Comments on: Update: President Obama’s Remarks on Melanie Shouse

By: ShortWoman

ShortWoman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:57:51 +0000

Isn’t that interesting. President Obama admits that the core problem for Ms Shouse (and many like her) is that she *couldn’t afford insurance.* And yet Congress’s answer to “can’t afford it” is “everyone must buy it.” Sorry, subsidies just aren’t going to change the fact that health insurance is too expensive and going up.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:33:59 +0000

CEOs do not need their big bonuses, they get paid enough in salaries. We must hold these higher ups accountable for their disaccountabilities towards their workers. They can afford to pay for health care for all Americans, because of their vast wealth, resources, revenues and incomes. Big businesses budgeting and management is largely misplaced. A corporation’s fundings belongs to all the workers and not only for big managers. They must get this right or they will fail their country, their workers and humanity big time. Quality health care for all is humane and necessary for a productive society. Do wrong and everything will break lose. I know all Americans can have health care, it’s in the books, meaning those large fundings being misplaced to higher management, $1,000,000,000and more is a lot of money and enough to pay for health care for all people in our country.

By: ROSA POZO

ROSA POZO — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:48:39 +0000

Melanie Shouse descansa en paz y te pedimos que desde arriba nos ayudes para que los mandatarios de las naciones comprendan tu lucha y solucionen el problema

amigos he difundido en mi block
http://babyseals.ning.com/profiles/blogs/melanie-shouse-partio-al-cielo

By: Neil Payne

Neil Payne — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:30:50 +0000

Glenn,
1. She did get treatment, but she had a $5,000 deductible that delayed the beginning of her treatment. Please consider her story:

“When Melanie Shouse began feeling ill, eventually finding a lump in her breast, she couldn’t afford a doctor. She and her partner had just used their savings to open a business.”

“A year later, when she was finally able to afford to see doctors, they told her she had terminal, stage four breast cancer. She spent the next 4½ years fighting for health care reform that she didn’t live to see pass.”

“She took the bus to and from her chemotherapy appointments in the Central West End. Then she’d pick up a sign or banner and walk a picket line.”

2. Of what lie are you talking about?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:24:58 +0000

I am a cancer survivor. I had coverage and chose to use it. t saved my life. Every day I thank God I had it at the time.

According to an earlier post Melanie apparently did have catastrophic coverage and chose not to use it. You give no further information as to why her insurer declined further treatment. They may very well have been within their rights. When you sign an insurance form you are committing to an agreement as is the insurer.

I understand the decision to ignore a health problem because of monetary situations. That was her decision. Just as my decision to decide against corrective surgery on my left eye was partly monetary. But the initial decision to have the cancer delat with initially not only cost me the use of my left eye, but cost my insurance company much more than I’d given them up to that point and they paid the bills they were obligated to with no hesitation. They were under contract to do so.

The President of the United States lied and someone died. Where have I heard this before?