Comments about ‘States receive millions for boosting Medicaid enrollment’

Free healthcare for everyone is the only way to go. Until we get that the abuses of the current system will continue.

So Delta, you're saying doctors and nurses should not be reimbursed for their services? How about hospital administrators? Isn't that the same as slavery? Why go to 12 years of college for that?

what about the cost of research for new drugs and medical devices? Who will spend the money when there is no hope of reimbursement?

The old adage, "you get what you pay for" would really show itself, as the quality of care would vanish.

Uhh, someone has to pay for all that "free" healthcare, and we are already over $15 Trillion dollars in debt.

Liberals measure success by how many people depend on government programs.

Conservatives measure success by how many people no longer need government programs.

If people take better care of themselves, and save for emergencies, they can pay for most of their health needs. And, they can buy insurance to cover catastrophic needs.

Or, they can do as they please, blow their money on $200 sneakers and I-stuff and big screen TVS, and then expect everyone who pays taxes to cover their medical bills.

Frankly, I am tired of working hard to pay for my needs (and savings and insurance) only to be told I am greedy and should give it all to the government to give to people who refuse to do much of anything to cover their own needs.

"The trouble is socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money to spend."- Lady Margaret Thatcher.

Free healthcare is not a good philosophy or policy or program. It will further the bankrupting of our country.

Centralized management of an economy doesn't work. Look no further than the former Soviet Union, China, Cuba, or North Korea. All of them are impoverished or in a state of failing. Only China and Cuba, who are Communist regimes that have opened and changed somewhat towards capitalism, have seen some levels of improvement.

Free healthcare would require government control of fees, reimbursements, quotas, compensation, quality of care, facility management and growth, etc. Government cannot do these things effectively and beneficially. Capitalism allows for freedom, accountability, positive competition, growth and improvement.

Why does Obama dole out money from all Americans to only half of Americans.

@David: Ask a Canadian how they feel about their medical system. Most will tell you they love it. When they are sick, they see a doctor. If they need to have a procedure done, they get it. They don't have to worry about not being able to afford it. Nobody in Canada has had to declare bankruptcy because they couldn't pay their medical bills.

@DN Subscriber: I hate to tell you, but America IS a socialist nation. The bailouts were the biggest act of socialism in world history. We are a Socialist Republic... welcome to the USA.

If we're going to be a socialist nation let's get on with it already... make life's necessities affordable for everyone.

Otherwise let's go back to capitalism... let the banks fail, let Detroit fail, millions more Americans out of work. A depression that would make the 1930's look like a cakewalk.

Which do you prefer?