Romney would keep Obamacare's teeth

[divideman]

Cover Colorado is a good program set up exactly for the folks that have difficult situations.

[tmckay2]

why not do a health savings account? pre tax, tax free, carries over so if you don't use it you keep it for the next year, and it allows you to buy a cheap (500-1000 per year) catastrophic plan with a high deductible, once the deductible is met (which is paid from your health savings account) you get everything for free for the rest of the year. you basically end up spending at most 1000 a year plus get tax write offs that almost equal that.

i dont have health insurance because it is too expensive. if something happens or i get cancer, it is MY problem. i dont expect anyone to let me buy insurance once i know i have trouble. in most cases, people make a decision NOT to buy health insurance and then when something happens get all bent out of shape that they are denied for a pre-existing condition.
i could buy insurance, but i CHOOSE not to. while it is expensive, i could do it but i choose to spend my money on other things. i ran the numbers a few years ago and determined that while i had health insurance for most of my life it was NEVER cost effective. even with a couple of mri's, ct scans, spinal tap, pinned finger, a few er visits for stitches, and the occasional doctor visit, i would have been better off all those years just saving the money that i spent on the premiums.
since i stopped buying insurance, i am up a few thousand dollars. even with having to get stitches twice in the last year. i am saving about $320 per month, or $3840 per year. last year i spent about $1000 on health care, this year about $500 so for the last three years i am up about $10,000. now that much wont save me if i get cancer, it will cover most if not all other medical visits/ issues i might have. BUT other people choose not to have insurance, but instead have satellite tv, eat dinner out, have a new car, etc... and then when they have even a small problem, they have NO money to pay for it and then expect someone else to cover for their decision.

socialized medicine will be the death of the best health care system in the world. it may not have been perfect, but it was better than the rest of the world. why else would people from canada, britain, and other countries come here for treatments?

[Great-Kazoo]

OMG, Romney is saying exactly what he's been saying during the whole primary campaign!

shhhhhhhhhh facts obscure the truth.