Comments on: Hillary Clinton, Yahoo Answers & the Power of Social Media

By: Aracelis Arroyo

Aracelis Arroyo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:57:47 +0000

I suupport you and hope to see you at the White House

By: Charles R. Laney

Charles R. Laney — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:26:31 +0000

My wife has been on SSI for the last year and a half , now that i hav become disabled , all her benifits are being withdrawn. She has MS and needs to havesomeone come in to take care of her. I am not able to because i have a bad heart siezures and narcolepsy + other problems.why dont we have a program that will cover the needs of this group of citizens.My wife is 50 years old and does not qualify for disability. She missed it by 2 point because he was so sick yhe last 10 years and did not work much.
What they are doing is forceing me to take care of her and sending me to an early grave
We have 30 days to find a program that will cover all and their is none
What are we to do i ask. I NEED SOME HELP FOR MY WIFE AND ALL THOSE IN HER SITUATION.
Charles R. Laney

By: Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:26:00 +0000

Senator Clinton

Please excuse me for for my mistake on the mortgage interest rate for I was not thinking apparently when I made that statement. I know we get that for deduction now.

By: Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:07:25 +0000

Senator Clinton

One thought I have for the housing problems would be to bring back mortgage interest deductions for primary residences on income taxes. At least till the housing and subprime problems are out the way. Not a top ecnomic person but I would think it would help.

I also would like when you talk about the higer income tax rate on incomes of 200,000 and above that you always remind people that it would help the middle and lower incomes in social programs or maybe even a tax cut for them. The middle and lower income will use this savings and spend for other things , which will drive the economy upward !!!

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:28:24 +0000

We should have one nationwide health care system. It should be very affordable. Alot of laws need to be changed. My husband and I witnessed a slapping in a New Jersey nursing home. I reported it to ombudsman and others. They investigated it found nothing and that same person is still working their ready to slap another person. Lawyers are ripping people off left and right My 95 year old friend had to pay over 21,000 for me to get guardianship. Too much money and the court system lets it go by. Nursing homes have bad urine smells and no reason for this problem. They charge alot of money and they do little for the resident. The ombudsman should be fired they are no dam good. They just want the lawyers to get rich over the elderly people. Just not fair. Our world is really messed up.

By: Jake Lockley

Jake Lockley — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:00:41 +0000

Wisdom of Crowds or throwing out ideology in order to pander to the swing voters? Didn’t they do this in the 90′s by polling subarbanites using marketing techniques to determine domestic and foreign policy?

http://www.archive.org/details/AdamCurtisCenturyoftheSelfPart4of4_0

By: Dave Valant

Dave Valant — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:20:48 +0000

I sure miss the yahoo Discuss option…it was far better than this very sluggish program.

By: Beverly G. Andrus

Beverly G. Andrus — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:34:17 +0000

Senator Clinton – Thank you for asking this quesiton through Yahoo. I hope that the answers will help guide you to an effective Health Care Policy. Please revisit the plan you came up with when you served as First Lady. That plan was highly criticized by the President’s opposition, so clearly it must have some merit. I have served as a Medicare Counselor for two years, during the hectic time of the introduction of the Medicare Prescription Drug progam. That program is particularly flawed with unnecessary complexity, the coverage cap, and inconsistent pricing of prescription drugs. The same prescription and dosage can be as low as $5.00 with one plan and as high as $80.00 with a different plan. Pharmaceutical companies need to be controlled and regulated to prevent price gouging. The suggestions that you look at what works in other countries, and that doctors serve in public clinics have merit. Thanks again and good luck to you.

By: sergio gonzalez

sergio gonzalez — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:47:49 +0000

Dear Mrs.Clinton
What is the benefit of buying a Health Ins.policy if the Ins. co. (blue cross & blue shield) uses right away their unfair terminology of the assesment to a non profitable claim and becomes labeled “pre-condition ” within 12 months of policy being effective and so for the rest of future claims everything is applied to the first denial .I recently have being robbed blind
by this Health Ins. co. and left with a hospital and doctors bills with an amount close to $28,000.00 plus whatever they charged me in advance for the 6 months policy.
Only (you) the government could forbid all ins.companies from using the term “pre-condition” to rob us . Also as for the 100 plus conditions of covering medical charges , in reality they act like magicians to our eyes, making us believe that we have good coverage until we find out otherwise.
If your intentions are to help us, may I suggest to curb their way of doing bussines to put big buck in their pockets .There are many factors
concerning this big problem .number one is that hospitals,ins.cos. ,pharmaceutical cos. are wery greedy.
Thank you for your attention and time reading this lines. God keep you safe and bless you always.

By: Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:37:32 +0000

Dear Hillary, When you look for some way to help Americans children,please think to look at the Parents. Social decline I believe started with the isuance of Suplimental Security Income which originally was to substitute for no or low income.It has now go to a point where a single Mother of 4 makes more on S.S.I. than the regular worker. I think it would be far more productive to furnish Daycare for the parents .Give the Parents time to find work for a specific time and then review thier situation .In my opinion it has got severly out of control. What would happen if people on S.S.I. had to take random drug test to keep eligability? I’m sure there would be a lot cut off.Also the Parents are good at signing thier children up for thier own checks which by the parents jokingly are refered to as thier Kids Crazy Checks. They are teaching thier Children how to retire on S.S.I. at a small age. S.S.I. is a social problem that needs carefull scrutiny. I’m not saying it’s not a good program ,but the abuse is enormous I’m sure. It helps support a lot of Drug enabling.