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Obama Health Care Battles, What do the Seniors think about the Health Care Crisis

Posted Sep 7, 2009 by Al Mccray

Updated Sep 7, 2009 at 01:44 AM

Tom Brokaw in his book he called them, “The Greatest Generation”.

This Greatest Generation was born years just before the Great Depression. They endured and survived those difficult economic years in our history. The depression punctuated their young adolescent years. Many sold apples on street corners just to make money for their families. They saw their homes being foreclosed, long unemployment lines, soup lines, families torn apart, and the stock market collapsing.

They went off to war, defeated Germany, Japan and North Korea. After the war, they returned and made America the greatest nation in human history. This Greatest Generation transformed America’s war industries into industries producing remarkable consumer goods.

Now here is the irony. In their golden years, this Greatest Generation is experiencing everything except golden years. They are facing sad reminders of their difficult childhood years. They are witnessing devastating losses in their retirement plans, being foreclosed from their homes, seeing daily rising of the unemployed numbers, being scared by the healthcare industry, and they have serious uncertainty about social security benefits.

This generation is now in their 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. And many have reached the ripe grand age of 100 years old and more. Many born during the world wars are in their late 60’s. What do they have to say about Healthcare and ObamaCare?

Liz Ward,71

Insurance agent, AAI, CPIW

Liz says, “Webster definition of reform: to improve by some alteration.

The insurance companies take a stand against the proposed plan because it will affect their revenues and take away their control. The proposed covered individuals take a stand against government control because the government will dictate what is covered, and what is not, who is covered and who is not.

The individual will always be dictated to regarding coverage, medications, deductibles and co pays. The insurance company now tells the doctor, “We think you must try a least expensive treatment. We will not pay for it (It is not in our formulary) for medications that are expensive.

Regardless of the insurance plan, control will never be with the individual unless the government’s position is to protect the individual. An issue that is as vital as who can make decisions on my behalf that affect my life, my quality of life, should be my decision.

Health care reform should only involve the government’s ability and duty to legislate to insure that insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, all who are involved in health care industry, are held accountable for their decisions and their charges.

Any reform should be on the State level. The individual has more access to their state legislature. State governments are more sensitive to the interests of the State populace. State government has control over insurance companies writing within the state under the rules and regulations of the State Financial services.

The American public needs to get heads out of the sand. If is sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

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(top picture) James C. Copeland, 75,       

James Copeland says, “Obama health care initiative is great. Has a lot of respect for Obama. He is talking about an issue that is 70 years in the making. I don’t understand how right thinking Americans would allow any system that would let 45, 000, 000 people go without health insurance. This system has to change. I think Obama is on the right track.

The health care industry is misleading the public to serve their pocket books. 

I don’t mind paying more taxes so everyone can have health care, but I don’t believe Obama will raise taxes.
We already have socialized medicine. The Republicans and the healthcare lobbyist throw around words like Obama is socialist to scare people.

We must take back the government period.”

(bottom picture) Richard Sayer, 69
Mr. Sayer says, “Obama is moving too fast. He should slow down. I don’t pay a cent for insurance except for monthly premiums. The FDA is going to come down on Obama.

He has good points, but is just moving too fast. I like Obama otherwise. I am a Republican, but still like Obama.”
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William Davenport, 87
Ann Davenport, 77

Mr. Davenport says, “ObamaCare is too political and very confusing to most people. But I have not studied much the insurance plan. There is too much information for the common person to digest. I am concerned that not enough attention is being paid to older people. There is no one thing to fix health care. It must be done with a combination of things.

I think the Republicans are using the health care crisis to gain popularity by scaring people.”

The Greatest Generation and their off springs born immediately after the Great War, have endured a lot. They seem to love Obama, but are concerned about his moving too fast in solving the health care crisis. But they see themselves and America getting over this crisis. They say, it’s no way near as hard as things were when they were going up. However, they don’t feel that this generation is equipment to handle it mentally, but still steadfastly say we will survive as a nation.