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Obama was reelected, and the ACA will stay. I would like to see the GOP start working to address the flaws in Obamacare since replacing it with RomneyCare is out( not that I was looking forward to that option either).
What do you think are the odds that they will work to amend it and stop wasting time and tax payer money trying to scrap it? Also, thoughts on what the 1st change to the ACA should be?
Obama was reelected, and the ACA will stay. I would like to see the GOP start working to address the flaws in Obamacare since replacing it with RomneyCare is out( not that I was looking forward to that option either).
What do you think are the odds that they will work to amend it and stop wasting time and tax payer money trying to scrap it? Also, thoughts on what the 1st change to the ACA should be?
2 pages now and not one actual thing listed about what they would change with the ACA. It's because they like it, but aren't allowed to like anything that Obama does.
Every time they post without listing even a single issue they have with the program only reinforces how right I am.
i'd change it all by getting rid of the whole bill......but you want some specific examples.....
get rid of the 20 new taxes created by Obamacare....
get rid of the IRS agents that are going to hunt down people....
get rid of the "Board" that will promote rationing to curb costs...
get rid of the long lines that are coming because doctors/hospitals are disappearing...
get rid of free life-ending drugs and costly life-promoting drugs...
get rid of the excessive paperwork burdens....
get rid of the excessive burden on small companies to provide it or pay a fine....
get rid of people being forced to join Medicaid...
get rid of the whole nanny-state mentality....
is that enough for you.....?![]()
Obama was reelected, and the ACA will stay. I would like to see the GOP start working to address the flaws in Obamacare since replacing it with RomneyCare is out( not that I was looking forward to that option either).
What do you think are the odds that they will work to amend it and stop wasting time and tax payer money trying to scrap it? Also, thoughts on what the 1st change to the ACA should be?
There are PROBLEMS with the ACA?
You all were jumping for joy when it passed. Tell us what's wrong with it.
It doesn't do enough to bring down costs.
So let's revisit the idea of a public option.
I'm an either or person myself.Page 3....still not one reason.
I'll bite.
I'm an either/or kind of guy when it comes to healthcare. Either we need full blown socialist/communist universal healthcare, or government needs to get completely out of it and back the fuck off. These half assed measures they keep vomiting out are only making the situation worse.
Personally, I support universal healthcare. I think it's bullshit that some one who plays by the rules, works hard, stays healthy, and pays for their own health insurance, can come down with a horribly debilitating disease and they loose everything.
I think that this will prove to be a big mess with the people when all the taxes are realized starting next year and the following year. People have forgotten that little bit of the ACA.
I'd say the odds are about 0%. Opposing Obamacare is political lipservice, akin to Republican opposition to Abortion, a political tool they're loathe to let go of. Great for winning elections and getting out the vote. Then once in office ... [crickets chirpping]...
So bad-mouthing it on the campaign trail, I suspect, will continue. But actually do anything to repeal it? No chance. Just not seeing them actually doing anything on it, besides lipservice.
I'm an either or person myself.Page 3....still not one reason.
I'll bite.
I'm an either/or kind of guy when it comes to healthcare. Either we need full blown socialist/communist universal healthcare, or government needs to get completely out of it and back the fuck off. These half assed measures they keep vomiting out are only making the situation worse.
Personally, I support universal healthcare. I think it's bullshit that some one who plays by the rules, works hard, stays healthy, and pays for their own health insurance, can come down with a horribly debilitating disease and they loose everything.
I think we need to either repeal the law Reagan passed that forces hospitals to care for the sick, even if they can't pay, and accept that if you get sick and can't pay you either die, or seek help from a charity.
Or we demand that every American buy their own insurance and be responsible for their own healthcare costs.
Great Britain represents all that is good and bad with centralized, single-payer health care systems. Health care spending is fairly low (7.5% of GDP) and very equitable. Long wait lists for treatment, however are endemic and rationing pervades the system. Patients have little choice of provider and little access to specialists.
Percent Insured. ~100%
Funding. Great Britain has a single payer system funded by general revenues. With any centralized system, avoiding deficits is difficult. In 2006, Great Britain had a £700 million deficit despite the fact that health care spending increased by £43 billion over five years.
Private Insurance. 10% of Britons have private health insurance. Private health insurance replicates the coverage provided by the NHS, but gives patients access to higher quality care, and reduced waiting times.
Physician Compensation. Unlike in the case of other single payer systems such as Norway, most physicians and nurses are mostly government employees. In 2004, the NHS negotiated lower salaries for doctors in exchange for reduced work hours. Few physicians are available at night or on weekends. Because of low compensation, there is a significant shortage of specialists.
Physician Choice. Patients have very little physician choice. However, under the experimental London Patient Choice Project, patients waiting more than six months for treatment will be offered a choice of four different treatment providers.
Copayment/Deductibles. There are no deductibles and almost no copayments except for small copayments for prescription drugs, as well as for optical and dental care.
Waiting Times. Waiting lists are a huge problem in Great Britain. Some examples: 750,000 are on waiting lists for hospital admission; 40% of cancer patients are never able to see an oncologist; there is explicit rationing for services such as kidney dialysis, open heart surgery and care for the terminally ill. Further, minimum waiting times have been instituted to reduce costs. A top-flight hospital like Suffolk Est PCT was ordered to impose a minimum waiting time of at least 122 days before patients could be treated or the hospital would lose a portion of its funding.
Benefits Covered. The NHS system offers comprehensive coverage. Because of rationing, care might not be as easy to get as advertised. Terminally ill patients may be denied treatment. David Cameron has proposed that the NHS refuse treatment to smokers or the obese.
Health Care Around the World: Great Britain « Healthcare Economist
Obama was reelected, and the ACA will stay. I would like to see the GOP start working to address the flaws in Obamacare since replacing it with RomneyCare is out( not that I was looking forward to that option either).
What do you think are the odds that they will work to amend it and stop wasting time and tax payer money trying to scrap it? Also, thoughts on what the 1st change to the ACA should be?
There are PROBLEMS with the ACA?
You all were jumping for joy when it passed. Tell us what's wrong with it.
It doesn't do enough to bring down costs.
So let's revisit the idea of a public option.
public option won't work, you cannot afford it because 47% of this nation leech and do not pay a share.
I'm an either or person myself.Page 3....still not one reason.
I'll bite.
I'm an either/or kind of guy when it comes to healthcare. Either we need full blown socialist/communist universal healthcare, or government needs to get completely out of it and back the fuck off. These half assed measures they keep vomiting out are only making the situation worse.
Personally, I support universal healthcare. I think it's bullshit that some one who plays by the rules, works hard, stays healthy, and pays for their own health insurance, can come down with a horribly debilitating disease and they loose everything.
I think we need to either repeal the law Reagan passed that forces hospitals to care for the sick, even if they can't pay, and accept that if you get sick and can't pay you either die, or seek help from a charity.
Or we demand that every American buy their own insurance and be responsible for their own healthcare costs.
It doesn't do enough to bring down costs.
So let's revisit the idea of a public option.
public option won't work, you cannot afford it because 47% of this nation leech and do not pay a share.
It would actually save tax-payers, from a cost standpoint, for those whose policies will now be paid by the government, since they (we) have to buy insurance from the for profit sector. For those who would not qualify for government-paid insurance, it would merely be an option.