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Originally Posted by Bucco
You always seem to like this health care bill yet it is a travesty that has very little mechanism within it to cut costs at any time. It simply says you now must buy it...it is a bonanza for health care insurers.
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To be honest, I can't "like" this health care bill because we haven't seen the "law of unintended consequences" take effect yet.
There are aspects that I *loathe*, to be honest. In my opinion, from what I've read, this is MASSIVE welfare for health insurance companies and I think I've made my opinion of them (the companies) clear.
I'm man enough to admit I have mixed feelings on this *issue*. The capitalist in me leans one way while the part of me that is revolted at the idea that sick people should NOT be a growth industry (a feeling I started developing while working in a hospital) leans the other.
Make no mistake - I'm all in facor of doctors, nurses, researchers, et al making a decent living. My primary bone of contention has been with those who add no value who are simply sucking the system for all it can deliver to them. Part of me says health care's first priority need to be to the patient and NOT the shareholder. But health care IS a business - I just haven't seen any justification for the ALWAYS-higher-than-inflation increases in cost.