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Not to be political...but the elephant in the room...health care reform
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 349643" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p><em><strong>What do we actually understand? What is it? LOL.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>That's <em>exactly</em> what I said to difficult child yesterday. For all of his obstinacy and quirkiness, he loves to talk politics in the a.m. </p><p>I told him that many of the people who voted for the bill hadn't even read it, and those who had, have their pet projects, so would vote for it because it may contain one or two things they like. (That's actually true of many bills.) Or, they may like the general, overall idea, but again, may not understand all of the details and implications.</p><p> </p><p>He was shocked. (Hey, when husband was on city council, there were 2 members who never read anything until the day the vote was called. Several didn't know what eminent domain was, and 2 people thought they could vote against Roe vs Wade. One wanted to spend the entire contingency fund (designed for hurricanes and other disasters) on a new kids' sports arena. I am not making this up. Why would it be diff on a higher level?)</p><p> </p><p>Yes, some know exactly what it going on. Mostly, lawyers who can speed read. </p><p> </p><p>That's very hard to explain to a kid, much less an adult.</p><p> </p><p>The bill is thousands of pps long.</p><p> </p><p>Much of it will be "explained" by its real-life interpretation by "competing" ins companies, by doctors, and by --cough, cough, cough--lawyers. </p><p> </p><p>I have to admit, it bothers me when every single company turns down people with-pre-existing conditions. It defeats the purpose of ins, in my humble opinion. </p><p>MAYBE, maybe that will help some people who really need it.</p><p> </p><p>But so many doctors locally are quitting, and so many already don't take Medicare ... so, only time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 349643, member: 3419"] [I][B]What do we actually understand? What is it? LOL.[/B][/I] That's [I]exactly[/I] what I said to difficult child yesterday. For all of his obstinacy and quirkiness, he loves to talk politics in the a.m. I told him that many of the people who voted for the bill hadn't even read it, and those who had, have their pet projects, so would vote for it because it may contain one or two things they like. (That's actually true of many bills.) Or, they may like the general, overall idea, but again, may not understand all of the details and implications. He was shocked. (Hey, when husband was on city council, there were 2 members who never read anything until the day the vote was called. Several didn't know what eminent domain was, and 2 people thought they could vote against Roe vs Wade. One wanted to spend the entire contingency fund (designed for hurricanes and other disasters) on a new kids' sports arena. I am not making this up. Why would it be diff on a higher level?) Yes, some know exactly what it going on. Mostly, lawyers who can speed read. That's very hard to explain to a kid, much less an adult. The bill is thousands of pps long. Much of it will be "explained" by its real-life interpretation by "competing" ins companies, by doctors, and by --cough, cough, cough--lawyers. I have to admit, it bothers me when every single company turns down people with-pre-existing conditions. It defeats the purpose of ins, in my humble opinion. MAYBE, maybe that will help some people who really need it. But so many doctors locally are quitting, and so many already don't take Medicare ... so, only time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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