I think this sounds reasonable.
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.: How the GOP Should Fix ObamaCare – WSJ.com.
And, I really liked Donald Randolph’s comment.
Great comments from Tarzan (friend’s pseudonym):
Interesting article. Just too bad that we couldn’t have Medicare for all. I can tell you as a Medicare beneficiary, it is wonderful. At least, for the most part. I reject the notion that “the country can’t afford Medicare for all.” We can afford every damned thing else, or so it seems. Like staying in Afghanistan for approximately forever if you can believe tonight’s NBC news.
Another thing I don’t understand is this: “Obamacare” is almost identical to “Romneycare” that our friends in Massachusetts seem to be enjoying. From everything I’ve heard and read, Obamacare is pretty much what the Republicans proposed years ago. So I just don’t get all the blowback. Except that we’re talking about politics and there are a lot of whores in politics, as you well know.
Obama and his crowd have really fu*ked things up with the online enrollment disaster. How in god’s name could they have allowed something like this to happen? I mean, they’ve had months, and months, and months to have the very best tech people get the thing online and in a simple form that people could understand, but no, No, NO! Just HAD to fu*k it up. Or sit on his/their asses and allow it to be fu*ked up.
It would have been bad enough, even under the best of circumstances. I can tell you that as one who has an MBA, I have spent literally days trying to get my Medicare supplement and Rx plans lined up for next year. There are approximately a zillion options and studying them and looking at copays and deductibles and premiums for the ones of most interest has been anything but easy.
I don’t mean to sound elitist, but if I have had trouble navigating all this sh*t, how in the world can the poor, worn-out, high school dropout cashier at the Mapco station do it?
But, hey, I’m about to get out of control here. So will hush. But one last thing: I would not be at all surprised if Obamacare is repealed. You know, just like catastrophic health care coverage was repealed 15 or 20 years ago. And then we’re going to be back to where we were with the great unwashed overflowing ERs leaving huge unpaid bills and stacks of charity care which, in the end, you and I will be paying for.
“The right choice of a free society is to empower individuals to take control of their own health care finances . . .”
Sounds good. Until you think about it and realize that about 85% of this country’s “free society” haven’t been able to take care of their personal finances at all. Living paycheck to paycheck with huge credit card bills and almost no money set aside for retirement.
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