I read today that the House of Representatives is going to try to repeal ObamaCare for the 37th time.
I’m kind of on the edge of my seat here. Will it pass this time? Did it pass all 36 times before?
How long will it take House Republicans to realize that the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare has been law for a few years and there is no chance of repeal unless the Republicans take over in the Senate and maybe the White House. Wouldn’t their time be better spend in trying to fix parts of the law they find especially objectionable? Or trying to be constructive?
What if repealing ObamaCare actually will increase the deficit as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicted. Will the Republicans agree to raise taxes to make their plan deficit neutral? Or will they cut elsewhere?
All well and good…but…the purpose of the Act was to reduce the cost of healthcare FOR ALL in America…not at all so…fraud, waste and extreme prices with little transparency are still the order of the day…so far…all tha’s been legislated is that millions more will receive subsidized costly health care paid for largely by and increasingly burdened middle class. And, did Obama “lie” about illegals and their ready access to the Care also? So far, implementation woes have been reported. Sebelius “needs evenmore money” to practically implement the law, procedures, forms, exchanges, etc. And then, there’s the IRS “oversight”.
Nice site Jack…just happened upon it…best regards…Bill
Hi Bill,
Glad you found it.
I think there are many problems with ObamaCare and it certainly needs improving. But it seems silly wasting the time and effort to pass repeal bills that have no chance of being implementation. I like some of the ideas and disagree with others.
Nice that we can agree to disagree.
Jack
Jack…I agree…personally I think the Act is largely flawed and does not address directly some of the real problems with healthcare and does address others just fine. After it passed, subsequent efforts to abolish , repeal or greatly change it have been political grandstanding at best, I agree.Not so sure the Supreme Court’s opinion was completely correct though. But, once they weighed in re the constitutionality of the Act, further effort to abolish it should have been dropped. I agree with you, the Act can stand for improvement(like anything else) but with the lack of compromise by the parties in DC, I don’t believe anything of substance will be achieved in the short term.
Hi Bill,
Glad we can agree, at least in general. I’m sure we could work something out if it was up to us. What Washington seems to need are more people who can compromise.
Jack
re compromise…absolutely agree…this is a huge failure for the country (forget political parties and individuals). Without discussion and compromise, the difficult problems (of which there are any number) will continue to be pushed aside or “band aid” solutions will be rushed into place because of the most current “crisis”. The country will regress overall. We need definitive, workable, collaborative solutions…not 30 second sound bites or swipes at the other side. Think we agree here, too?
Yes, I think so. We may disagree in many areas and on exactly what that final compromise result should be but do agree that real discussion and compromise are needed.
Healthcare is NOT a right, it is a service, and when govt prdevois services the cost goes up, and the quality goes down. Why? The supply and demand curve gets eliminated and monopolies are formed. The only thing the govt should really step in and handle is tort reform. In a free market system you can’t require hospitals to take in sick people, but I’m sure most hospitals would have sponsorship programs for less fortunate people and more people would give $ to them.
Obviously we disagree