Supreme Court Decisions

[Stoked]

Chief Justice John Roberts: American Hero

Stepped across party lines, and did the right thing. Thank you sir.

I disagree with the mandate but I have no problem with a man willing to stand for his beliefs and not for his party.

 

[PearlWatson]

Everyone is insured, everyone slaps some skin into this thing, and no one needs to go bankrupt because they were either refused health insurance, unable to pay, or acted stupidly by not getting insurance.

Too bad the percentage of medical related bankruptcies is higher in Canada than the US. Maybe because they ran to the U.S when they had huge waiting periods for life saving procedures.

 

[One Brow]

This is interesting. The argument is that there is no mandate to buy insurance, however, you must pay a "tax" if you do not have insurance. The thing I don't like about this is that I'm worried that the "tax" will only effect the poor/middle class who cannot afford insurance

If the only change in the law were the mandate/tax, you would be right. The law also provided for an extension of Medicaid so more poor people would be covered, the creation of hea=lh care exchanges, etc. The number who can genuinely not afford insurance should be small.

 

[One Brow]

Too bad the percentage of medical related bankruptcies is higher in Canada than the US. Maybe because they ran to the U.S when they had huge waiting periods for life saving procedures.

What are the life-saving, as opposed to life-enhancing, procedures to which you refer?

 

[sirkickyass]

Where in the HELL have you been!?

I poke my head around from time to time. Life has been weird for me the last six months, transitional periods do not allow for consistent message board contribution.

 

[One Brow]

I poke my head around from time to time. Life has been weird for me the last six months, transitional periods do not allow for consistent message board contribution.

If you don't mind, I would be interested in a replay to my last PM.

 

[sirkickyass]

Too bad the percentage of medical related bankruptcies is higher in Canada than the US. Maybe because they ran to the U.S when they had huge waiting periods for life saving procedures.

Before I respond to this I want to ask a follow-up:

Do you mean: a) the percentage of bankruptices that are medical-cost related among all bankruptcies filed in the two countries; b) the percentage of medical-cost bankruptcies on a strict per-capita basis; or c) some other thing?

I suspect you're just parroting something and don't know the answer, but there are pretty different implications depending upon what you mean.

 

[Revolution 9]

I disagree with the mandate but I have no problem with a man willing to stand for his beliefs and not for his party.

I ask my German co-workers all the time if they would take our old health care system or their current one all the time. I'm still waiting
to find one person who would go with our old broken health care system.

 

[PearlWatson]

What are the life-saving, as opposed to life-enhancing, procedures to which you refer?

It doesn't matter. I was just guessing at why there is a higher percentage of bankruptcies in a place where the government controlls health care.

 

[Stoked]

I ask my German co-workers all the time if they would take our old health care system or their current one all the time. I'm still waiting
to find one person who would go with our old broken health care system.

You won't find me arguing that the old system was not broken. I just dislike a "mandate/tax".

The arguement that we are paying for those that does not holds no water with me because the increases to Medicaid and similar programs are paid by us. So we are already paying.

 

[Revolution 9]

You won't find me arguing that the old system was not broken. I just dislike a "mandate/tax".

The arguement that we are paying for those that does not holds no water with me because the increases to Medicaid and similar programs are paid by us. So we are already paying.

We obviously need to adjust, and improve the policy. I do think it was the right direction to move in though. Now we need to demand that
both parties work together to improve it. If you don't have an idea how to improve it then stay out of the debate right?

What is Romney's alternative he keeps talking about. His "plan".

Anyone?

 

[Stoked]

We obviously need to adjust, and improve the policy. I do think it was the right direction to move in though. Now we need to demand that
both parties work together to improve it. If you don't have an idea how to improve it then stay out of the debate right?

What is Romney's alternative he keeps talking about. His "plan".

Anyone?

Two common themes I have heard from the right on fixing health care is tort reform and competition by the private sector...Not sure if Romney has signed on to that though.