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Originally Posted by Bucco
the health bill ?
"President Barack Obama faces a fight over the health-care overhaul from states that sued today because the legislation’s expansion of Medicaid imposes a fiscal strain on their cash-strapped budgets.
Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania are among 14 states that filed suit after the president signed the bill over the constitutionality of the burden imposed by the legislation. The health-care overhaul will make as many as 15 million more Americans eligible for Medicaid nationwide starting in 2014 and will cost the states billions to administer."
"Besides the added Medicaid costs, the states are also challenging the right of the federal government to impose a mandate requiring individuals to buy health insurance. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, whose state filed a separate lawsuit today challenging the law, called the health legislation an “unconstitutional overreach” of the federal government’s authority. "
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=ajwSWE6H1kHM
To all of those who feel that those of us who oppose this bill are selfish, non christian, non caring people who want people to suffer....THAT is basically the consensus I get from those who posted in celebration.....THIS is ONE of the reasons it was opposed, and always remember it was done in the dark of backrooms ! |
I'm disappointed you haven't responded to the reasons I gave for why the process was "cleaner" than any previous landmark legislative effort. I'm not calling you any names, I'm asking you to respond to the issues.
And I'd like your response to today's hot one: the states challenge to the law written around the contention the federal government cannot require citizens to purchase health insurance. If you re-read the statements you cited above, it is the only SPECIFIC objection to the new law. (The nebulous references to future state budget problems are just that - nebulous.)
Here's a simple quiz:
Do you agree this new law is unnecessary because people are already protected, they can receive the health care they need in any hospital emergency room?
Do you agree one of the nation's greatest problems is the millions who don't contribute; either by their refusal to work, or how they take advantage of government programs?
Most of the TOTV posters who are unhappy with the new law totally agree with and continually cite these two points in attacking the new law.
The question then is, Who pays for the millions of uninsured emergency room visits and those who won't contribute? Answer: The insured.
You are so sure health care premiums will skyrocket and you will lose what you have. You are so sure the new law will bankrupt our nation. It is far more likely the financial participation of millions more citizens will finally stabilize health care costs. There is absolute proof of what has happened in recent years to health care costs in this nation, compared to all other developed nations. We must reverse this trend. The states cannot or will not do it.
Additionally, you and I and all the politicized special interests were not around yet when states adopted the rather common sense idea that everyone who drives a vehicle should be insured. Mandatory auto insurance is not a perfect analogy to health care, but imagine where we would be without it.