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Judging Candidates | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Judging Candidates (4.00 / 2)

And THANK YOU for going after Krugman. He's become so anti-Obama he's obsessing over the smallest, most useless details now. I've lost a lot of respect for him lately.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 12:21:23 AM EST

Re: Judging Candidates (4.00 / 4)

Yesterday he got all upset over:

Obama likened Clinton's health care mandate proposal to eliminating homelessness by requiring everyone buy a house.

Funny thing... I've NEVER before heard of a better analogy. Why create a new mandate that can never be enforced all because you're afraid to do it right in the first place? Has it occurred to anyone that by not making the purchase of insurance compulsory, he might actually be hoping for the system to fail in the long run, compelling us to replace it with "The Most Efficient Healthcare Delivery System In The World" - Medicare - but for everyone?

by RandyH on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 12:44:40 AM EST
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Re: Judging Candidates (4.00 / 3)

You know, Randy, if someone wants to engage in pinheadedness and actually debate the comparative merits of their two health care plans, you can come down on two sides.

On the Hillary side, there's a compelling case to be made that mandates are required to avoid free-riding and to get the insurance companies to insure everyone.

On the Obama side, that's a compelling case that Hillary Clinton has learned nothing and is proposing a plan that people will truly hate once they understand it. I know that in my case, since I am poor enough to qualify for subsidies, I would have to go on the dole to get the health insurance or suffer a penalty for refusing to enter the bureaucracy and ask for a handout. Yes, I would be grateful for the health insurance, but I don't like being forced on the dole.

It's a bargain I'll take, but people simply are not going to like her policy and therefore it will be very hard to pass. Haven't we been here before?

But this is precisely why I could care less about their policies. If we have to get a health insurance plan through a Republican filibuster, it's going to wind up looking pretty much the same way no matter who proposes the original bill and what is in it. If we don't have to worry about a Republican filibuster...well...no one would have ever written either of these plans if they weren't panicked about a Republican filibuster. The plans will simply become inoperative...too timid...too concessionary.

So, the best thing for health care is the maximum gain in House and, especially, Senate seats. And that, quite obviously, is what Obama promises.

by BooMan on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 12:55:49 AM EST
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Re: Judging Candidates (none / 1)

Yup.

Obama has long coattails. And he intends to build them in every state that he possibly can. If he can make the nomination, he will bring a whole new big-D Democrat congress with him from down-ticket races. Then he can unveil what he would really like to see - single payer (Medicare) for all.

by RandyH on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 01:03:49 AM EST
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Re: Judging Candidates (none / 1)

...And in my case, I could qualify for subsidies as well, but it's just fundamentally the wrong way to go about reforming healthcare. A major problem in this country is that we expect employers to provide healthcare as a fringe benefit. That's bullshit. No employer should have to do that. It makes them less competitive globally and it traps people in jobs they hate because they're afraid they can't afford to leave and do the things that they would rather be doing. And once the government starts forcing people to buy a healthcare plan, employers will drop their plans and expect their employees to fend for themselves. So healthcare becomes a major new expense to everyone who has gotten used to employer-provided healthcare. Like fixing the homeless problem by simply requiring everyone to buy a house.

My dad has Medicare (with a supplemental plan as a retiree, which shouldn't be necessary) and he loves it. He picks his own private sector doctors and they get paid fair rates for their services. I would love to have a plan like that. I can't even buy a plan at any cost due to pre-existing conditions. If I wanted to take some corporate job - that I would hate and would probably kill me - with a huge group health plan, I would get coverage. But that's no way to live. So I wait for a real solution. Thing is, I have a good idea who might deliver that solution and I also know who definitely won't. 50%+1 Hillary ain't gonna deliver shit.

by RandyH on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 01:28:37 AM EST
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Re: Judging Candidates (none / 0)

A chief argument for the mandates is that those who could afford insurance but don't buy it are a burden on healthcare providers (hospital emergency rooms). I work in healthcare and this argument drives me nuts. The people described above do end up paying, it just takes a little longer to collect on them. Usually they are put on payment plans, and sometimes even go to collections. Hospitals are not burdened by these patients, they are burdened by the uninsured who really can't afford to pay any bill, and thus the whole bill is written off as charity care. Under Obama's plan, we'll get these patients taken care of, and those who continue to choose not to buy it but can afford it will continue to pay through the collections process.

by RollaMO on Thu Feb 7th, 2008 at 10:04:41 AM EST
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