INTELLIGENT REPUBLICANS; A QUESTION FOR YOU
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2012 Jun 29, 4:28pm 44,340 views 117 comments
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Bap33
2012 Jul 8, 7:22am
It needs to be paid for in the same way all health care is paid for, which is more transparent and will lead to hospitals being more accountable for what they charge.
not being a nitpick marcus, but this sentence really caught my eye. All health care is paid for by people that pay in more tax than they take out. About 5% of the tax base. I would rather see the medical complex have to charge prices that can be paid - a market price, for lack of better terms. It seems that most medical fees and wages are just made up from whatever number those who choose them feel they can get (a little bit like teacher wages .. normally 200% of the average wage in their area). There is no market at work, is there? Anyways, I am all for making the medical complex explain their fees if I have to pay for everyone's care.
freak80
2012 Jul 8, 7:37am
Just out of curiosity, where does Paul's donkey talk to him?
There is a talking donkey in Numbers somewhere, some prophet off to curse Israel, donkey gifted w/speech by an angel equipped, IIRC, with a flaming sword. (Never understood that whole flaming sword business. I mean if you're an angel, shouldn't a plain old ordinary sword be enough for you to do what needs doing?) After the flood, but still in the OT, not NT.
Yeah I was wondering about that too. I never remember anything about St. Paul talking to a donkey from my days in Sunday school.
But it seems we have two different conversations going on in this thread.
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No, "intelligent republicans" is not an oxymoron. THere are intelligent republicans. Or at least there used to be.
Here's the question.
Republicans are promising to repeal and redo "ObamaCare," while preserving pre-exisitng conditions coverage, and all of the other favored aspects of ObamaCare, but killing the mandated coverage of everyone (or penalty (tax if you prefer)for not being covered).
Can you explain how this will be paid for or how it even makes sense ?
If there's no mandate but there is preexisting condition coverage, what's to prevent me from waiting until I'm sick to get insurance ? In other words being covered by a subsidy from your insurance.
I don't think being able to buy insurance accross state lines is any great shakes. I'm sure that could somehow be done on top of ObamaCare as easily as it could as part of a redo.
This is a topsy turvy world when republicans are upset by a good, business friendly, conservative policy, just because it was championed by a democrat.
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