Politically speaking we may be well past the point where market driven health care will ever come back.
I base this on a simple aspect of human nature - and it’s this. Once you give away bennies, you will have hell to pay if you ever take them away.
Who here in freeperland truly believes that...
1. the subsidies that millions of “low income” people are getting will ever be taken away
2. preexisting conditions won’t in one form or another be covered
3. emergency room service won’t be provided for free to anyone who doesn’t have insurance.
4. that kids up to 26 won’t be covered under their parents
5. that birth control won’t be covered
Palin complains about people being forced to get health insurance. I’m all in favor of letting people decide if they want to buy insurance, but only under the condition that if they get sick the hospitals or anyone else are not mandated to have to take care of them.
(By the way that law that mandates that emergency rooms must take care of whoever shows up regardless of whether they can pay was signed into law by Reagan. That was the start of skyrocketing medical costs. It’s a blatant case of being generous with other people’s money)
A snippet from:
RINO-Care is Crony-Baloney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3533863/posts
Yes, simply repealing would be the best long term solution to healthcare, but you are more likely to catch a unicorn. Not happenning ...
But when you can’t destroy a great evil outright you temporize it [Machiavelli]. I’ve worked on several wedge issues already as have others.
We can tear it down brick by brick. For example — grossly self-inflicted injuries — worst of the worst of the worst. Who should pay for some 500 pound slob to be treated and awarded disability because he’s too fat to walk?
How about kicking that fat pig out of the clinic and onto the curb until private charities put a muzzle on his mouth, feed him health food through a straw, and give him a place to sleep and fart?
When you ask similar tough questions, wings of mercy start to get plucked.
But that’s going to be a long fat man slog [or waddle] just like the abortion issue.
... NOW ...
What can we achieve this year legislatively?
If we could simply increase healthcare competition this year, that would be YUGE in itself, something all reasonable conservatives could get behind.
Like an old fart once said:
“Follow the money, sonny.”
Stamp out the cronyism — cut off their gravy train — and you drain the swamp.
And if this corrupt crony network is rewarded for its evil — they grow like a cancer:
1. More money means more power for more corruption.
2. Each year of success means they become more experienced.
3. And they keep getting better networked each year.
4. The blackmailing element also grows — more goods on more key politicians.
Please note: this chance to cash in on cheap monopolies is once-in-a-lifetime. They will grow by leaps and bounds if Ryan-Care is passed.
Interstate competition or bust!
That was one of the strongest arguments against its implementation prior to passage. Government entitlements never die.
Game over. Press the 'Revolution' button to try again.
You have to fight for what you believe, not for what you are guaranteed.
Emergency room service was the law before 0bamacare.