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doggletts 1 year ago
Anybody who claims Obama's recently-signed healthcare reform law is too-far left is claiming the Republican party of the 1990s were a bunch of socialists (HINT: wrong).
Because Obama favors "bipartisanship" so much, he started off by ruling out a single-payer system. He pushed his congressional allies to incorporate most of the GOP healthcare counter-proposal issued to Clinton in the 1990s. This healthcare bill is a staunchly conservative bill. Until we get a public option, it will remain so.
h4KK 1 year ago
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Please, Republicans:
search Google for [ kaiser health 1993 2009 ]
You'll find a comparison between today's recent healthcare reform and the 1993 GOP counter-proposal to Clinton. The law Obama signed is mostly the same as the 1993 Republican healthcare plan.
People on the left aren't happy with the idea of mandated private insurance (we want a public option). Republicans are opposed to this because Democrats supported it - why else would a bill that's mostly theirs be worthy of opposition?
h4KK 1 year ago
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In 1965, the year Medicare was signed into law by LBJ, US government spending as a percentage of GDP was 26.96%. In 2006, US government spending as a percentage of GDP was 35.06%. Since the Social Security Act of 1965 which established Medicare, there have been various expansions of government control over medical care, which have only accelerated health care inflation rates by restricting the supply of health services.
zonerlbc 1 year ago
You know that 3% of everything you make goes directly to Medicare ...right? Plus more that 15% goes to Social Security...right? Plus MORE will go to some new health insurance program under Obama's plan...right?
Do you think it's a good idea for 20% of what your employer pays YOU to go to some federal program that will likely fold by the time you are 50?
JohnMarden 1 year ago
Surprise surprise! Providing medical insurance exclusively for the elderly is a costly and nonsensical thing to do! They're the least-healthy and least-fit among us, and they require the most healthcare of any age group.
If we expand the insured pool by allowing opt-in Medicare for everyone (at cost plus ~2% profit), the program's financial situation will improve. That is the nature of insurance - the healthier your group and the larger your group, the stronger your operation will be.
h4KK 1 year ago
You know this recording was made in opposition to Medicare...
...Right?
h4KK 2 years ago
Yep. What kind of financial condition is Medicare in today?
jjdward 1 year ago
While Medicare is not without its problems, it has dramatically improved access to health care, allowed seniors to live longer and healthier lives, helped greatly reduce poverty amongst the elderly, contributed to the desegregation of southern hospitals, and has become one of the most popular government programs.
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