That's a nice theory. It's just not reality.
What world are you living in? Save who some money? Have you paid any attention whatsoever to insurance premiums SINCE Obamacare was passed? They have risen, on average, of 18% PER YEAR. That's faster than it was before they passed Obamacare....
Who's saving any money? My health insurance went up 20% this year, WITHOUT A SINGLE CLAIM AGAINST IT. And people with pre-existing conditions are already accepted under Obamacare. Well, minors are right now, and adults will be completely phased in by 2014. But what are insurance companies doing????? Raising premiums faster than they ever have before.
Who's saving money???? What freakin planet do you live on????
The problem with the left, is they have great intentions, but they blatantly ignore the real consequences of their actions. We passed obamacare, and liberals said it would "lower insurance premiums". REally? Then why are the insurance companies raising premiums by a clip of 18% annually on average? Obamacare doesn't prevent them from doing it obviously. And if it does, how long before private insurance companies go out of business? Or need a government bailout like AIG, or Chevy?
You people are so blind. THis is nothing more than paving a superhighway to single payer health care. That's what the left wants, because they think it works. Go take your ass to Canada and see if you like it better there than here. Here, you don't wait 6 months for a hip replacement. There you do. Here, my doctor decides my course of treatment. THere, a government exchange does. You liberals want the government deciding medical procedures your insurance will cover, and which ones are off limits? Keep that in mind for when the pendulum swings back to Conservative Tea party types. If the government can force you to buy insurance, they can also force you to carry a baby against your will.
Liberals never contemplate the alternatives. They are fools, rushing towards more and more dependency.
You say it's not a perfect world. That's correct. It's not. But your example of a perfect world was a world where everyone would pay for themselves. You think Obamacare gets us closer to "everyone paying for themselves"????? Geeez.....Obamacare gets us to the doorstep of the government taking over healthcare alltogether. Single Payer. That eliminates YOUR FREEDOM to decide your own treatment. It eliminates YOUR FREEDOM to choose your own doctor. It eliminates YOUR FREEDOM to choose a certain cancer drug if the government refuses to pay for it ( like they do in England and Canada). That's right, the best cancer medicines, which are covered by private health insurance here in America, are rejected in England and Canada, and other countries as well. You ready for that? You're gonna get your aweful wish. Fools.