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Originally Posted by Bucco
Do you really and truely believe that there is anything but a political agenda to all of this ?...
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Of course there's a political agenda. With politicians, there always is. The only thing we can hope for is that they collectively have enough feeling of responsibility that they will pass reform legislation that will really address the main healthcare issue facing the country--unsustainable and unaffordable increases in healthcare costs. I don't have high expectations for that happening, but I'm willing to keep the glass "half full".
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Originally Posted by dillywho
...I can barely pay for what you refer to as "deeply discounted" now and am aware that we will be paying more come next year. My resources are not going up and at that rate, it is not really difficult to understand why so many are uninsured....
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Dilly, your situation is
exactly why we need healthcare reform legislation this year. The costs are escalating at four times the rate of inflation. Many are feeling the pinch, including yourself.
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We'll know a lot more about the specific plans of the President when he speaks to the joint session of Congress next Wednesday night. Finally, we really will have a package of proposals that can be called "Obamacare". I think we'll also get some sense of how the Democrats will go about passing the bill. Do I expect a bi-partisan approach? No, that's been tried and hasn't worked. I think it'll be a pure power play.
But when all gets said and done, we should look at what's being proposed in comparison to the problem it is supposed to correct. Do the plans "bend the cost curve"? Do they
really reduce the cost of healthcare over the long run? Those answers will be important to all of us.