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BO fining parents
| Mon, 10-13-2008 - 1:11am |
I was watching some of the debate from last week online because i missed it. McCain brought up that Obama wants to fine parents who do not have health insurance on their children.
I'm not sure how most people feel about this, but isn't health insurance just as important as shelter, education and food. I definitely think that not insuring your children should fall into the neglect category. People can complain about the cost of health care but if you can't afford having a child, don't have one.
I guess i was wondering what others thought about this.

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Uncomfortable? LOL, no.
It IS odd, though....that's what I am doing with respect to your posts: assessing the facts surrounding your normal pattern of bashing Democrats. Does that make you uncomfortable?
Experience doesn't always equate to excellence.
Edited 10/13/2008 2:46 pm ET by lighteningcrashes
I meant to ask, how do you think the health care system can be fixed?
Right now most states do offer some type of coverage for children, not their parents, and in my idea, the parents at least get some coverage. It's not fair for children to be without coverage at all. But equally it isn't fair to the parents either, if a parent gets sick and dies, who takes care of the kids then? I have heard from some that have state coverage for their kids, and currently there is not a huge selection of poor doctors to choose from, or the clinic is in an unsafe neighborhood, etc.
So what ideas do you have? You know, the old saying is two minds are better than one, and if one gets an idea, how do you improve on it?
Edited 10/13/2008 7:09 pm ET by strawberrymom22
It didn't say "parents who HAVE health insurance must insure their children"...it said "parents must insure their children." What about parents who can't afford health insurance? Obama will put the screws to them just like he'll put the screws to small businesses who can't afford to provide health insurance for their employees.
Screw the little guy...vote Obama!
>>> No....he didn't address it because you don't allow your opponent to force you into answering false charges, the very answering of which makes you look bad.
Um...so it's better to allow your opponent, who's standing right beside you in a televised national debate, to tell lies about your policies in front of the people you're trying to sell them too? Hmmm...no, don't think so. Obama almost leapt off his stool to correct McCain several times...to sit back this time is a pretty good indication that McCain was telling the truth.
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