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To: peyton randolph
You just sound a little hypocritical when you advocate for a private system EXCEPT THE TWO GIANT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS that dominate and define modern healthcare. If you want a truly free priate market, step up and eliminate Obamacare, Medicare, and Medicaid. Otherwise the government is just outsourcing wealth redistribution to the medical system.

Regarding pre existing conditions, you misunderstand. I'm not suggesting a subsidy, I'm suggesting a reset to 2008. If people had insurance then, they should have some path to get it back. You are inadvertently advocating a massive government giveaway to insurance companies - it is classic crony capitalism. People had long term contracts with insurance companies. Obamacare broke the contracts. If you don't have an Obamacare replacement, the insurance companies are gifted new leverage to renegotiate over individuals.

45 posted on 11/01/2015 12:27:03 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: MrShoop

I’m not advocating for the retention of Medicare and Medicaid. I’m acknowledging they will exist with the repeal of Obamacare.

As for resetting for preexisting conditions per 2008, first it isn’t feasible. Second, even if it were feasible, a government mandate to force some insurer to accept is a de facto subsidy by those participating through the same insurer who do not have the conditions.


52 posted on 11/01/2015 1:33:15 PM PST by peyton randolph (I am not a number. I am a free man.)
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