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| Scalia called Obamacare ‘SCOTUScare' and warned it might endure ‐ and he was right |
| 2017-06-26 |
| [LI] With the House having passed a healthcare bill, and the Senate close to passing a version, there is a lot of debate over the specifics of the bills. Shameless Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders portray Republicans as setting out to kill tens of thousands of Americans. In the wake of the shooting of Republican Congressmen by a Sanders-supporter spouting similar talking points, the false death claims are nothing short of incitement to violence Republican politicians are falling all over themselves to portray the bills as repeal and replace, but the Republican effort more fairly is an attempt to alter Obamacare. The law has had almost 7 years to work its way into the fabric of the economy and health care system and to expand its reach. Understanding how politically painful true repeal will be, Republicans are shying away, as Yuval Levin correctly assesses in National Review: The case for repeal was strongest in the three or four years between the enactment and implementation of Obamacare. As more time passes since the beginning of implementation three and a half years ago, and more people’s lives become intertwined with the program for good and bad, the case for addressing Obamacare’s immense deficiencies by repeal weakens as a practical matter in favor of a case for taking them on by alteration. The essence of Obamacare, that government has to provide healthcare for all and that all have right to look first and foremost to government for healthcare, is so deeply entrenched at this point, that Republicans don’t have the stomach to unwind that paradigm. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 One of the reasons is the system overcharges knowing the government will underpay. It's like those auto dealers, five thousand off the (inflated) sticker price. Gaming the system. Let's tack on expected legal (insurance) costs (aka court Lotto), administrative overhead to comply with operating and bureaucratic procedures, long extended clinical trials for FDA approval, etc. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-26 12:29 |
| #8 Now it's $300 and made in France. I've nothing against the French here, but I'm wondering what the money is going towards. Finding out how much the same kind of insulin costs for French patients (or the French gubmint) will go far in answering your question. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-06-26 12:22 |
| #7 Ain't gonna happen though. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-06-26 11:21 |
| #6 If congress would quit taking kickbacks... Yeah, that'd be nice. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-06-26 11:21 |
| #5 Shameless Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders portray Republicans as setting out to kill tens of thousands of Americans Americans don't need to be on the Washington, D.C. teat. We lived without it before the Dems hatched it up and we can live without it now. So far as I can tell, government health care has inflated the cost of everything. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-26 11:11 |
| #4 In 1986, I could buy a vial of human insulin for $12. Now it's $300 and made in France. I've nothing against the French here, but I'm wondering what the money is going towards. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-06-26 10:54 |
| #3 Actually, one of the best solutions is maybe to rein in the high cost of medicine. There are so many people and companies gouging the public. If congress would quit taking kickbacks and actually force medical providers to charge reasonable rates, and even to post their rates publicly, it may help in actually giving everybody decent healthcare at affordable prices. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-06-26 09:10 |
| #2 Don't forget, literally, the poster children pushed by the Left media to rationalize unending expenditures of other peoples money (either directly or by the effects of inflation from printing unbacked currency to pay for it all). Sorry, we all can't spend other peoples' money like little pharaohs seeking immortality. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-26 08:19 |
| #1 Now healthcare is yet another bullshit 'right' like food and shelter and privacy (as long as someone else pays for it). These are not rights - they are responsibilities. Ever notice how, with all these BS rights that someone else ends up paying for it? You don't even have to act responsibly about it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-06-26 08:08 |