Why do the American people believe it's "Obamacare" or remain the way our healthcare is now? What happened to our ingenuity??? Don't people realize that with Obamacare we will ALL be paying premiums in the guise of taxes that will be much higher than they're paying now? Do they really believe this will be 'free'? I can't understand their 'blinders' way of thinking. What is equally disturbing is that the same mentality doesn't scream that these same people deciding their health care are EXEMPT!!!! It's sad that our country has become sheep and won't stand up against the most blatant form of out of control government rule. At the age of 63, this is the most frightening situation our country has faced. As much as I had hoped his 'change' was to our country's advantage I realize he and his cronies won't benefit us at all.

I currently have a torn rotator in my left shoulder and a torn A.C.L. in my right knee but can't afford to take off work to get either one fixed and if I could I can't afford the deductable on the insurance policy we have.

I am a small business owner and so is my husband. Due to some previous health issues, my husband is considered "uninsurable" and his only source of insurance is through the state of IL CHIP's program - an insurance program for unisurables. The good news is that he can get insurance; the bad news is it's more than $700/month. We feel blessed that we are able to afford this and that he has insurance. However, most people cannot afford this.
I know of many people who stay in their jobs simply because other family members would not have insurance if they left. Or they are scared of loosing their jobs and having their family members not be insured because of pre-existing conditions. Under the new law, pre-existing conditions will be covered.
I am disappointed that the Obama administration has done such a poor job of PR with this new law. People are split on it because they don't understand it and don't know what the benefits will be.
It's not perfect but it's better than what's going on now. The current health care system favors those with good insurance and those on Medicaid.

Seventy percent of Americans report hearing mainly negative things about the law lately; just 19 percent say the buzz has been positive…

The Obama administration has long had difficulty convincing Americans of the benefits of the law In a January 2011 ABC/Post poll, for example more people expected the law to increase rather than decrease the deficit (62-29 percent), hurt rather than help the economy (54-39 percent) and cut rather than create jobs (46-38 percent).

While I am TOTALLY in favor of health care reform so many articles lately have indicated that it will be very expensive, as indicated above. What is your response to these allegations?

The main reason I feel I am worse of with Obamacare is that it goes against what I as an American know how it goes against my constitutional rights. I am a free man who should not be forced to join anything that I do not believe in. If they want to fix health care put effort into improving the health of Americans. Flush the insurance industry, and make them get back to what they were designed to do in the first place, protect against a major health bill. All this minor stuff , and especially society being told there is a pill to fix any problem you have (at a cost) should be a social undertaking of the government. When I say social I mean for the good of all Americans. The Government should be looking at how to make this smaller and easier for the everyman. Not looking at how they can spend our future tax dollars( I say future because our current and near futeur taxes are going toward paying our debt).

I like Obamacare especially becouse it takes care of the poor and the underprivIeged. I have seen too many low income patients walk THROUGH EMERGENCY ROOM DOORS, PARTIALLY TREATED , NEGLECTED AND WEARY. IF WE ARE AMERICANS THEN WHY CAN WE NOT HELP OUR COMRADES? WE CANNOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE NEEDY. I WILL BE HAPPY TO TO PAY A LITTLE MORE IF EVEN ONE AMERICAN LIFE CAN BE SAVED
THEN THERE ARE ADVANTAGES SUCH AS THOSE DESCRIBED BY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, AS FOLLOWS:

"Preventive services with no out-of-pocket costs, an end to women paying higher premiums just because they're women, protection from insurance company abuses, 33 million Americans gaining coverage ... and it extends the solvency of Medicare through 2024, while closing the "doughnut hole" in prescription-drug coverage and reducing costs for seniors".

WE ARE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. YES, WE CAN GET INSURANCE FOR ALL!!

I demand the same healthcare as the US Congress and government employees. Also tort reform so medical law suits do not cause medical costs to be so high.

I work with people with disabilities who use medicare and medical assistance. The sign of a great society is how they treat their most vulnerable citizens.While I am working in a relatively low paying job, I am proud to share the financial burden to ensure that ALL in the U.S. can continue to pursue life, liberty and happiness. Co-pays are an integral part of achieving balance and accountability in our health care system. Poor people may complain about the cost but the co-pays are just as important for them as they are for those who are more able to pay.

Both my wife and I have chronic conditions that require significant amounts of both drugs and therapy. We pay about $850.00 per month and I have medicare (my wife is not yet eligible). Our premiums have gone up somewhat (about equal to the cost of living) since I retired in 2005 but certainly not from "OBamaCare". There is nothing in "OBamaCare" that increases premiums! Many of the provisions have not yet been implemented! Any large increases in premiums are due to the greed of the healthcare insurance companies. As an excellent surgeon has said to me "medicine should NOT be a business!

We are also self-employed. We thought it would be better if we were in a group to get a lower rate. Year after year, the premiums went UP. Last year with the new healthcare from President Obama,m we now can have our 3 adult children on OUR plan. It really saves them money. And also , we switched from a group to an individual plan and our costs went way down. to the other person who said they were self-employed....Look into another insurance company and get better options. It's not Obama who is causing the constant raising of your policy. (ours went up every year, after year, now it's DOWN) it's the INSURANCE COMPANY. That's what it's all about with the insurance companies....PROFIT. Obama is TRYING to make it easier for people who couldn't get insurance, now to be able to get it and also to prevent insurance companies from putting a cap on what they will spend for someone with a chronic condition or a childhood disease. Also pre-existing conditions are NOW not allowed as an excuse for insurance companies not to insure someone.
And, oh by the way, our Congress is on socialized medicine and so are senior citizens who use Medicare. Don't let the word socialism scare you. In reality, if you ever went to a PUBLIC school, called a policeman/fireman, you are already a socialist. These are PUBLIC programs. That's what Congress (Republicans) want to do with all our "PUBLIC" programs, they want them to be for-profit . Wait 'til you see when you have to "pay" for everything. Education, police, firefighters,prisons, post office, roads, no more social security, no more medicare. You think you pay a lot for health care now, wait until your a senior and they hand you a "voucher" for $5,000. It' cost us over $15,000. a year, and we are not yet retired. what do you think it will cost when your 70?

If not for Obama "s health laws, my son , who is an ex- army ranger, would have no health insurance at all. He's a young man trying to get his education and still hold down three menial jobs to survive with. None have any benefits. If not for the new laws, I would not be able to have him under my health insurance . He's too proud to take much other help from me, although his mother and I try. The army left him with no skills and bad memories. Part his fault part theirs but I thank Mr. Obama every day for a chance to help my son.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has already given us the peace of mind of knowing that our daughter will have health care even after she graduates from college. Once the Act starts working as intended, I'm confident that costs will go down. The health insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry may not make the exorbitant profits that they did under the old system, but so what? Ordinary people will benefit from knowing that they have health care at a reasonable cost that can't be denied them by unscrupulous health insurance companies.

These policies are doing nothing for the normal middle class American worker. Gas prices climbing out of this world, drilling for oil on federal land down 11%. Wont approve the Keystone pipeline 200 plus jobs and lower oil prices. Lower prices on oil means more money that the American people have to spend elsewhere to keep our economy going. No budget in over 1000 days, because it is enevitable that taxes will have to be raised and its an election year. Whats happening to our country.