ONLY 10 questions to get educated on a TWO THOUSAND PLUS page set of statutes, provisions, limitations, new taxes, and such?
Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
ONLY 10 questions to get educated on a TWO THOUSAND PLUS page set of statutes, provisions, limitations, new taxes, and such?
Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
(more)Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
The red line is the supply curve. As doctors are required to provide more visits to patients, they charge more for their services. Space at other doctors' offices is filled up so the doctors' time becomes scarce. The more scarce a product or service, the more expensive.
The blue line is the demand curve. At the highest point on the blue line visits are at the highest price that one person will demand one visit. The lowest point is where the highest amount of demand is. As the price decreases, the demand increases. Will you buy a TV for $50,000? How about for $5,000... $500... $50... etc... With each price reduction, more people demand the product.
The purple dot is the equilibrium price. This is the price that the free, unrestricted market finds. The doctors provide the perfect amount of visits t...
The red line is the supply curve. As doctors are required to provide more visits to patients, they charge more for their services. Space at other doctors' offices is filled up so the doctors' time becomes scarce. The more scarce a product or service, the more expensive.
The blue line is the demand curve. At the highest point on the blue line visits are at the highest price that one person will demand one visit. The lowest point is where the highest amount of demand is. As the price decreases, the demand increases. Will you buy a TV for $50,000? How about for $5,000... $500... $50... etc... With each price reduction, more people demand the product.
The purple dot is the equilibrium price. This is the price that the free, unrestricted market finds. The doctors provide the perfect amount of visits to meet the public's demand based on the mutually perceived value of those visits.
Now, if I start Zak Health Insurance and offer you and all the other people in your town the ability to visit the doctor at the lower price represented by green dot, as long as you pay a monthly subscription to my service, the demand in the town will shift as well. However, the doctors will still demand the higher pay based on the increase in demand (orange dot). You end up paying the difference, the yellow shaded area, in your subscription/premiums. It is a scam of a system to get people to pay more without realizing they are paying more, because you get used to the premiums coming out of your check every pay day. You never even see the money most times, but the price at the register is now much lower. You feel like you are getting a bargain. Even if the system were taken over by the government, the problem would be the same, it would just be your taxes rather than you premiums that would go up.
A better system would be to have health care cover only catastrophic injury and illness. No body goes to the doctor after a car crash unnecessarily. No body goes in for chemotherapy with out being diagnosed with cancer or hepatitis. I would support the act if it mandated that system. That is a sustainable health care system.
Where did you get this talking point that has so little merit?
As far as regulations go, capitalism is not the problem. Corporatism/Cronyism is a huge problem in our country. How do you propose fixing it? I don't believe giving MORE power to the government (which is half of the problem in corporate and government collusion). I believe taking powers from the federal government and giving them back to the state, county, city and local governments. We will get better results when problems are handled locally. It is harder to convince someone to sell out their constituents when they are neighbors.
People will still have copays for services that are not considered necessary and that will deter unnecessary doctor visits.
And leaving health care decisions to health insurance companies doesn't help anyone except the health insurance companies. They are concerned with profits. The regulations in the ACA will change that and make health care more patient-oriented. Health insurance companies will now have to spend more on health care for their customers and less on administative costs.
The red line is the supply curve. As doctors are required to provide more visits to patients, they charge more for their services. Space at other doctors' offices is filled up so the doctors' time becomes scarce. The more scarce a product or service, the more expensive.
The blue line is the demand curve. At the highest point on the blue line visits are at the highest price that one person will demand one visit. The lowest point is where the highest amount of demand is. As the price decreases, the demand increases. Will you buy a TV for $50,000? How about for $5,000... $500... $50... etc... With each price reduction, more people demand the product.
The purple dot is the equilibrium price. This is the price that the free, unrestricted market finds. The doctors provide the perfect amount of visits t...
The red line is the supply curve. As doctors are required to provide more visits to patients, they charge more for their services. Space at other doctors' offices is filled up so the doctors' time becomes scarce. The more scarce a product or service, the more expensive.
The blue line is the demand curve. At the highest point on the blue line visits are at the highest price that one person will demand one visit. The lowest point is where the highest amount of demand is. As the price decreases, the demand increases. Will you buy a TV for $50,000? How about for $5,000... $500... $50... etc... With each price reduction, more people demand the product.
The purple dot is the equilibrium price. This is the price that the free, unrestricted market finds. The doctors provide the perfect amount of visits to meet the public's demand based on the mutually perceived value of those visits.
Now, if I start Zak Health Insurance and offer you and all the other people in your town the ability to visit the doctor at the lower price represented by green dot, as long as you pay a monthly subscription to my service, the demand in the town will shift as well. However, the doctors will still demand the higher pay based on the increase in demand (orange dot). You end up paying the difference, the yellow shaded area, in your subscription/premiums. It is a scam of a system to get people to pay more without realizing they are paying more, because you get used to the premiums coming out of your check every pay day. You never even see the money most times, but the price at the register is now much lower. You feel like you are getting a bargain. Even if the system were taken over by the government, the problem would be the same, it would just be your taxes rather than you premiums that would go up.
A better system would be to have health care cover only catastrophic injury and illness. No body goes to the doctor after a car crash unnecessarily. No body goes in for chemotherapy with out being diagnosed with cancer or hepatitis. I would support the act if it mandated that system. That is a sustainable health care system.
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At it's core- it speaks strongly to my own philosophy- absolute personal responsibility. I'm 51 years old, I have never had a credit card. Try thriving and surviving in America with some 35 years of THAT history!
I really do agree wholeheartedly with that.
But you speak from the luxury of youth, health and possibly good genes.
It's a crap shoot you cannot take credit for- call it a blessing, or luck- whichever fits in with your own spiritual perspective.
it's very possible that you may know one, or even two or three people- whose irresponsible abuse of their own health led to some crisis-
I know hundreds of opposite anecdotes- and have sat at bedside with terminal innocents- and I cannot explain why very young children get struck with horrific diseases- nor why anyone good or bad does.
Because disease exists, illness happens- unless you are able to argue that every person who gets sick- somehow deserves it for some lack of responsibility-
I'm afraid I have to reject the premise of your assumption that your philosophy is based upon.
And I do so with utmost respect for your views. :)
Otherwise, why would he give us such short lifespans?
You answered 10 out of 10 questions correctly, better than 99.6% of Americans.
Aside from the Obama-haters, who will find fault in anything he does - and the completely brain-dead RW'ers- who get their "news" strictly from Fox/Beck/Limbaugh (and there's a HUGE overlap between these two groups) - I don't get why the more rational, "right of center" folks would be against this bill.
Have the right-centrists also been lobotomized over the past few years?
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