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To: FreedBird
I believe it is all about gaining control over our lives and 1/6th of the economy. I do not believe they can sell this scheme on improving anyone’s health. They may be able to sell some congress critters on the benefits of grabbing more power and making the entire nation dependent on the government for health-care.
9 posted on 03/06/2010 5:53:04 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Upstate NY Guy
I do not believe they can sell this scheme on improving anyone’s health

Apart from a few hundred pages of BS lip service (preventative, training, etc), the bill has nothing to do with health. It is all about insurance not health care. Insurance is earned through employment or granted to vets or dependents. But this bill would make "insurance" a right so that lots of ordinary care would be "free" and the price will skyrocket and quality will plummet.

Having a right to "health care" is plausible on the local level, for example we have free clinics in two counties in the Shenandoah Valley. Anyone can show up and get high quality care from volunteer doctors, including the best doctors in the Valley. But they can't go there for no reason or spurious claims.

But having a right to "insurance" means people who abuse the system now will have free reign to abuse it more. The few people who go bankrupt now through no fault of their own running out of coverage will be better off, but there are ways to other ways to tackle that rather minor problem.

12 posted on 03/06/2010 6:12:03 AM PST by palmer (Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

There are going to be lots of people extremely angry if they pass this bill. The people’s will is being bypassed
for a power grab. They are destroying a democracy.


33 posted on 03/11/2010 6:42:23 PM PST by FreedBird (D)
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