Well I was pleasantly surprised that the Supreme Court
upheld Obamacare but it did so in a most unusual fashion; John Roberts, the
chief judge and a member of the conservative block, was the swing vote and
voted with the liberals which has NEVER happened…so what gives???
I have written many times about how our health system needs
reform BIG TIME; it is unsustainable as it is today. I am not saying Obamacare
is the absolute answer BUT it is a step in the right direction and we can
always argue the fine points later. The Republicans have NO PLAN of their own;
they just appose everybody else’s plan.
Romney is the inventor of Obamacare so it is silly listening
him attack Obamacare which was based solely on Romney’s blueprint which he
enacted in Massachusetts ;
how can you disavow your own invention?
The Constitution is like the Bible; you can find support
there for basically all views, you just have to know how to spin it correctly.
The conservatives on the bench want a small federal
government and prefer to allow individual states to have the power of deciding
certain issue. The liberals prefer a strong federal government because
individual states can’t be counted on to vote correctly, so take the power away
from them.
In my opinion, our healthcare system is totally screwed up
and very inefficient and can never be reformed on a state by state basis; there
has to be a national effort.
In my opinion, the biggest waste of money in healthcare is
treating the uninsured. Since the uninsured know that emergency rooms cannot
toss them out if they have no insurance, but are mandated by law to treat them,
they go there often and for every little thing; they have FREE medical care
paid for by the taxpayers, over and over and over again.
Well enough is enough and if you don’t want to get health
insurance than treat yourself! That is not a cold attitude on my part because
many of the uninsured can absolutely afford health insurance but why should
they pay for insurance when they can get treatment for FREE just by going to the
ER and saying I have no insurance BUT you have to treat me…
Yes, many cannot afford it and that is why we have MEDICAID
which will be enlarged to accommodate more people that are poor.
The young think they are invincible so why should they get
insurance; invincible until they crash their car or bike or fall over in a
drunken stupor…sorry, you also need insurance…you can stay on your parent’s
policy till 26.
So the federal government is NOT forcing anyone to get
insurance, no they can stay uninsured BUT they will have to pay a 1% tax on
their income every year they remain uninsured. So no one is forced to do
something against their will, they are just assessed a tax for not being
uninsured and that is what John Roberts used as his argument for voting for
Obamacare.
The 1% tax penalty is bullshit since I don’t see how that
can be enforced and 1% is no penalty; they should have a penalty with some
teeth to get all those assholes to realize that it pays to be insured.
I will have more on this issue on the flip-side because it
is truly a historic moment…
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