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Not to be political...but the elephant in the room...health care reform
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 349903" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>I sincerely believe that we need improvements to our healthcare in the US, especially to make coverage available to everyone. But I am not happy with the process, or the outcome of this bill.</p><p> </p><p>1) To have a major social bill of this kind be passed by only partisan support (and with the last of those limping over the line as they were bought off by deals) is guaranteed to cause major problems. There's already numerous legal challenges that the bill isn't constitutional, and there is a very strong possibility that when the power shifts to the Republicans it will be repealed. in my opinion, it would have been far better had this been a bipartisan effort to fix the problem areas instead of partisan effort to overhaul it all. This past decade has seen the rise of what may be the most dysfunctional, least approved of congress in history. Had this been a bipartisan effort, future congresses would have been much more likely to be willing to work with it to try and work any bugs out.</p><p> </p><p>2) Costs. No one truly has any idea of what this bill will cost, when you take into account the unknown price of the deals made to buy votes together with the deceptive accounting that was done to make it appear cost effective. </p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775504575136133814210008.html?mod=rss_opinion_main" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775504575136133814210008.html?mod=rss_opinion_main</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21holtz-eakin.html?ref=opinion" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21holtz-eakin.html?ref=opinion</a></p><p> </p><p>I don't believe for a moment that this bill will keep costs down. The US government isn't exactly known for efficiency or cost containments. I believe it will increase the national debt and result in tax increases for the upper and middle classes, plus pass the costs along to future generations. The money has to come from somewhere so they're either going to have to borrow it, print it, or tax it out of someone. I don't believe for a moment that money will be generated from reduced costs or budget reductions. </p><p> </p><p>3) Medicaid, the largest governement run healthcare program, is in serious trouble because it is inefficient, often doesn't pay providers enough to justify their services, and it often doesn't pay them on time. States, pharmacies, and doctors are limiting number of patients and/or considering pulling out if they haven't already. </p><p> </p><p>And I don't know about your states, but people who are on the state run programs here have very limited choices and long waiting lists...and it won't get any better because we're $5+ billion in debt, with no relief in sight. Politicians here simply can't live within their means and sometime it's got to catch up with the citizens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 349903, member: 701"] I sincerely believe that we need improvements to our healthcare in the US, especially to make coverage available to everyone. But I am not happy with the process, or the outcome of this bill. 1) To have a major social bill of this kind be passed by only partisan support (and with the last of those limping over the line as they were bought off by deals) is guaranteed to cause major problems. There's already numerous legal challenges that the bill isn't constitutional, and there is a very strong possibility that when the power shifts to the Republicans it will be repealed. in my opinion, it would have been far better had this been a bipartisan effort to fix the problem areas instead of partisan effort to overhaul it all. This past decade has seen the rise of what may be the most dysfunctional, least approved of congress in history. Had this been a bipartisan effort, future congresses would have been much more likely to be willing to work with it to try and work any bugs out. 2) Costs. No one truly has any idea of what this bill will cost, when you take into account the unknown price of the deals made to buy votes together with the deceptive accounting that was done to make it appear cost effective. [URL]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775504575136133814210008.html?mod=rss_opinion_main[/URL] [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21holtz-eakin.html?ref=opinion[/URL] I don't believe for a moment that this bill will keep costs down. The US government isn't exactly known for efficiency or cost containments. I believe it will increase the national debt and result in tax increases for the upper and middle classes, plus pass the costs along to future generations. The money has to come from somewhere so they're either going to have to borrow it, print it, or tax it out of someone. I don't believe for a moment that money will be generated from reduced costs or budget reductions. 3) Medicaid, the largest governement run healthcare program, is in serious trouble because it is inefficient, often doesn't pay providers enough to justify their services, and it often doesn't pay them on time. States, pharmacies, and doctors are limiting number of patients and/or considering pulling out if they haven't already. And I don't know about your states, but people who are on the state run programs here have very limited choices and long waiting lists...and it won't get any better because we're $5+ billion in debt, with no relief in sight. Politicians here simply can't live within their means and sometime it's got to catch up with the citizens. [/QUOTE]
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