Took the kids to their pediatrician this morning. I asked her opinion.
While she supports the notion of health care available to all, she lamented it will wreck costs. There is a minimum figure needed to maintain a good medical practice, and financing must be arranged to encourage continuation of that practice. Biggest complaint is where patients used to show up at their doc subject to a $20 co-pay, now they’ll just start hitting the emergency room at their convenience for everything - at say $800/visit, paid by the gov’t.
Supply and demand indeed. By “lowering” the cost of all health care, people will clamor for ever more expensive care because they won’t have to pay for it (duly ignoring that _everyone_ will end up paying far more, as the price must be paid).
I agree with your doctor - but this was never about lowering the cost of healthcare, it was always about the gov’t seizing control of the healthcare system. The cost of this obamanation of a HCR law is pouring gasoline on the already burning fire.
Anyone who thinks our financial woes are over and that, as we are constantly told by the MSM, “the economy is improving” needs to pay closer attention. We entered negative territory in terms of productivity as a function of debt, and this is going to have a bigger impact on HCR than hoping the Supremes take the case, IMHO. See:
http://www.swarmusa.com/vb4/content.php/282-THE-Most-Important-Chart-of-the-CENTURY
And remember, this is BEFORE all the added debt created by HCR, Doc Fix, and anything related to Cap and Tax or other marxist programs.