Posted On: May 21, 2009, 12:55 pm CDT

Posted By: Bubba

I would guess that conservatives are against this proposal because it gives validity to many misnomers and half truths that have been advanced by those seeking universal healthcare. In other words, it provides an alternate plan based on a premise that conservatives don't buy into.
This proposal could be picked apart for a lot of reasons, but here's one. The second point mentioned is that no one would be denied based on age or health. Here's how that plays out. If an insurer is going to insure a person that is a greater risk, they need to collect more premium. A company may deny someone because they don't write that level of risk. If the person wants really wants insurance, they can get it, but they will have to pay more and not all companies will take them. Enter the Gov't proposal. The gov't will say you have to take them and you can't charge them more than you charge everyone else. The insurer will say we have to get more premium to cover that risk. They will raise everyone's rates to spread out the extra risk. The healthy will pay more to subsidize the unhealthy. What if the gov't says you can't deny them, and you can't raise rates? The insurer says help us out, we need more premium to cover the increased risk. The gov't says I've got the answer. The young healthy people who don't need or want insurance, they're not paying into the system. The gov't will mandate that those people have to have insurance. Again, the healthy will subsidize the unhealthy.
The progressive lefties are just in this for control over your healthcare and your quality of life. The republicans offering up this proposal may have noble intentions. Then again, it's plausible at this point that they are on the same progessive train.
This is Marxism. They'll deny it, and claim it's not Marxism because they have the enlightenment and compassion that Marx didn't have. I call bs.