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The Courts are doing that I think !!
I am of the "work out the kinks" supporters.
That's because it's probably un-Constitutional like many things in the ACA !!
The ACA opponents, especially the Ron Paul crowd aren't going to accept anything that's government mandated for everyone. Won't matter what it is.
originally posted by: thesaneone
a reply to: Annee
How does one work together when one party says that you have to pass it before you can know what's in it?
Qualls said the Affordable Care Act "was the Republican plan in the '90s." The bill she had in mind did have a strong roster of Republicans behind it, and it did share many major features with the Affordable Care Act. There were some significant differences but in a side-by-side comparison, the similarities dominate. However, to call it the Republican plan, as though a majority of Republicans endorsed it, goes too far. The House Republicans took a different path, and there was opposition from more hard-line members of the Republican coalition. It is telling that the Chafee bill never became a full blown bill and never came up for a vote. We rate the statement Half True. www.politifact.com...
originally posted by: Annee
Imagine what it would be like if everyone and all political parties worked together to make a national healthcare system work instead of some doing everything they can to make it be a mess and not work.
Everything that's being said about this not working, was also said in Canada when they first introduced a national healthcare.
originally posted by: Annee
I am of the "work out the kinks" supporters.
originally posted by: Annee
The ACA opponents, especially the Ron Paul crowd aren't going to accept anything that's government mandated for everyone. Won't matter what it is.
Ron Paul Healthcare
In these United States of America, many people cannot afford even basic health insurance. They suffer severely under the present system and have to live under the constant fear of not knowing what they will do if they or their loved ones ever fall seriously ill.
But in many cases, insured individuals aren’t much better off either. In comparison to the exorbitant insurance premiums they pay, the medical care they receive is often very poor.
Additionally, due to the government-enforced monopolies of HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) and pharmaceutical companies, many patients will never even hear about some of the most effective and non-invasive treatment methods. These natural and inexpensive ways of regaining one’s health are being suppressed by the FDA and the medical establishment not because of safety concerns (they’ve been around for hundreds of years), but because they cannot be patented and would therefore cut into the pharmaceutical industry’s profits.
The current system is most definitely broken, and it must eventually be abolished if we want to regain both our health and our freedom.
But Obamacare is the worst possible answer. All it does is perpetuate a flawed system by forcing everyone to become a client of insurance companies, even those who don’t want to or need to participate.
...
There is only one solution that will lead to true health and true freedom: making health care more affordable. Ron Paul believes that only true free market competition will put pressure on the providers and force them to lower their costs to remain in business. Additionally, Ron Paul wants to change the tax code to allow individual Americans to fully deduct all health care costs from their taxes.
Through these measures and the elimination of government-sponsored health care monopolies a much larger number of people will be able to finally access affordable health care, either by paying for medical insurance or by covering their medical expenses, which are now much lower, out of their own pocket.
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Annee
RomneyCare was implemented when the economy wasn't as bad. Especially in Mass.
But RomneyCare was blistered when the ACA forced changes to it.
And that old hat Heritage malarkey was also "introduced" during better economic times wasn't it.
Always a deflection to ancient history as an excuse for failure.
originally posted by: Annee
I've read enough Ron Paul to know his thought pattern.
I have zero interest in anything Ron Paul has to say.
I'm sure others will "eat it up".
originally posted by: Annee
MY POINT IS ---- WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK.
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: loam
I've read enough Ron Paul to know his thought pattern.
I have zero interest in anything Ron Paul has to say.
I'm sure others will "eat it up".