Nancy said hundreds of thousands would die. Of what?? No insurance??
Because of its imminent failure, an equal or greater number shall lose any effective coverage at an affordable price anyway, under the Obamacare mandates.
Obamacare - underfunded and overpriced in ANY economy.
Two points to be made on the whole business of health care. First, health services as administered by professionals are a scarce commodity, and as a scarce commodity, are doled out only on an as-needed basis. Too many people demanding services for relatively minor ailments crowds out the availability of services, and is certain to deny services to those who REALLY have a need for those professional services. Excessive demands drive up costs for those limited services.
Secondly, the responsibility for obtaining and using this very scarce commodity lies with the individual and not with any third party. Taking charge of one’s own health maintenance, by practicing just a LITTLE native caution, and keeping up a regimen of good health habits (no drinking, smoking, or use of destructive substances) plus periodic assessments of what could be changed or improved to retain a relatively good state of health, is incumbent on EVERY individual, not your mother (who, after all, won’t always be there), or a doctor or other professional who sees you for maybe fifteen minutes or so every few months, or your neighbor looking in on you on a frequent basis. There exists any number of instruction manuals for the care and upkeep of that human body you were born into, learn them and use them
“Nancy said hundreds of thousands would die. Of what?? No insurance??”
We already are losing 93 million Americans a day to gun violence(ref Terry McAuliffe), so whats hundreds of thousands more?