part 2
How is the status quo for Wal Mart employees some how better?
Why is it bad for people to get access to health care no matter what percent?
The bill prohibits dropping people in individual plans from coverage when they get sick. I wouild like Firedog lake to point out how the current system is better ..instead of trying to predict the future. Jane is a little hysterical. Im not sure Im willing to believe her predictions.
Where is the rest of the story? Im waiting for Jane to argue that the status quo is far preferable than baby steps toward change.. The bill should be scrapped because it doesnt go far enough.
Jane must not a be a student of history
She should check
Social security
medicare
both got progressively better over time
I know a couple trillion dollar savings over 20 yrs is not enough for Jane but.. every little bit helps
From my HC blog: "...anyone pointing to Social Security and Medicare as a case for incrementalism ignores the enormous difference in the political climate, media and level of special interest influence then Vs. today."
Let me say it again:
2014.
Republicans can do a lot of damage before then. There are no guarantees that any part of the tiny bits of good parts of this bill will survive that long.
This bill is a trap, and excuse for members of Congress and the President to say that they did something about our health care finance problems while still shoveling trillions of dollars more of taxpayers' dollars into the hands of a powerful few without doing anything to actually solve our problems. It's an old American trick: give the natives a few trinkets and they'll give you Manhattan.
