ObamaCare’s last hope: Terrified Senate Republicans

Canada Free Press ^ | 11/14/16 | Dan Calabrese

[Osage Orange]

No...OBAMACARE was wrong...because it was/is leading to GOVERNMENT CONTROL of ALL HEALTH CARE.

When...if we get there....you will have bean counter's telling you what healthcare you can have...and what healthcare you can't have.

Example...." Oh, sorry you are over 70 yrs old...we don't authorize CABG's after 70..."

Or...."Oh, you need a CABG....we will schedule that 9 months from today.."

Or..."You have a child that has Down's....We are sorry, but we will not treat symptoms, any longer"

I could go on and on....but you think Obama had the RIGHT IDEA.

That's great....................

[EVO X]

Why blow up the entire system for 2-3%?

Because they can? I think you have to go back to the time it was passed in March of 2010. U3 unemployment was ~10% and U6 at ~17%. The democrats thought they had just demolished the GOP for at least a generation and would add to their majority by buying votes through healthcare freebies.

The healthcare industry went along because the economy was awful and killing their bottom line. Instead of innovating, the healthcare industry decided to go the crony capitalism route with what they thought would be a guaranteed revenue stream.

[MNJohnnie]

Actually Democrats who face re-election in 2018 in red and purple states are the ones terrified. They have to run for reelection in 2018 without Obama coat tails to drag them across the line like he did in 2012.

They have a choice, be obstructionist to please the fringe wacko Leftist base and piss off their home state voters or they work with Trump to please home state voters and lose their fringe wacko mega donors.

[xzins]

Create the conditions for a market catastrophic plan with high deductibles and low premiums and let the market across the nation across state lines compete for prices over the years. Require that anyone using hospitals which receive tax funds in any way must have insurance. That is no different than requiring that anyone who drives on highways built by tax dollars must have car insurance.

Next, I’d allow monthly payments to come from EBT cards and require food purchases to be restricted from luxury food items. If you can prevent beer then you can prevent lobster and filet mignon.

Finally, for those with part-time jobs at entry level minimum wage levels, who were not on an EBT card, I’d provide full deductibility for employers offering health benefits and store owned health savings accounts usable by the employee while working for that employer but ultimately owned by the employer when that worker leaves.