Obama's health plan takes shape

Thousands plan to be in the streets all summer in support os a single payer system:

Wouldn't their time be better served getting a job instead of demanding handouts and freebies?

Silly, people with jobs use the streets too.
Direct care RNs who have jobs plan to be in the streets on their vacation and days off.

As we have been doing for years. Many nurses are social activists. Nurses lead the struggle for womens vote

Looks like we will be getting that 25% VAT (value added tax) sooner than we thought. Every time a commodity moves it will be taxed. The problem is that Countries that have a VAT don't have the IRS. Also, they do not have 30% of their country with or close to Metabolic Syndrome aka Obese. We will be crushed by this. We are not the Skinny Swiss or the super healthy Japanese. We will need at least a 25% VAT just to touch this.

Nurses will also take an estimated 25% pay cut as well. (You do the math)

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You are wrong on your first point. Countries with a VAT do have something very similar to the IRS. And yes, we will have to pay for this somehow.

some people on here have obviously never had a sick child on chemo and been unable to work because the baby was so sick and dying that you can't tear yourself away for 5 minutes to GET A FREAKIN JOB.

Or had Cancer and been unable to work and been so sick that work was actually impossible, but shame on them for clinging to every moment of precious life and trying to get treatment wherever possible.

GOD FORBID these people ever have to endure being uninsured or underinsured and get truley ill....

What do you think happens to us hard working people that get sick and can't work??? Most of us don't have a $1mill in the bank to afford this countries healthcare costs. Should we just give up and resign to die because "we aren't useful members of society".

Yes there will be leeches on society---there are now!!!! They wont change!! But what about the people i mentioned above???? Our patients, our children, our moms, dads, & ourselves!!! If we don't work to get them cared for --who will?