5 stages of Obamacare (Excellent)

Don Surber ^ | March 31, 2012 | Don Surber

[Reddy]

“There will be legislation ready to go and some of the things it will contain are tort reform, allowing interstate purchase of insurance, uniform tax credits that are to be applied to insurance premiums, and enhanced health savings accounts.”

The Republicans should have done this YEARS ago, while they had the majority with Bush. Using these reforms and health savings accounts (where people realize that they are spending their own money thus are more careful instead of thinking that an insurance company or someone else is paying the bill), and also encouraging people to use urgent care/well care facilities instead of emergency rooms would make a HUGE impact on the money spent on health care.

[Reddy]

“EXCEPT at that time the employers offered Major Medical only and it kept people from going to the doctors for hangnails and colds. It should have stayed that way.”

I’m old enough to remember when my employer only offered major medical (l980’s) (then along came HBO’s and that seemed to pave the way for health care expenses to skyrocket). Of course, during the time of major medical insurance the doctor visit was like $35, not $150 as it is today. The government can be held directly responsible for that hike... their “negotiating” (manipulation) of provider compensation for Medicare/Medicaid caused the upward skewing of rates for everyone else.

[SwampFoxOfVa]

I don't know if the place still exists. but Bill Hasst had a anti-venom producing thing going on in FL on A1A. There was also a book out about him called 'Cobras In His Garden' SF

[Intolerant in NJ]

...despicable judicial activism...an illogical, stupid, assinine argument - see, I know some adjectives too......

[chris_bdba]

I don’t want them to “craft” anything to do with healthcare.I want them to leave my healthcare completely alone.

[Graewoulf]

Meanwhile, the drumbeat of Dictator Baby-Doc Barack continues to grow louder: -— regulate -— control -— destroy -— Regulate -— control -— destroy -— REgulate -— control -— destroy -— REGulate -— control -— destroy -— REGU

[CT]

The last stage would be for the GOP to be stupid enough to nominate a liberal whose blue print was used to construct socialist healthcare. But followed by an election where few see any compelling reason to elect him, when there is already a fool at the helm.

[Mustangman]

My son says the same thing about Federal Taxes. President Lincoln was the first to do it and it’s pretty much been the norm ever sense. Prior to Lincoln, the Fed would requet money from each state for ‘this or that’ but, it’s obviously evolved. Fair enough.