Yes because Obama appointed the judges.
They were not elected by the people – so they’ll do what he likes.
States should ALWAYS have the ultimate say – per the 10th Amendment!
Under Obamacare, people will be forced to buy it or be fined or taxed more. Healthcare is not a right, but a commodity to be purchased like other products or services. The Progressives think that the haves should be forced to pay for the have nots in our society. This is the biggest redistribution of wealth scheme ever passed to the American People. The have nots think they are entitled to everything without paying for it. It is unaffordable by any standard and is sure to bankrupt an already weakened economy.
Whether you like it or not, health care IS a right. Anyone can walk into an emergency room and demand service. If they can’t pay for it, the cost to provide it doesn’t simply disappear—other patients pay it in the form of higher charges. It certainly IS NOT, as you say, a commodity. And it is NOT a redistribution of wealth. It is simply someone needing a service, and being unable to pay for it. So we all pay.
Will Obama’s plan work? Absolutely not. People would rather buy a big screen TV or an Escalade, or even put dinner on the table this week. When the uninsured need medical care, they will be fined. If they couldn’t pay for insurance, they won’t pay the fine, and they likely won’t pay the medical bill either!
Enforcement of this legislation would be simple if those unable to pay would be refused treatment. Of course, that would require changes to the Hippocratic Oath and to medical ethics.
The only workable solution, and I hate to say it, is a government-run system like Medicare / Medicaid. Private Health insurers have destroyed the private market with their refusal to moderate costs, discounted charges that are unavailable to the uninsured, and deep discounts given to groups. Can the government really do any worse?
Actually, they can do worse. Just about all of the government run programs are full of corruption, waste and outright fraud. There is no accountablity for these bureaucrats. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security are a joke on how bad they are run. And you want the government to take over Healthcare? The private market needed something to spur competition, we needed Tort Reform so the doctors malpractice premiums could be brought into line. None of this was addressed under Obamacare, thus the huge mess.
I agree 100% with some of your points. Popular wisdom says that the programs are “full of corruption, waste and outright fraud,” but given the huge budgets, the occasional well-publicized lapses are not really the norm. These three programs you mention WORK, and effectively provide benefits for those who use them. Private enterprise is far preferable to the government when there is a choice. But the private sector has proven itself unable to provide anything near universal health care and make a profit doing it.
Tort reform should absolutely have been addressed. But trial lawyers’ political influence would have rendered the program dead in the water. I think a far better idea would be the establishment of review boards qualified to address medical practices, yet not be part of the AMA network that historically protects physicians. These boards would have authority to throw out unreasonable lawsuits against doctors and hospitals who have followed established standards of care, yet allow those who have been genuinely harmed to proceed.
Take it to the Supreme Court. This liberal appeals court will side with Obama anyway.
Yes because Obama appointed the judges.
They were not elected by the people – so they’ll do what he likes.
States should ALWAYS have the ultimate say – per the 10th Amendment!
Yes. Lets try to build a system where only people who need health insurance buy it. Sounds good. Right, insurance people?
Ok. Let’s build a system where only people who need health coverage buy into it. That’s a good move. Right, insurance people?
Under Obamacare, people will be forced to buy it or be fined or taxed more. Healthcare is not a right, but a commodity to be purchased like other products or services. The Progressives think that the haves should be forced to pay for the have nots in our society. This is the biggest redistribution of wealth scheme ever passed to the American People. The have nots think they are entitled to everything without paying for it. It is unaffordable by any standard and is sure to bankrupt an already weakened economy.
Whether you like it or not, health care IS a right. Anyone can walk into an emergency room and demand service. If they can’t pay for it, the cost to provide it doesn’t simply disappear—other patients pay it in the form of higher charges. It certainly IS NOT, as you say, a commodity. And it is NOT a redistribution of wealth. It is simply someone needing a service, and being unable to pay for it. So we all pay.
Will Obama’s plan work? Absolutely not. People would rather buy a big screen TV or an Escalade, or even put dinner on the table this week. When the uninsured need medical care, they will be fined. If they couldn’t pay for insurance, they won’t pay the fine, and they likely won’t pay the medical bill either!
Enforcement of this legislation would be simple if those unable to pay would be refused treatment. Of course, that would require changes to the Hippocratic Oath and to medical ethics.
The only workable solution, and I hate to say it, is a government-run system like Medicare / Medicaid. Private Health insurers have destroyed the private market with their refusal to moderate costs, discounted charges that are unavailable to the uninsured, and deep discounts given to groups. Can the government really do any worse?
Actually, they can do worse. Just about all of the government run programs are full of corruption, waste and outright fraud. There is no accountablity for these bureaucrats. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security are a joke on how bad they are run. And you want the government to take over Healthcare? The private market needed something to spur competition, we needed Tort Reform so the doctors malpractice premiums could be brought into line. None of this was addressed under Obamacare, thus the huge mess.
I agree 100% with some of your points. Popular wisdom says that the programs are “full of corruption, waste and outright fraud,” but given the huge budgets, the occasional well-publicized lapses are not really the norm. These three programs you mention WORK, and effectively provide benefits for those who use them. Private enterprise is far preferable to the government when there is a choice. But the private sector has proven itself unable to provide anything near universal health care and make a profit doing it.
Tort reform should absolutely have been addressed. But trial lawyers’ political influence would have rendered the program dead in the water. I think a far better idea would be the establishment of review boards qualified to address medical practices, yet not be part of the AMA network that historically protects physicians. These boards would have authority to throw out unreasonable lawsuits against doctors and hospitals who have followed established standards of care, yet allow those who have been genuinely harmed to proceed.