She is of course right. But the fact that the GOP is owned by the insurance cartel has no bearing on the constitutionality of the law. I respect why Roberts voted the way he did. But he was wrong.
Nevermind that this bill is a huge boon to the insurance industry. The only people who ought to be happy about this, in fact, are insurers and pharmaceutical interests, both of whom just got a ton of new customers at the barrel of a gun.
I pretty much despise our healthcare system, and this new law doesn't really affect me very much since I am employed and have a good plan now. But the people it does affect it affects by forcing them to purchase a product or pay a tax in situations where they may not be able to afford to do it. Of the folks who will remain uninsured under this law, the bulk of them are working poor who will either pay the tax or will not be able to pay the tax.
But hey, at least the insurers and pharmaceutical companies will be able to profit from it! Did I mention there are no real cost-control measures in the bill, but lots of free stuff for people that someone has to pay for? Our government is just awesome.
David is right. The ACA is just a cartelization of the industry. If insurers are no longer allowed to price risk, they will just get the government to price it for them.
The root of the problem is that "health" is inherently uninsurable. Americans indulge in numerous bad choices then ask a third-party payor to bail them out. It can't be done. We need nothing less than a whole new way of looking at well-being and inevitable suffering and death, but that's a long way off.
Nevermind that this bill is a huge boon to the insurance industry. The only people who ought to be happy about this, in fact, are insurers and pharmaceutical interests, both of whom just got a ton of new customers at the barrel of a gun.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much despise our healthcare system, and this new law doesn't really affect me very much since I am employed and have a good plan now. But the people it does affect it affects by forcing them to purchase a product or pay a tax in situations where they may not be able to afford to do it. Of the folks who will remain uninsured under this law, the bulk of them are working poor who will either pay the tax or will not be able to pay the tax.
But hey, at least the insurers and pharmaceutical companies will be able to profit from it! Did I mention there are no real cost-control measures in the bill, but lots of free stuff for people that someone has to pay for? Our government is just awesome.
David is right. The ACA is just a cartelization of the industry. If insurers are no longer allowed to price risk, they will just get the government to price it for them.
ReplyDeleteThe root of the problem is that "health" is inherently uninsurable. Americans indulge in numerous bad choices then ask a third-party payor to bail them out. It can't be done. We need nothing less than a whole new way of looking at well-being and inevitable suffering and death, but that's a long way off.
What's called health insurance is just a prepaid health plan.
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