Comments on: Obamacare won’t solve the problem

By: realityunwound

realityunwound — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:01 +0000

Wrong on lots of levels for lots of reasons.
1. Obama’s claim that McCain was going to tax benefits was spin. I don’t remember all the nuances but he was also offering a $5000 tax credit for Health Insurance.

2. Me being against Obama HARDLY makes me for McCain. He wasn’t my guy, and he lost because he’s hardly a republican.

By: David Banks

David Banks — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:15 +0000

And talk about truth is elastic. Even if the post was 100% correct (which its not) it would mean that you are now coming up with reasons to be AGAINST what your man supported in the campaign.

By: David Banks

David Banks — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:02 +0000

Why doesn’t mandatory auto and homeowners insurance wreck our future and bankrupt us and all that?

By: realityunwound

realityunwound — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:51:20 +0000

The Space Program – if we were going to have 10,000 doctors gear up to treat 3 to 5 patients a year at a cost of bazillions of dollars, that would be an appropriate analogy.

Special Forces, Coast Guard, FBI, etc – I don’t want my medical care run like a military installation. It’s a totally different mission and function. I’m not a big fan of a standing congressional “hospital closures committee” duking it out over which hospital to close.

The Hoover Dam – See space station above. If the Hoover Dam was built ahead of schedule (or even on schedule) and at or below budget, and it were built 100 times a year, it may be a closer analogy.

The National Parks System – Game management is not the same thing as managing health care for 100,000,000 people.

By: David Banks

David Banks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:40:37 +0000

And to the rest of your post, all the more reason to put those people on some sort of premium paid medical plan rather than the simple “everyone pays 3%” medicare plan.

By: David Banks

David Banks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:39:17 +0000

or the FBI, or Hoover Dam, or the National Parks system. this is a fun game.

By: David Banks

David Banks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:37:23 +0000

or how about, “think of everything you know about the coast guard, the image the term conjures up in your mind, If you like the coast guard, you’ll love public health care”

By: David Banks

David Banks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:36:42 +0000

or how about, “think of everything you know about the space program, the image the term conjures up in your mind, If you like the space program, you’ll love public health care”

By: David Banks

David Banks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:35:57 +0000

or how about, “think of everything you know about the special forces, the image the term conjures up in your mind, If you like the special forces, you’ll love public health care”

By: realityunwound

realityunwound — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:25:16 +0000

I do say that the cost is rising, but that's not the primary problem. I think costs are rising because the quality of care is rising. What's making the program unsustainable is that it's being flooded by boomers & busters (or whatever the next generation is). Interesting side note. For those who don't think Obama is using the government option as a "trojan horse" for a single payer program, here is a video with then Senator Obama saying that he "happens to be a proponent of a single-payer, universal health care system" just before he says that he isn't a proponent of a universal health care plan. Which is it? I read a good analogy. "Think of everything you know about public housing, the image the term conjures up in your mind. If you like public housing you will love public health care."