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Originally Posted by MotleyCrew
What the dems are offering is simply crap and throwing it at the wall and hoping it sticks is not a fix. The biggest complaint I have with the repub party is that they try to be too nice when in power and make fatal mistakes of trying to include the demons on the left. I think this administration has hopefully taught the right some nasty tricks and lessons on inclusion. I hope the repubs are just as exclusive and tricksty when they get the ball back.
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Crap.. the REAL progressive core of the political party offered up reform that really STUCK it to the insurance industry.
It originally created
a) STANDARDS to be able to call yourself "insurance"
b) Removed the ability of insurance companies to drop someone simply becaues they are "sick"
c) Does away with pre-existing conditions
d) Created a public option .. OPTION so that the public coudl decide whether they wanted to pay a premium in which 30% went to bull**** private overhead OR have a REDUCED premium where the majority of it actually went to medicine (5% administrative overhead)
e) created the start of electronic records - this saves overhead, mistakes etc.
f) subsidies for families that can not afford premiums.. bringing the % of income that woudl be spent on premuims to around the 8-10% mark (as illustrated by the calculator posted a few pages back). Yes, this does create more government spending BUT what it ALSO does is put money INTO the insurance system that otherwise wouldn't be there (families not able to afford insurance wouldn't be paying for insurance) AND limits the amount of uncompensated care that occurs in this country.. WHICH lowers costs at the POS WHICH helps SLOW the rise of insurance premiums every year.
g) Called for more stringent monitoring of Medicaid/Medicare fraud
THere was so much more that the strong democratic House bill did..
Yes, the rest of the government body.. the majority of the government body.. is destroying the strength of the bill....
BUT.. EVEN the bill we have NOW is stronger than anything Bush proposed becasue it
a) lowers hte number of uninsured
b) offers subsidies so that more families can actual purchase and BE insured
c) does away with pre-existing condition clauses.
AND.. since hte public option was done away with they are now talking about breaking anti -trust..
All these slow the rise of premium rates over the next 10 years. as I said earlier you can't REVERSE costs, you can only slow the rise...
the bellyaching about the bill.. those in "cadillac plans" which, BTW, also leads to overuse of the system at the expense of the rest of us..and taxing the more wealthy of the population.. which enjoys a 300% difference in income from the rest of the country...
and yes. . the mandates are an issue.. But get over it.. your car insurance is mandated.. and this needs to be too...
But I propose this..
If all who do not like the mandates which to ***** about it and want to option out..
THEN.. at the POS when they walk into a hospital they have to carry ID to identify themselves as non compliant..
THen.. they have to SIGN OVER A LIEN on their house, their car to pay their doctor bills.. this way, when they recieve the care they refused to pay insurance for, they can't claim it can't be paid for.. and the rest of us do not have to pay the bill for that person! Oh.. and he can claim he was "personal responsible" for himself.. win /win i'd say!