Who do you believe when there is so much
time and effort spent vilifying the opposition?
How do you form a balanced opinion when rational thought is replaced by
soundbite sized memes? There does not
seem to be room for compromise and consensus in governing anymore, and those
who try are eviscerated by their own party as turncoats. By the way, according to Wikipedia the term
turncoat is synonymous with renegade and comes from the time when one knight
would turn his coat of arms from one lord to another.
As we look at the debate on the repeal,
revision, replacement, or redux of the Affordable Care Act who knows the
truth. When the politicians spend a
night debating amendments that included such important things like renaming the
bill to “Republican Pay More for Less Care Act,” or “The bill cannot pass until
‘the individual who holds the office of President makes available to the public
authenticated copies of the individual's returns of Federal income tax for the
most recent ten taxable years’” you know the interest of the American people
are the last thing they care about.
My experience in health care is fortunately
extremely limited. I go twice a year to
a doctor to tell me I am healthy and every 3-5 years to let another doctor probe
parts of me I would prefer he not. What
I have seen though is the rapidly increasing layers of bureaucracy the government has added has
done little to protect me as a patient, or make my care more affordable. As I look at the insurance market place it
does not appear all the government burdens have made healthy people jump
on board to cover down on the cost of caring for the sick.
So
how can we know if this is a good (as in good for the average citizen) and
affordable (as in does not increase debt) replacement for the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act or not?
As an aside, you should know, if enacted, Power
Ball winners will now have to pay for their own medical coverage and states can
seek to levy a tax on what they spend on Medicaid.
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