Posted on 10/28/2013 8:37:22 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Romneycare used Medicaid funds the state ALREADY receives to subsidize health insurance. They were going to get the money anyways.
I don’t have auto insurance. I have no car.
Should I be shot by the fascist thugs because I am not paying in?
ObamaCare and RomneyCare are not about getting people insured, you might have noticed that premiums skyrocketed - this is because it is a wealth redistribution scheme and some people will be paying the premiums for others.
This is socialism. Even if it is done at a state level.
OK. You don’t drive. You don’t need auto insurance. Fine.
But we have to make sure that if you don’t have health coverage and you get sick and go to the hospital that you won’t walk away from that bill.
lol
That shouldn’t be the governments business. The federal government is $17 trillion in debt and it thinks it should be charged with that? lol
That’s what civil court is for...the man entered into an arrangement with the hospital, they treat his ailment, he pays them. If he fails to honor his part of that agreement, well fellow, we’ll see you in court.
How does having the government involved in a private transaction help anyone involved? Simple, it doesn’t.
Stop making arguments that RomneyCare was not a budget buster until you reply to the Cato information posted above. Your say-so doesn’t make it true in the face of reality.
Who is “we” Kimosabe?
You and your statist bureaucrat buddies?
Hospitals should be free to contract as they see fit.
I totally agree. Health insurance is NOT a federal responsibility. But the states can regulate health insurance and they can regulate automobile insurance.
Hospitals are not free to contract as they see fit. They cannot turn people away.
Be sure to send our love to Mitt, Juan and Linda at your next RINO conclave.
unless they speak Spanish and are in the country illegally. There - fixed it for you.
they can regulate it, but they cannot force me to buy things I don’t want
But they could if Government weren’t in their business in the first place.
So you would patch a failure of government with more government.
Nice. Socialist.
Yo cannot put debtors in prison. If you could, half the college students in this country would now be in the slammer.
Keep in mind that the media are now unashamed agents of the Democratic Party, and that all policy disputes will be cast as disagreements between “rational” Democrats and “extremist” Republicans. And even indisputable facts will not get in their way. For example, when the recent government shutdown was looming, the Seattle Times editorialized that it was time for Republicans to break ranks and show courage, to quit acting as a monolithic block-vote. But that is what the DEMOCRATS were doing - acting as a block vote - whereas the Republicans were divided and squabbling.
Free markets can correct for bad debts.
Your repeatedly preferred socialists positions cannot.
I hate socialism. But the law states hospitals cannot turn away anyone. I do not favor more government or higher taxes. Romneycare did not raise taxes. Romneycare did not increase new spending. Romneycare rediverted funds already allocated to the state from Medicaid.
Who said anything about prison? Civil court, not criminal court...
Liens, garnishments, etc. to recoup the payments owed...rightfully owed to the provider of said services.
It’s quite simple, if you don’t like the arrangement, don’t enter into it. Find another provider more to your liking.
Exactly. And if Romneycare proved to be bad and unpopular and workable tthe voters in that state could repeal it in the next election. Bad laws get passed. Bad laws can get repealed. Much easier on the state level.
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