tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post4906540334113753511..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Lee Fang — GOP Lawmakers Now Admit Years of Obamacare Repeal Votes Were a Shammike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-21759262398802723662017-04-01T11:31:40.443-04:002017-04-01T11:31:40.443-04:00Deficits are irrelevant. The military budget prove...Deficits are irrelevant. The military budget proves it. Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-65322492967923194712017-04-01T11:18:42.574-04:002017-04-01T11:18:42.574-04:00ACA is a great example of a well functioning PPP. ...ACA is a great example of a well functioning PPP. Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756430577510633914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-83815522379673586672017-04-01T07:27:07.075-04:002017-04-01T07:27:07.075-04:00Still doesn't answer my question......
How ar...Still doesn't answer my question......<br /><br />How are you going to "cover healthcare costs" "via taxes" if the Drs, nurses and technicians save any USDs??<br /><br />If they save you're going to have to report a deficit and you won't "cover costs via taxes"...<br /><br />Channeling your inner Bernie??<br /><br /><br />Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-74665261420346155282017-03-31T21:27:57.749-04:002017-03-31T21:27:57.749-04:00Riddle me how that works
It works because it elim...<i>Riddle me how that works</i><br /><br />It works because it eliminates the middleman (insurance: add 50% or more in profit, overhead, obfuscation, lobbying, denial of services, etc.) and implements price controls. Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-88182282281865189522017-03-31T20:31:51.625-04:002017-03-31T20:31:51.625-04:00"the residents pay the state – via taxes in a..."the residents pay the state – via taxes in amounts determined by the state – to cover healthcare costs,"<br /><br />LOL!<br /><br />Riddle me how that works Batman if the doctors and nurses and techs save USDs?Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-16503104559855476242017-03-31T20:24:27.752-04:002017-03-31T20:24:27.752-04:00Well if you can't afford the sky high insuranc...Well if you can't afford the sky high insurance then you just pay he tax and go on the Medicaid type process... which is like single payer...Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-20632789596871428342017-03-31T20:01:52.186-04:002017-03-31T20:01:52.186-04:00If you don't buy the insurance under ACA you t...<i>If you don't buy the insurance under ACA you then pay the "fine" i.e. your "tax" and you are covered by a process where the providers bill the govt directly (like Medicare/Medicaid) for any procedures based on the fee schedules the govt publishes.....</i><br /><br />Actually, without insurance you pay retail. And the fine is only levied against a tax refund, there is no other enforcement.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-47602888008377708462017-03-31T19:25:22.121-04:002017-03-31T19:25:22.121-04:00Here the link to the full F.H. Buckley article at ...Here the link to the full <a href="http://fhbuckley.com/biography/" rel="nofollow">F.H. Buckley</a> article at the NY Post that Unknown cites.<br /><br /><a href="http://nypost.com/2017/03/30/why-trump-should-embrace-single-payer-health-care/" rel="nofollow">Why Trump should embrace single-payer health care</a><br /><br />Good article. Let's see if the Trump team picks up on it.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-80926390634909414342017-03-31T19:05:58.307-04:002017-03-31T19:05:58.307-04:00Also, Trump's speech writer just wrote an arti...Also, Trump's speech writer just <a href="http://nypost.com/2017/03/30/why-trump-should-embrace-single-payer-health-care/" rel="nofollow">wrote an article in support of "Single Payer"</a><br /><br />Quote:<br /><i>Better still, tackle the problem now.<br /><br />A do-nothing strategy leaves in place the present system that has raised prices for the insured, and will raise them more until ObamaCare collapses under its own weight. That’s a callous way to treat Americans, and reminds people that the Republicans blew health-care reform.<br /><br />So what would reform look like? Here’s one that’s off the table: Ryancare, a plan only an accountant or a right-wing ideologue could love. It left 20 million Americans without health care but cut expenses. Not to worry, said Ryan, we’re going to have a balanced budget.<br /><br />I can’t imagine a plan better calculated to play to the stereotype of a heartless Republican Party.<br /><br />That wasn’t what Trump promised, in any event. What he said he wanted was a plan that would leave no one uninsured.