Does anyone really think that a person who gets a government phone, food stamps, and public housing is really going to pay one dime of a deductible because they broke their wrist punching the lady next door whis disrespected her? Does anyone really think that they will pay $2,000 deductible for beating a heroin addiction intreatment?
Libs will “plough” on ahead towards SINGLE PAYER,
IF they have the POLITICAL POWER (WH, with BOTH houses) and can force the FED to buy unlimited quantities of BONDS (ie NO debt limit). Confiscation of property from the RICH (?)
will only allow them to go on for a little while.
My previous experience with a health care savings account was that it had to be used in the year it was saved or you gave it up to the government. Is that no longer true? Or was it because that’s what my company offered? The author implies you can build it over multiple years, which would be awesome. And, if that’s the case, why not use it for self-insurance and forget Obamacare?
Sharp kid. No matter how you slice and dice it the vegematic O care will not last beyond its warranty, oh, say, one year.
The left got to win the elections in 2014. That will be the first clue. A prominent Dem adviser summed up the situation, “The Dems are f@@ked in 2014”. I think that is true. Many blue collar Dems are sitting out of the election. GOP is motivated to go vote. Question is will the GOP know what to do with the electoral victories in 2014 if they control both houses of Congress? Gingrich did in 1994. Keeping the individualistic GOP reps and Senators unified will be the biggest challenge to who ever becomes the leader of the GOP.
Think of your typical wino or drug addict who subsists mostly or entirely on public assistance and gets their insurance nearly for free due to the income based subsidies involved. They have nearly zero incentive to minimize their healthcare consumption because there is little or no benefit to them to do so.
These are the people much more likely to crash the system than your typical elderly lady who had a fall and needs a hip replacement. They are also far less likely to be reigned in by the system because they are Obama voters.
Think it won't happen? Think again. Years ago when I drove cab for a living, one particular chronic wino accounted for more than half of my fares to and from the local VA hospital. He was in and out more often than your veteran who had occasional need to use the system, because the wino was an expert on just how far he could exploit the system to enable his lifestyle. And a veteran truly in need would be at a disadvantage in competing with the wino for limited VA resources.
Premiums are based on claims.
So if everyone follows the authors advice, the insurance companies will simply raise the premiums until premium income is in balance with claims paid.
The only way to beat the system, other than through the legislative process, is to opt out.
A zero premium raised to two zeros will not fund obumbler care.
The left got to win the elections in 2014. That will be the first clue. A prominent Dem adviser summed up the situation, “The Dems are f@@ked in 2014”. I think that is true. Many blue collar Dems are sitting out of the election. GOP is motivated to go vote. Question is will the GOP know what to do with the electoral victories in 2014 if they control both houses of Congress? Gingrich did in 1994. Keeping the individualistic GOP reps and Senators unified will be the biggest challenge to who ever becomes the leader of the GOP.
I’m surprised that there isn’t some type of Obamacare Supplement Insurance.