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HunterCA -> RE: Obamacare (5/22/2015 7:43:17 AM)
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ORIGINAL: joether
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ORIGINAL: KenDckey
You know what I hate about the law is it takes the SHOULD away. It requires you to pay money one way or ther other - preiums or extra taxes and in reality for the majority both. Everyone SHOULD have health care. You will never get an argument from me about that. It is the other that I object to.
I agree that everyone should have healthcare. Unforuntately we have people shouting that 'socialism is evil'. Why is that? Because they look at the negative moments in time when some dictator used the concept to advance their own ends. And ignore the instances in which socialism has been used (like the Scandinavian countries). A people afraid to have their views challenges, I suppose.
Others state that capitalism should be the driving force for healthcare. That it forces improvements, cuts costs, and is better for everyone. Its not better for everyone. Becomes more obvious the further away from the concept of 'rich' one gets. It doesn't force improvements; Medicaid has a smaller overhead than all the private owned insurance companies. Its hard to compete when the 'ceo' and upper level management in the government make anywhere from 1/10th to 1/500th what private company CEO's and upper management make in a year.
The purpose of ACA was to force companies to spend at least 85% of every dollar on patients. A measure INTENSELY fought over by the Republicans and Tea Party. Supporters of the Republicans I can understand; they want money regardless of how or why. Tea Parties are heavily manipulated to think and do things for the GOP (they are the bitches of the GOP...). Before the ACA, patients were lucky if even 65% of each dollar went towards patients. One of many reasons the GOP wishes to destroy the ACA.
The part that I dislike is the types of plan levels: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. I understand why they created the tier system. Helps standardize concepts within policies. I think it should have been expanded to eight rather than just four. Trust me when I say the reason for the government to make four tiers was more to help the judicial branch from pulling out its hair and not have to 'legislate from the bench'. Before hand policies were so different in scale and concept that in court cases, it was very hard if not impossible to find an 'industry standard' for anything. Judges in our system of government wish to keep rulings steady and agreeable. Now if there is a ruling that effects a silver plan, it can effect all silver plans. This helps everyone in the long run.
The President's original bill was to change things to the more efficient single payer system (fianncially speaking). It would have helped people like you and me and about 99% of other US Citizens. But the GOP serves the 1%.....
I wonder....does that include the Clinton slush/charity fund. No! It can't, because they only spend 15% on their purpose and they think that's plenty.
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