Posted on 05/06/2009 12:05:08 PM PDT by neverdem
True to the advice of his chief of staff to never let a good crisis go to waste, President Barack Obama is using the current economic crisis to sell a top item on the liberal wish-list: universal health care. "You can't fix the economy," he has repeatedly said, "without fixing health care."
But the president needs to take a chill pill before committing America to a huge new entitlement: One is hard pressed to find any evidence from abroad showing that universal coverage has grown the major industrialized economies more than ours in the past--or shielded them more than us from the global slump now.
At the president's behest, Democrats are exploring ways to ramrod a health care reform bill through Congress this fall by using procedural shenanigans to avoid a Republican filibuster. In his budget, Obama has already proposed an additional $634 billion--nearly three-quarters of a trillion dollars--in health care spending over the next few years. If he gets his way, this money will be the first installment toward a government insurance plan that will compete with private plans to allegedly put affordable coverage within everyone's grasp.
But whatever else universal coverage might bring, there is no evidence that it will bring economic nirvana. If anything, contrary to what the president...
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All in all, there is no major industrialized economy with universal coverage that has performed as well--let alone better--than the United States in the last decade. Universal coverage might not be the cause of their inferior performance. But the crucial point is that there is zero evidence that it has put them on a more solid footing. Before applying this exotic therapy to America, Obama needs to offer more than mere hunches that it will work. He needs to offer actual evidence.
Over to you, Mr. President.
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That makes NO sense at all.
Kind of like saying, "You can't remodel your house without buying a new car."
It makes as much sense as reviving the economy with expensive energy.
It's snake oil for health care. In order to provide health care for those without health insurance - including illegal aliens - every one get rationed health care.
Translation; We want the money government pays into medicare, medicaid and VA for our agenda. We will make it appear as though we need new funding for healthcare and then put all Americans under on plan and take the money spent in those programs without them ever saying a word.
The his brother is nicely appointed to help obama.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ayhbmskzo0PQ
Different Plan
There would be no need for Medicaid, the public plan for the poor, because everyone would get a voucher worth the same amount. Over time, Medicare, the federal health plan for the elderly and disabled, also would be phased out.
Every move obama makes is for power and for more taxes to push through his revenge to America agenda.
What an assinine statement! The contemplated "fix" of health care would obviously require more taxes. Higher taxes suck out more money from the economy, which makes for even more of a drag on economic development. It's as simple as that. Yet somehow this administration thinks that the American people are dumb enough to swallow their propaganda.
He just wants to deny health care to millions of Americans that would result in their ending up in their graves. Of course, Pharoh Obama and his Elitist minions would have their own private health care while the peons are denied theirs. Soviet style fairness.
Very well said.
Sorry, maybe I'm seeing it all wrong but if I was watching Custers six, and seeing nobody for miles...I'd start saying, Hey Custer old pal, it's ALWAYS the most dangerous when it's most quiet."
later
This is bumper sticker politics. There is absolutely no intelligence in that statement, it just sounds good to the lapdog media and the mindless, feel-good crowd. Sadly, too many of our citizens have shut their brains off.
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