tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316752398945244890.post3149018141036413208..comments2023-03-24T08:04:48.093-05:00Comments on 17people: Clinton Vs. Obama- The Debate17 Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912925594335741914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316752398945244890.post-86025914725422137252008-02-01T18:16:00.000-06:002008-02-01T18:16:00.000-06:00Excellent contribution Patrick. Healthcare debates...Excellent contribution Patrick. <BR/><BR/>Healthcare debates are important and you know that better than most. How many of your hospitals get their bottom lines destroyed by people that come in with no healthcare. The hospital and the community end up paying the bill and the result is higher healthcare costs.<BR/><BR/>Doing some more reading on this and have what I hope will be a thought provoking post coming up soon. Will want plenty of feedback from the whole office when it goes up sometime next week.17 Peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09912925594335741914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316752398945244890.post-81039372178996614812008-02-01T08:16:00.000-06:002008-02-01T08:16:00.000-06:00As a healthcare executive that deals mostly in rur...As a healthcare executive that deals mostly in rural ares, I'm all for universal healthcare. Both plans more or less make sense, but Obama actually addressed my concerns (as someone who is in the business) much more directly than Hillary.<BR/><BR/>They kept hitting Obama with this made up 15-million-people-won't-buy-into-his healthcare-plan-because-it-is-optional nonsense, as opposed to Hillary's mandated plan. <BR/><BR/>Even if that is true, so what? 15 million people uninsured by their own choice is a hell of a lot better than the situation we have now, especially since if these people then need healthcare they can back pay the premiums.<BR/><BR/>Further, I think this illustrates a prime difference between the two candidates.<BR/><BR/>Obama seems to have faith in the American people to do the right thing if they are empowered to do so and Hillary seems to want to tell the American people what to do.<BR/><BR/>That's an aspect of her character that bothers me the most. Hillary doesn't want to lead, she wants to dictate. I don't think it matters what the topic is, she just wants to tell you what to do. <BR/><BR/>In this case Obama is saying "here is this plan. it is in your best interest and the best interest of everyone else that you buy into it, and we have made it so it is affordable for you."<BR/><BR/>Hillary is saying, "I know best and you aren't smart enough to act in your own interest. Do this."<BR/><BR/>I don't think it is solely healthcare issue. Across the board, Barack seems to want to inspire all of us to do better. Hillary wants tell us all what she wants from us. It is extremely off putting.<BR/><BR/>Reagan and JFK inspired people to create the America that they wanted (Camelot/A shining city on a hill and all of that) and I think Obama does that.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760271593056465258noreply@blogger.com