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Pinging the Cain Train!
Cain wins state poll of Tea Party members
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2810187/posts
Cain ‘stands up for America’ at Times-Union Center
http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2011-11-18/story/cain-stands-america-times-union-center#.TsfWSECDdKY.twitter#ixzz1eDMbz1sD
Cain Campaign Announces 800th Precinct Captain in Iowa
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2809987/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2810179/posts
Herman Cain vs Dave Letterman 11/19/2011www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2809978/posts
Guarding Mr. Cain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2810019/posts
Herman Cain, Rick Santorum Tear Up at Iowa Presidential Forum
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2810003/posts
Herman Cain has many of the same qualities of leadership George Washington had
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2809873/posts
Open Source Intell: Taliban Activity in Libya w/in Anti-Qaddafi Resistance (Cain Was Not Incorrect)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809808/posts
Minor nit: article is from November 2nd, not November 20th (this explains why they wanted to ask him about the harrassment complaints).
and he said he believes it is a proper role for government to provide a safety-net, with both state and national contributions. “We don’t want to leave anybody out of getting health insurance coverage,” he said.
This was Cain's answer to the question of "pre-existing condition" coverage. Unfortunately, the issue of pre-existing conditions is in fact the elephant in the room for health care reform. It's the whole reason you need a health care mandate -- if you are going to provide a "safety net" which allows anybody to get insurance at any time when they need it, you have to do a mandate, or else everybody drops their insurance coverage until they get sick.
Setting up a government program to provide this "safety net", with the parameter Herman Cain gives: "We don't want to leave anybody out" simply means that everybody can drop their health care, and government will be the new single-provider-insurance for everybody.
Trash Romneycare all you want, and I know we all want to -- but it's the natural result of government trying to meet the condition Herman Cain set in his answer -- "don't want to leave anybody out".
I don't think ANY of our candidates have the guts to say "Yes, we want to leave people out". But if you don't want a mandate, and you don't want government to take over your health insurance, you need to be willing to let people suffer the consequences of their actions. And that suffering has to be severe enough to convince people to buy health insurance if they are not rich enough to self-insure.
Is there a problem with health costs in America? That's the first question. Second question: Is it government's job to fix that problem, if it exists? Third question: If it exists, and it's government's job to fix it, HOW do you fix the "problem" of people happily getting health insurance through their employers?
Has Herman Cain proposed eliminating the deductions for health insurance purchased by business? I believe he has, as part of his 9-9-9 plan. Of course, that plan eliminates almost all business deductions, including employee pay, so it is likely it also eliminates deductions for buying health insurance for employees.
He Herman Cain proposed making it illegal for companies to offer health care to their employees as part of their employee compensation? If not, he doesn't seem to be addressing the "problem" he claims is causing our rising health costs.
He seems to complain that Obamacare is forcing companies to drop health coverage. But if Herman Cain believes that employee-provided insurance is "the problem", why is it not a good thing that Obamacare is driving employers out of the field? Isn't that going to "fix" the "problem" Herman Cain mentioned?
the powerful impact of the tax treatment of health insurance in shaping the American health sector
What does this mean? Is that impact good, or bad? Does Cain want to eliminate the tax deduction for health insurance? I believe he does, through his 9-9-9 plan. Would that be a good thing? (Frankly, getting rid of tax deductions targeted at making you do what government want seems like a good thing to me, but I doubt it would help the medical insurance problem).
Cain is savvy on issues which matter the most..such as
Healthcare
Jobs
Banking
Taxes
Israel
Pakistan
Not so much with issues which mean zilch..such as
Libya
Uzbekistan