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I guess I disagree with the premise that healthcare cannot

Posted on: March 3, 2017 at 07:28:46 CT
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become cheaper with legislation alone.

Medicare costs are relatively low and it's very popular. It's a single-payer system which helps keep costs low. A single-payer option in Ocare would have forced insurance companies to compete with the prices of that option.
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Obamacare 2.0 so good you can't read it - El-ahrairah KC - 3/3 06:57:56
     you thought wrong(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/3 08:18:33
     why can israel have great inexpensive health care - JayHoaxH8r MU - 3/3 07:52:16
     But the GOP also like to get reelected - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:18:58
          not if healthcare becomes cheaper - El-ahrairah KC - 3/3 07:21:02
               How much will it cost to be in a "high risk pool" and who - playhard NWMSU - 3/3 07:31:37
                    Well maybe people should take some responsibility - El-ahrairah KC - 3/3 07:45:03
                    The high risk pools will be exceedingly expensive and will - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:32:49
                         what's your philosophical or moral basis for the federal - 90Tiger MU - 3/3 08:20:55
               Healthcare will not become cheaper as long as - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:22:54
                    As with every market good, the only conceivable way that - ummmm MU - 3/3 07:26:56
                         Defense is by far our biggest expenditure, so why not - playhard NWMSU - 3/3 07:35:15
                              Not a terrible idea but you'd still have to mandate people - Civil-E-Tiger MU - 3/3 07:40:32
                              There is an argument to be made there. If people were payin - ummmm MU - 3/3 07:38:26
                                   Why can't I choose where all my taxes go? - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:42:24
                                        Why the "need" for taxation then - pickle MU - 3/3 08:52:01
                                        why tax and route through govt? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 3/3 08:21:49
                                        That's great. Why do you need taxation to do any of that? - ummmm MU - 3/3 07:43:51
                         I guess I disagree with the premise that healthcare cannot - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:28:46
                              Medicare is not cheap. And it's a perfect example of what I - ummmm MU - 3/3 07:33:22
                                   Medicare - Not cheap and currently, significantly worse - Civil-E-Tiger MU - 3/3 07:35:51
                                   I said it's relatively cheap. Yes everyone pays into it - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:34:48
                                        We also won't agree on this given our differing views on - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:37:29
                                             That's a non-sequitur - ummmm MU - 3/3 07:42:15
                                        Relative to what? To Obamacare? - ummmm MU - 3/3 07:37:05
                    Right, because forcing coverage doesn't drive up costs - Civil-E-Tiger MU - 3/3 07:25:57
                         The mandate was a mistake, yes - MrBlueSky MU - 3/3 07:26:48
                              It'd be nice if they kept single payer but did something - Civil-E-Tiger MU - 3/3 07:30:45
                    They won't be - El-ahrairah KC - 3/3 07:25:00




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