<br /><br />The simplest way to do this is universal health care, on the Canadian model, with a right of individuals to purchase a Cadillac plan on top of this out of pocket. And there are things that might be added, like removing the ban on reimporting drugs from Canada.<br /><br />Not only would this be close to what Trump promised, but it would be a responsible response to the problem — one, moreover, that would reach across the aisle to the Democrats. Take out all the killer amendments that would give them a plausible excuse to reject it, and ask them to put up or shut up.</i>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198667003900590106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-721808432410838112017-03-31T18:44:43.276-04:002017-03-31T18:44:43.276-04:00GOPhers are charlatans. Always have been, always w...GOPhers are charlatans. Always have been, always will be. Nothing new there. <br /><br />Yesterday I saw a video in which Trump looked straight down the camera lens and claimed in all sincerity: "I never said 'repeal and replace'". Just like he never promised to lock up Killary, or a hundred other things. <br /><br />What's to say? The so-called "conservatives" are nothing more than liars, although their lies may be coming backing to bite them BIGLY in their collective buttocks by way of the town halls, but Trump is teaching them a thing or two about an art form that they thought they were the masters.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181631191840432399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-88108998227511370472017-03-31T18:20:16.121-04:002017-03-31T18:20:16.121-04:00If you don't buy the insurance under ACA you t...If you don't buy the insurance under ACA you then pay the "fine" i.e. your "tax" and you are covered by a process where the providers bill the govt directly (like Medicare/Medicaid) for any procedures based on the fee schedules the govt publishes.....<br /><br />I don't see Trump getting his "disaster!" necessarily...Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-88630786708665521992017-03-31T17:51:33.389-04:002017-03-31T17:51:33.389-04:00ACA with premiums no one can afford is basically s...<i>ACA with premiums no one can afford is basically single payer</i><br /><br />Do you post this nonsense out to stir people up (troll) or do you actually believe it?<br /><br /><i><b>Single-payer</b> healthcare is a system in which the residents pay the state – via taxes in amounts determined by the state – to cover healthcare costs, rather than individuals buying from private insurers competing for their business.</i>Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-23371860608697295332017-03-31T15:39:38.078-04:002017-03-31T15:39:38.078-04:00ACA with premiums no one can afford is basically s...ACA with premiums no one can afford is basically single payer... Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-53264661822502697002017-03-31T15:34:32.388-04:002017-03-31T15:34:32.388-04:00Get something, anything passed for health care and...Get something, anything passed for health care and it can never be repealed. We just keep pushing toward single payer until we get that. It is what we wanted in the first place.Ryan Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815033054435303399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-69299126501872130982017-03-31T15:15:21.440-04:002017-03-31T15:15:21.440-04:00Strange how the GOP had no problem voting for this...Strange how the GOP had no problem voting for this bill:<br />https://theintercept.com/2017/03/29/to-serve-att-and-comcast-congressional-gop-votes-to-destroy-online-privacy/Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-23856416991581868892017-03-31T14:44:44.548-04:002017-03-31T14:44:44.548-04:00Trump ran on "Repeal & Replace" and ...Trump ran on "Repeal & Replace" and won.... i.e. not "Repeal"... <br /><br />The libertarian garbage in the "Freedom!" Caucus are being intransigent for only a "Repeal" and that is not what Trump won on...<br /><br />So this has to play out within the GOP for now... <br /><br />In the mean time we still have ACA to fall back on...Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-23700792993280390202017-03-31T14:10:47.057-04:002017-03-31T14:10:47.057-04:00It's too funny that the highlighted quote was ...It's too funny that the highlighted quote was broadcast on Sirius XM "Patriot" Radio!Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756430577510633914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-78090700608846662482017-03-31T13:50:18.085-04:002017-03-31T13:50:18.085-04:00GOP loves to act like they have a bunch of cojones...GOP loves to act like they have a bunch of cojones and then when it comes time to actually govern or do anything of substance, they fall apart like a house of cards. The party of "no" does it again. Penguin pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438480665686684027noreply@blogger.com