Re: Obamacare Unconstitutional
Kandahar;1059256943]Doesn't change the fact that the government can and has provided health care programs. They are entirely within the scope of the federal government's powers.
Providing it and mandating it are two different issues.
Most recent polls I've seen have concluded that most Americans either support the law, or oppose it on the grounds that it didn't go far enough. In any case, there certainly isn't the "overwhelming opposition" you claim. The numbers are fairly close.
Not according to the lasted Rasumussen Poll regarding repeal. Suggest you look it up.
I'd love to have a government plan. The government does not have a financial incentive to screw me like a for-profit health insurer does.
Right, the govt. just screws you to retain power and keep you dependent. We havea 14.1 trillion dollar debt, that is screwing you if you are a taxpayer.
And some cannot get insurance because they have a preexisting condition. Or they're stuck in a job that they can't leave because they'd lose their health insurance. And Medicaid does not begin to cover the health care needs of low-income people.
So we need Obamacare to cover pre-existing conditions? Why is healthcare insurance someone else's responsibility? You still haven't answered that question nor have you told me how this healthcare bill lowers costs, improves quality, and adds hospitals and doctors?
Considering just about every other developed country in the world has far MORE government regulation of health insurers than we do, and far lower costs than we do, I'd say that's highly unlikely.
Proof? That is your opinion, suggest doing some research and identifying all the costs before proposing massive expansion of the govt.
OK, maybe that adds a few percent to total health care costs.
Have you checked what healthcare companies make in terms of profit percentages since percentages mean so much to you?
OK, that adds maybe a few more percent. Keep going. Our health care costs per capita are nearly 50% above the next-highest nations (Switzerland & France).
We have 309 million Americans and liberals love to compare per capita, on a percentage basis of GDP because for some reason that is supposed to mean something. With that "big" difference explain to me why the life expectency is just as high in this country as those other countries?
How does that add to our health care costs? If anything, that's a DRAG on health care costs because it prevents people from getting new and expensive treatments.
You have given us no justification for someone else paying for your health insurance.
You just trotted out a list of things you don't like about health care costs, without even bothering to assess how they impact cost. :roll
Everything I listed affects costs and until they are addressed your massive expansion of the govt. is unjustified. Govt. is ill equiped to handle anything of this size thus it is a state and local responsibility. You cannot seem to sell it in the states so you want the govt. to force upon everyone else something YOU think is necessary. Where do the govt. mandates stop in a govt. based upon individual freedoms and a small central govt. model? 14.1 trillion dollar debt later with most of that due to govt. social engineering.
Nice try, now offer a program that reduces costs, increases quality, and quantity.
