RE: Obama's town hall today... What question did you want to ask him?

[porter]

I'll begin with one...

California, my home, enacted legislation many years ago that required employers to carry insurance for employees in case they were hurt on the job - Workers Compensation Insurance. This was already the law when I went into business in 1979, so I bought worker's comp insurance from an agent along with general liability and vehicle insurance.

Business owners complained about the excessive cost of this insurance, so the State came up with an alternative plan called the State Compensation Fund. I knew it was out there, but I liked my agent and was happy with my insurance. One day, I received a letter that Farmers would no longer be offering workers comp in California. My agent switched me to another insurance company I'd never heard of and all was well. Eventually, they left too. I was unable to find insurance at this point except the State Compensation Fund. They were alive and well, in fact even busy. That is where my coverage is today.

A quick Google search for "Workers comp California" revealed a page full of attorneys and the State Compensation Fund, but no private insurance companies.

Is this the risk we face with health care Mr. President?

[muireach]

after he winked at me I lost all train of thought.

[danil70]

The people have spoken, the polls also show that Americans do NOT want this bill.... why do you continue to push it?

[porter]

They actually asked the two questions I wanted asked:
1. How are we going to pay for this?
2. What are we going to do about the shortage of primary care physicians and nurses?

Unfortunately, I wasn't satisfied with either answer.

[dana]

1) How will this be paid for?
2) Will you please order the FBI to hunt down and arrest the conservatives on Yahoo Answers so they can stop flooding one menial site with lies, hate, and all-around trollerific stupidity?


Naw, that last one was a joke. =D

[voliny13]

1) How will this be paid for?
2) Will you please order the FBI to hunt down and arrest the conservatives on Yahoo Answers so they can stop flooding one menial site with lies, hate, and all-around trollerific stupidity?


Naw, that last one was a joke. =D

You have experienced what the MANY homeowners in Florida have experienced in the last 3 years. Insurers pulling out of Florida and homeowners getting stuck with the "Citizen plan" or whatever it's called.

Hope it works. It's hard to have faith in anything run by a government with the kind of deficits we have.

[chen12]

How does it feel to be exposed for the liar you are when you say you don't favor a Single Payer Health Care system now when it's on tape that's what you wanted just a few years ago?

[osmont]

Big deal, a 'town hall' filled with pre-selected high school and college age people who were only allowed to ask pre-selected questions in a room full of Obama-supporting liberal media shills...Wow whodathunkit huh?

Oh yeah, definitely a level playing field <eye roll>

[plys]

Why do you not tell the truth but mislead us?