Lets hope the Repubs don't take us back to freeloader socialist healthcare

[Disir]

With all its possible problems Obamacare appears to have at least its hear was in the right place. Charge the freeloaders for health insurance whenever they try for a tax refund and eliminate Anthem Insurance's death panels (if you must call them that) and at least make them the government's.

Over the next two years a bit of gridlock might just lower the deficit. I hope they don't manage to over ride a veto and get us back to the Nixon, Carter and Reagan era of socialized freeloader healtcare and living under the fear of having a pre existing condition.

You mean like hospitals that don't pay property taxes, right?

I honestly don't know if hospitals pay property taxes. Some operate like non profits but then again so does the NFL and its commissioner isn't exactly living like a nun.

Lead me further down your train of thought.

Most of them get out of paying property taxes because they are supposed to writing off x amount for charity care. On it's face, we say........awe that is exactly how it should be. 'Cept they pick and choose who gets the care and there isn't a whole hell of a lot of oversight. The problem is that it falls on the rest of us to cover their share of property taxes. Not only are we picking up the tab for these folks we have to pick up the tab for many non profits.
Do Nonprofit Organizations Pay Property Taxes Chron.com

State law on hospital exemption sends property taxes up in Urbana News-Gazette.com

Cleveland s hospitals are ducking millions in taxes and should pay their fair share three groups say cleveland.com

 

[hipeter924]

I am hoping they remove that nasty part of the ACA, where they punish or fine people for not having health insurance or not being able to afford it.

 

[hipeter924]

Yes, it would be just terrible if small businesses and large businesses no longer had to pay premiums for healthcare for their empolyees...and that savings lured companies back on shore to provide more jobs...making more people employed and having money...making consumer confidence go up, creating more jobs and more disposable income to create even more demand...

Just horrible. I have nightmares just thinking about it.

If they wanna fine tune Obamacare fine.

Under the old system, you, your company and me all paid for the socialized healthcare for the poor and freeloaders we had.

Consider in 2007 I knew an unfortunate gal with a bad gallbladder. She got surgery for the $100 the hospital took when she walked in. Then u know who paid the rest by the time that hospital claimed it as a loss on their taxes and passdd on the rest of the cost to its other customers? Me, you and our businesses.

Now every time she files a tax return looking for a refund they will at least fine her.

Everytime she files a return now the government will give her a subsidy to pay her insurance.

Obamacare is just a more organized theft than the previous system.

If the government gave a damn about healthcare they would build hospitals and clinics.

Damn right. For what they spent on the ACA they could have put a free clinic in every city/town/village in the US and staffed it 24/7.

Then fine the shit out of idiots stupid enough to go to hospital ERs instead of the clinics.

The ACA was fairly corrupt to begin with, as a few insurance companies stood to benefit from the ACA, while the rest that had been offering basic plans were forced to drop them in favor of more expensive cover demanded by the ACA. It might offer better cover, but at a price a lot of people can't afford.