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Will RomneyCare on a national scale succeed?
It is a great idea and hopefully the first step on the road to Universial health care.
You are not going to say, "rammed down our throat." Are you?
Will RomneyCare on a national scale succeed?
It is a great idea and hopefully the first step on the road to Universial health care.
It will work and that's why the Republicans are trying their damndest to kill it. If they thought it would crash and burn, they would have no problem with it's implementation because the Democrats would suffer.
I find it hilarious that "Obamacare" was meant to be a derogatory term but President Obama uses it himself.
Will RomneyCare on a national scale succeed?
I think it boils down to no choice but to make it work even if it drives up the price of insurance, gives those who had insurance less coverage for more money and leads to long lines and less doctors. Repeal of the ACA isn't going to happen. To have enough votes to repeal it, the Republicans would have to maintain control of the House, win the presidency and win at least 60 seats in the senate.
But on second thought, belay that 60 votes to break a filibuster. The SCOTUS ruled it a tax and a simple majority of 51 votes would be enough due to the quirks in the senate chamber and filibuster rules. So perhaps repeal is feasible, but still highly unlikely.
Our current system does not work. Why doesnt that bother the right?
Our current system does not work. Why doesnt that bother the right?
Because it wasn't designed by the Democrats.
you will have to ask them. I think the survey results prior to the passage of the ACA was 80% of Americans were satisfied with the insurance they had. they didn't want to lose or change what they had even to add some uninsured to the roles. They were afraid that they would be forced to make changes and the cost would go up. It seems at this point in time, they were right. This is where that 58% came from that opposed the ACA when it was passed. They had their insurance and wanted to keep it as it is/was.
Fact is even today, a slight majority still oppose the ACA. I think there was a better way to take care of the uninsured if that was what this law was all about. How about setting up a VA style system for them instead of making everyone change their insurance?
I don't know if the law is good or bad. Frankly I don't care. What bothered me about this law, the ACA and it still does is the way it was passed. I watched C-SPAN and seen the debate, then the threats, the bribes, the whip being pulled out by the democratic leadership to make their members vote for it. This bill, the ACA certainly did not pass on its merits. How this all will play out time will tell. I do not think the law is the panacea the Democrats say it is or is near as bad as the republicans say it will be. The truth is somewhere in the middle. But I will probably be against the law no matter how good or bad it is because of the way it was passed.
Because it wasn't designed by the Democrats.
Our current system does not work.
It has been working for hundreds of millions for decades.
I guess if you consider the exuberantly irrational utilization of resources
Exuberant and irrational utilization of 'other peoples money' would more properly define the ACA. BTW, thanks for letting us know you have NOT read the bill.
Our current system does not work. Why doesnt that bother the right?