Posted on 06/16/2018 3:15:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber
As a physician whose career in medicine was dedicated to preserving and improving my patients’ health, I know firsthand how important it is for everyone to have access to care. This is a fundamental precept, morally and pragmatically sound, that should be honored by all who seek to transform for the better America’s flawed system of health care delivery. Regrettably, since its passage in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had the net general effect of raising the cost of health insurance while reducing the quality and variety of the services that insurance covers. This is the opposite of what was intended — but the suffering engendered thereby is real and painful.
The best-case remedy would be to repeal the ACA completely and replace it with a much simpler, more targeted set of common-sense interventions to empower consumers and ensure their access to insurance that is affordable, portable, and tailored to their needs.
President Trump has set this goal and has repeatedly exhorted the Republican Congress to pass a new law accordingly. The lack of a governing majority in the Senate, which under current filibuster rules requires 60 votes to pass most pieces of legislation, is the single logistical factor most responsible for Congress’s failure in this regard.
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Heh. If you like your doctor....
1. The person who has $50,000 in recurring annual medical bills and complains that their monthly premiums have gone from $400 to $1,200 since 2010.
2. The person who has $0 in recurring annual medical bills and complains that their monthly premiums have gone from $400 to $1,200 since 2010.
The system is collapsing because Person #2 -- multiplied by tens of millions of people -- is tired of being the dumb bastard who pays the bills for Person #1.
The purpose of Obamacare was to subsidize low income people’s insurance, by making insurance more expensive for the middle class.
The purpose of the pre existing condition section was to cover treatment for HIV+ gays.
The kind of person who likes ObamaCare is person #3 who does not work and has premiums and deductibles subsidized by person #2. This is 0bama keeping his promise to reward his friends and punish his enemies.
The kind of person who likes ObamaCare is person #3 who does not work and has premiums and deductibles subsidized by person #2. This is 0bama keeping his promise to reward his friends and punish his enemies.
I went to oen of teh demostrations against the bill with the following sign:
I HAVE A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
I’M ALLERGIC TO BIG GOVERNMENT.
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