http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2009/12/head-fake-on-health-care.html
Friday, December 25, 2009
Head fake on health care
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There are good things in this bill and there is the possibility that it can be used as a foundation on which to build real reform. The problem is the discourse surrounding the bill. If it were being described by the press and the president as what it is — something short of reform — that would be OK. But it’s not. It is being described as once-in-a-generation reform and that creates the danger that this bill has become a once-in-a-generation chance to fix our broken system. If the House cannot fix it, cannot toughen this bill up, progressives need to walk away from it.
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As you may already guess, I think ALL these gooferment programs are a BIG mistake. Here’s a few points to try and convince you:
(1) If the gooferment runs health care and you get “screwed”, to whom will you appeal?
(2) Assume for a moment that the “estimates” are correct (and that is a HUGE ssumption), where will we borrow the money for it?
(3) Is it “constitutional”? (Equal protection in Nbraska, Fifth in the nationalization of insurance companies, Fourth in the individual “mandate”, and even First in the lack of conscience exemption about abortion)
(4) Is it necessary? (Could we not try some SMALL steps? Lawsuit reform. Tax deductability for individual’s purchasing their own policies like life insurance. Nationally available polices. Allowing credit union and WalMart to get into the “health” biz.
Let’s not throw what is the best to keep the politicians and socialists happy.
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