It seems that, in Democrat World, the fact that the majority of American citizens are dead set against the individual mandate, and Obamacare, matters little, because Democrats know what is best for you stupid citizens, and you should be thanking them for forcing you to either purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Dem supporters have tried many different tactics in the wake of the Supreme Court hearing as we await their decision: comparing it to Bush v. Gore, calling a ruling that shoots the law down as “judicial activism”, saying it will destroy the court, going the scare route claiming it would be replaced with single payer, and even attacking the Court before the verdict is rendered. Now, here comes another from far left pundit Jennifer Granholm, who was a Democrat governor of Michigan, served on Obama’s transition team, and is now on Current TV
Granholm starts out with the typical story about someone not having insurance then being forced to pony up $3,000 for medical treatment, said treatment ending in the ER for pneumonia. Perhaps the person could have purchased insurance beforehand, which would have been the responsible thing to do and less than the $3k. Which will be mandatory with the Mandate. And the cost won’t be going down. Then we get
(Politico) A “health care mandate,” it seems, is in the eye of the beholder.
Carmelita has been mandated into the uninsured health care market, banished from “normal” care by a wholly unaffordable insurance system. She doesn’t have insurance, but believe me, she’s participating in commerce. She was forced, mandated to purchase emergency care or choose to risk her life. She doesn’t want that kind of health care coverage; like any rational person, she’d prefer to buy an affordable policy. But like tens of millions of others, she can’t afford it. The market for health care services is ubiquitous; the question is whether Congress mandates emergency-room market participation or a rational health insurance market system. The old system is no less a “mandate” than the Affordable Care Act.
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I just think it's funny how conservatives once touted the mandate as being good policy. I guess alot has changed since the 90's.
ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt that we must address the issue of affordable health care for our citizens,but to put 12% of our economy in the hands of the federal government is lunacy.They see this as another cash cow like social security,they will steal the money.Affordable health care does not have to be 1400 pages. We should not have to pass it to find out what's in it.Let's not let health care go the same path as the railroads, the postal service and social security.If the federal government puts their hands on it it will surely get screwed up.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the Supreme Court justices asked whether they had to read all 2700 pages of the bill to determine whether all 2700 pages were constitutional. He didn't sound happy.
ReplyDelete7:48 you say "12% of the economy", yet you are surprised at the size of the bill. And last I checked, private insurers are still making money providing healthcare insurance. Hence cut the whole "gov. takeover" bs
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ReplyDeleteYou are correct in that private insurers are still making money,that is because the government hasn't taken control yet.You don't think this administration is stupid enough to put his bill into action before an election do you?