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After speaking to the Senate about health care, eleven year-old Marcelas Owens has been the target of several right wing attacks. Marcella’s mother had died due to a lack of health insurance which prompted him to ask congress to get the health care bill passed.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Johnny_Walker/ Johnny_Walker

    The extreme Right has mixed into the Conservative movement so seamlessly that they’ve made it okay to make fun of people’s pain…as long as it tows the party line..

    The really bad part is that they claim to be “of God’s People.” I’m always surprised how the “Love Thy Neighbor” part gets skipped all the time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrWantSomeNewBooty/ MrWantSomeNewBooty

    Good point and well said Johnny_Walker. What a great way to start off the conversation.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    Pulmonary hypertension at 27 years old?? Wow! Listen both of these parties need to leave these types of testimonials out of this debate. The Democrats will shamelessly promote stories like this to appeal to peoples emotions, rather than logic and common sense. We need to really start focusing on healthly lifestyles and then becoming fully reliant for somebody to make us healthy again. From what I have read about the Republican opposition to this bill, it’s NOT that they don’t want certain people covered, but rather, the financial aspect of this bill. The CBO has said that premiums for individuals will rise 10-13%. Also the bill promotes less competition which also leads to increased prices. This bill does plan on having the Govt subsidize the costs so that the individual doesn’t actually see the increase. But hold on, now you’re talking about adding roughly 4.6billion to the deficit in the first 10yrs, and then roughly 1.3Trillion to the deficit in the second ten years. Guess who pays for that? Democrats need to start refuting these assertions (made by the independent Congressional Budget Office) and stop exploiting young children!

    These are attacks??? hell, I agree with them. You guys need to strip the emotion of from these debates and rely solely on clear, logical thinking.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/OrbitalFlow/ OrbitalFlow

    Everyone knows that Michelle Mawkin is a b***h anyway, so that’s not surprising. How can you attack children and make fun of their pain? Is this really what America is coming too?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    Reguardless of the politics of the situation, we’re still talking about a CHILD! That was WAY disgusting of ANYONE to attack a child on that level, using his recently deceased mother as leverage in the conversation!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RayAlonzo/ RayAlonzo

    That wasn’t an attack, that was the truth. These Democrat supported groups used this kid when they could have donated money to help his mother. Rush is right in that the bill doesn’t kick in until 2014 but we all will make payments now. The only thing that starts right away is that insurance companies cannot drop you. That will only affects those who currently have insurance. People who do not have insurance now, won’t have it until 2014 but will make payments now. It’s like buying a car but dealership not giving it to you until a few years past.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @Stan_Vinyl, I would agree, but honestly I don’t see any attack of the child or the situation, but rather and attack of the utilization of the that child and situation. Honestly, I think it’s a disgrace for the Democrats to try to invoke emotion into this debate. That’s almost always a smoke screen. They should stick to arguing the merits of the bill, and how the cost is justified. Again, the CBO has projected that this run at a huge deficit. Deficit spending is a TAX and the poor and so called middle class will pick up that tab yet again.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bruce_88/ Bruce_88

    Looow Blooow by the Democrats,
    *OBAMA-Care reform (NOT HEALTH-CARE REFORM) $$$ 940billion dollars.
    Why should it COST TO REFORM ????? Why should GOVERNMENT(I.R.S.) YES (I.R.S.)
    Chose my health plan.
    I.R.S. are going to in-force OBAMA-CARE if it’s passed.
    Trying to take-away our rights in the process.
    ***WE NEED HEALTH-REFORM not Obama-Care reform***

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blum3y3r/ blum3y3r

    What are you crazy saying that just because she was big she deserved to die yeah right thats a tru story that why the democrats invoked this story yes its to put emotion into the fight over the bill ….why………because so many people are dieing the same way dont give me this bull of how much it would cost so what if it was your mom on a table you would care how much it cost you would want her healthy right you can try that right wing bull if you want but thats common since that we as the richest country(yeah right) would not have health care for our citizens and canada does _A_ homeboy get off that white man bull and see it in some of these ppl eyes

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @blum3y3r. The fact is, you can’t expect to go out live how you want to live, abusing your mind body and soul, and then as soon as you get sick (which you will eventually) all of a sudden have somebody take care of you. What type of childlike mentality is that? Secondly, do you even know what’s in this bill, or you just feeding off emotional stories like this? for instance, are you aware, that the various Taxes the Govt is now imposing on Dr’s and Hospitals, will actually result in higher premium costs for the average person? What people don’t realize is, when you say F what it costs, that YOU’RE the one who is going to pay for it. People think the Government is paying for it..lol…The Government is not a business. They have no productive capacity. They are 100% funded by the FED, who gets their money from the IRS and I don’t need to tell you where they get their money from. Do you also realize that if you want to go make a choice for yourself in a self insured program, the Government will TAX that as well? Dude, get into the real bill and all the taxes that you and I will end up paying someday. People are always talking about F the cost, until the Bill comes due. You can’t Compare Canada to the US. Canada has already had that system. This system is about to add 1.5Trillion MORE to a debt that is already out of control. Social Security broke, Medicare damn near broke, Pension funds damn near broke, the Post Office broke. The Government has proven over and over, that it can’t run shlt, but always has the taxpayer to bail them out! Real Healthcare Reform starts in your own refrigerator, not in some 2700 page doc**ent.

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