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WEB POLL

If you were a Rep. in the U.S. House, how would you vote on Obama's Health Care reform bill?

19.23% In favor
80.76% Against

Comment: we need some type of health care reform many have no health care like me and need it for treatments of life threatening issues. Most important is lets get some preventive health care going from Columbus, Ohio by Kathy

Comment: This is NOT the way to do it! We need it, but not this way!!! from Columbus, Ohio by Bryan

Comment: Absolutely Not. from Croton, Ohio by Roger

Comment: This bill is not right for all of the people in the US. It needs many revisions just like the current welfare system! from , Ohio by Anita

Comment: We do need adjustments to our health care, but I only agree with a few things have been put into this bill. I think they should just start over! from Logan, Ohio by Jackie

Comment: It is not a thought out bill and will have disastrous unintended results. from Marysville OH, Ohio by Tim

Comment: Load of crap being forced on us. Democrats are out of control spending money, and it's not a solution to the problem. Nationwide 55% are against this bill only 35% actually for it. Vote these idiots out !! Our opinions obviously mean nothing to them. from Columbus, OHIO by Tax

Comment: This is what the welfare was for! They can't even run this right, let alone something FORCED UPON US! NO MORE TAKING FROM THE WORKERS to give to the LAZY< DRUG ADDICTED< ALCOHOLIC< OR ILLEGALS!! from CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO by LINDA

Comment: Let the PEOPLE decide! from , Ohio by Charlotte

Comment: This Bill is being Rushed and is so incompelete! It seems the President wants to push this on us and doesnt care how he does it.. from Pataskala, Ohio by Stephen

Comment: A government run heathcare is taking away our freedoms. Obama is taking away our freedoms and liberty! from , Ohio by Dottie

Comment: so sick of all the negative talk from the republicans. why not represent the common man instead of your pocketbook. from columbus, ohio by megan

Comment: Its unfortunate that Obama is cramming this down our throats and any Rep that votes for the bill should be impeached, they are being pressured but thats their job and should be looking out for our interest, not ANOTHER way to line their pockets. Obama is trying to get something else passed and is on a ego trip about doing just that, Dont they realize how may Jobs will be lost if this bill passes. Shame on our reps AGAIN.. from Columbus, Ohio by Steve

Comment: This bill is the worst thing to ever threaten the USA. from Mount Vernon, OH by mrs. B.G.

Comment: Paid off health insurance companies. No true regulatory reform from Columbus, Ohio by Stu

Comment: we voted Obama in for change.he is tring to live up to his word but that hard to do.when when law makers are getting paid to vote everything down.he care about the American people and it feel great. all Bush cared about was makeing money from Oil. from Grove City, Ohio by Chris

Comment: Health care needs reform but this is not the way. I can't afford any more government "help". from Gahanna, Ohio by Rick

Comment: We do not need yet another entitlement program in this country. Washington is not able to run the current programs in place (Medicare/caid) so how can they possibly run yet another entitlement? Further, to reform health care is what is needed and the current program does not come close to "reform". As it stands, it is simply another government take-over. from Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania by Patricia

Comment: To tell the truth I don't understand it at all. It seems like the white house would be for it. I know they would not want to see us struggle and die of sickness. Are they that cruel. So what is going on. Why the battle? from Columbus Ohio, ohio by columbus gal

Comment: If we don't get the ball rolling now to help our citizens, when will we try again? Another 20 or more years? Never? People need help now. from Columbus, OH by Paula

Comment: just another federal bureaucracy, which we certainly don't need from Galion, Ohio by Dean

Comment: don't think this is the right way to go. will not fix the problem,make it worse from columbus, ohio by anna

Comment: health care is nice for everyone, but if people have no jobs how can they pay for the premium? give them a job first thats what they need despertly!!! no job no health care! from dublin, ohio by doris

Comment: reform the process, don't bankrupt our childrens children which is what this bill will do, as well as track medical records online that antyone can hack from canton, oh by chritiane

Comment: The current administration is doomed. from , Ca by Scott

Comment: If this was "RIGHT" why all the "deal making" behind closed doors? This deal is proving to me just how corrupt our Government truly is! This bill needs thrown out and redone. from columbus, ohio by Jayna

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