Comments on: BAKER FILES FLORIDA HEALTH CARE FREEDOM ACT

By: An exit interview with former Ag Commish candidate Carey Baker « Florida 2010: Election Watch

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:09:38 +0000

[...] is putting his energy into promoting the Florida Health Care Freedom Act, which he said would protect state residents from being forced into a federally mandated health [...]

By: With Carey Baker out of Agriculture commissioner race, what’s next? « Florida 2010: Election Watch

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:08:09 +0000

[...] is putting his energy into promoting the Florida Health Care Freedom Act, which he said would protect state residents from being forced into a federally mandated health [...]

By: admin

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:33:15 +0000

So Charlie you do not believe in the states rights that the founders believed in? So in your perspective it is not possible to a state to make its own laws only follow what the federal government lays out.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:20:11 +0000

I haven’t read too much into the health care reform bill but Federal law super-cedes state law, so this might just be a show off tactic and also other countries that have socialist health care are up higher on a list of better health than the US, last time I checked Italy’s socialist health care ranked #3 in the World far above the US health care system and they run off socialist health care.

I think politics became too polluted once lobbyists for pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies went to lobbying. They are only trying to protect their own interest.

By: Marge Hodgson

Marge Hodgson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:52:52 +0000

The U.S. Constitution gives authority to Federal over State law, i.e., those laws passed by U. S. Legislature vs those passed by the state legislatures. So, we could end this discussion here. But there is something more important to note. It is expected that without reform our Medicare (government run, that is) will run out of money in about seven years. Good luck! I didn’t see, in this article, Mr. Baker’s solution for that. At the present time, we cannot even afford to keep our schools afloat, so, Mr. Baker, how do you propose to sustain a Medicare-like private program for Florida, since, under your proposed legislation I imagine Medicaare will be cancelled in Florida? Are you aware that the cost of private insurance is increasing at approximately twice the rate of citizen’s pay increases. Where are people going to get the money to pay for private insurance?
This is just another political ploy instituted by you, Mr. Baker, to muddy the waters, cause fear in the elderly and young regarding a “government takeover” of their health care. None of plans now being debated by congress is proposing to choose your doctor, your hospital, or to limit your care or benefits. None propose “death panels”. You are treating the public as if they are morons. I am sure many of them know more than you seem to know about the current problem. The problem of health care costs should have been addressed years ago before it got to this point. Mr. Baker, you are attempting to mislead the public into believeing that the statis quo is fine or that Florida can afford to solve this problem on its own. what is your plan? What will you tell the people in seven years when there is no more Medicare? You have not even attempted to address the problem of the uninsured or the underinsured whom we are all forced to subsidize when they must use the emergency room. Soon we will go the way of California and have to close our local hospitals because they can no longer afford to serve the uninsured. I suggest you get serious and try to find real solutions to our health care problems and stop obfiscating because it is the easy thing to do and you just do not have the ability to come up with a solution. I urge those with a computer to check the falsehoods in this article on factcheck.org. If you don’t have a computer check with someone who does. You need to learn the truth.

By: Beverly S. Hill

Beverly S. Hill — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:42:17 +0000

It is truly amazing how ignorant you people are.

Want to kill your Grandmother????

Take away her Medicare!

By: Bev

Bev — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:26:12 +0000

I suppose the passage of this amendment will make medicare and medicaid null and void in FL. Is that what you want?

By: T Rex

T Rex — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:45:28 +0000

Keep the federal gummit out of our medicare!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:27:08 +0000

To Mirand Sharma MD – My words EXACTLY.
And I commend Senator Carey Baker and State Representative Scott Plakon for standing up for the people, and writing up legislation against this federal atrocity.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:51:51 +0000

Great article. Thanks for sharing Heath!