicion when it comes to the sort of thing proposed by Edwards, and I'd almost rather not do anything than allow the Feds to start nosing into citizens' private health matters.
But, that's just me.

I think at least 75% of what's wrong in the health care industry in the US is lack of tort reform and lawsuit limits. Cut back on the fabulous cash prizes awarded..make people think long and hard about taking responsibility for their own health and actions...make it so staff can actually care for patients, not spend time charting for lawsuit avoidance..and it might actually improve the system. As long as the country is run by lawyers, I doubt things will ever improve. I can't see that a health care plan developed by lawyers is going to be a simple, uncomplicated process, practical, or affordable.

Hillary has already had her turn as leader of this country. Why should we want more?

I'm not even CLOSE to making up my mind. I want to hear what all of the candidates have to say about all of the issues, not just health care, even though that's very important to me and could be a factor in choosing between two or three prospective Presidents.

I can, however, guarantee that the only way Hillary is getting my vote is if the Republican candidate is worse.

I used to be a Democrat and very liberal when I was young. As I started living in the real world, for me, conservatism made more sense.

I have to say you sound like my husband though - he gets very frustrated by liberals and thinks voting for liberal issues is irresponsible.


steph

How much of the paperwork we do in nursing is related to CYA, lawsuit avoidance, and avoidance of fines by bureacrats? And where do those often spring from? From someone who had something happen, sued, and won a big amount of cash.
The issue at hand is who will attend to the problem of healthcare with leadership ability and really make a change.
That is true..and I haven't seen too much of that yet in the candidates, with the possible exception of Paul. But who wants a candidate who thinks the government should do less, not more? Very few, I'm afraid.

Besides being conservative is just safer and less change, and as we get older we dont like change as much.