Now don't you go saying that the Republicans just want to repeal the Affordable Care Act without having any plans for a replacement -- as a matter of fact, on Monday, three GOP senators -- Tom Coburn, Richard Burr, and Orrin "Giggles" Hatch -- introduced an exciting plan that would not only repeal Obamacare, but also replace it with a market-based alternative that is not a huge socialist tax increase on working Americans, because it is a
Anyone with substantial assets can, indeed, self-insure, so (/snark), your choice to pay the penalty may indeed be perfectly reasonable. I will point out that roughly half of the motorists killed in collisions have decent driving records (the drunk who T-boned them, not so much.) You takes your chances, every day.
The ACA is for the majority of citizens who can't dash off a check for $80,000 for unexpected (it's always unexpected) chemotherapy, without selling the house and the car and all the kids' savings bonds.
The insurance lobby would have killed it dead. It would have been too radical a shift in habits for the public. The only group that could have helped single-payer gain traction was the AMA, because doctors like single-payer. But the AMA sat on its hands because it didn't like the idea of caps on fees for high-priced specialists. There's really no way this could have happened without a full an robust Dem majority in both houses.
The ultimate irony is that the employer would still get a tax break
Hardly an irony, when that's precisely their intent. Taking away a tax break is a "tax hike" . . . when it happens to the 1%, or coporations.
I needed some imaging done . . . couldn't get a straight answer as to the cost, even from in-network labs. "It depends on a lot of things..."
Health benefits taxed at 28 to 38% and hedge fund capital gains at 15%? Seems fair. Plus, it closes a huge loophole that gives schmoes money for premiums, co-pays, and deductibles.
Anyone with substantial assets can, indeed, self-insure, so (/snark), your choice to pay the penalty may indeed be perfectly reasonable. I will point out that roughly half of the motorists killed in collisions have decent driving records (the drunk who T-boned them, not so much.) You takes your chances, every day.
The ACA is for the majority of citizens who can't dash off a check for $80,000 for unexpected (it's always unexpected) chemotherapy, without selling the house and the car and all the kids' savings bonds.
I never thought of "trickle down economics" as fancy words.
The two younger brothers had his back. With knives.
The insurance lobby would have killed it dead. It would have been too radical a shift in habits for the public. The only group that could have helped single-payer gain traction was the AMA, because doctors like single-payer. But the AMA sat on its hands because it didn't like the idea of caps on fees for high-priced specialists. There's really no way this could have happened without a full an robust Dem majority in both houses.
See also HariboLector's comment below.
i think it was ari who was actually the sickly problem one.
hence, you know, hollywood.
The ultimate irony is that the employer would still get a tax break
Hardly an irony, when that's precisely their intent. Taking away a tax break is a "tax hike" . . . when it happens to the 1%, or coporations.
I needed some imaging done . . . couldn't get a straight answer as to the cost, even from in-network labs. "It depends on a lot of things..."
Hard to care about the cost, when the doctors and hospitals do their level best to keep you from knowing.
Same as before, but IMPROVED - NOW WITH MORE TAXES!!!
Yep - be sure to tell the EMTs who pull you out of a car wreck, "Take me to the airport!"
The Invisible Hand of the Market in Your Pocket.
Health benefits taxed at 28 to 38% and hedge fund capital gains at 15%? Seems fair. Plus, it closes a huge loophole that gives schmoes money for premiums, co-pays, and deductibles.
Too soon!
Invisible fist of the market, rammed up your butt.