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Authored by: celtic_hackr on Saturday, June 30 2012 @ 08:25 PM EDT |
I think the reason they could not start from scratch is that the caliber of our
current legislators is such that no decent law could be passed, for most any
issue. That ACA law is most probably 900 pages of Political Pork and 74 pages of
American Care health reform. I remember when I read it, I was many hundreds of
pages in before I saw the first mention of anything health related. A lot of
pork was added just to get politicians to sign up for it.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: mpellatt on Sunday, July 01 2012 @ 02:30 AM EDT |
With respect, here in the UK, we did build a new health
system from scratch
with the formation of the NHS after the
Second World War.
It replaced what
was, arguably, then an effective local
publicly-funded provision for those
unable to afford
healthcare with
a national system. I doubt, though, that the
local system
would have been sustainable into the sort of interventions
we
have today without massive reorganisation, and probably
national funding, at
some point.
Whilst I haven't followed the arguments over this Bill in
any
great detail, I have noticed little discussion over the
massive distortion of
the job market caused by most people
who have health insurance receiving it as
an employment
benefit, and the constitutional implications of that. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: mupi on Sunday, July 01 2012 @ 04:23 AM EDT |
One of the (perhaps) unintended consequences of this law, however, is that for
many employers, it will be cheaper to pay the penalties than to continue their
current health care plans.
I know for a fact that's the case with my employer; it remains to be seen if
they will choose that course of action when the time comes.
I'm pretty sure that's not a Good Thing, any way you want to spin it.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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