If I don't like what one insurance provider is providing , I can go to another, seeking a better deal. Not so with single payer(gubment, care). One size fits all.
From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] House on Obamacare! Mike, health care doesn't have to be expensive. And we need doctors who are actually interested in medicine rather than yachts and private planes. And by the what do you think insurance is? It's paying for some other people's problems at YOUR expense. IOW, it's supposed to be pooling your money with other just IN CASE you get sick and need treatment. Unfortunately it's become a way for some fat ass who is the insurance company CEO to get rich at YOUR EXPENSE. What thinkest thou about that?On 10/20/2013 08:16 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: >It's meant to be a flop. This is just a transitional stage to a single payer >health care system. Think *incremental-ism*. We're heading towards *equality >for all*. We'll all have a share in mediocrity, which will constantly be >defined down. If I can't have what you have, I'll make sure you can't have it >either. We're not evolving, we're devolving, just like the Soviet Union did. >Soon, government will dictate the *ideal* life span. If your genes take you >beyond that, then that's not fair and government will have to remedy that.If >your genes fail to get you to that ideal point then you'll get extra help to >get you there, at other's expense. Now that's fair, isn't it? > > >From: Richard J. Williams mailto:pundits...@gmail.com >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:35 AM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] House on Obamacare! > > >There is one thing we can say about Obama care - it’s a disaster. "...2½ weeks >after the launch of the “exchanges” that are supposed to be ObamaCare’s >operational centerpiece, it is clear to almost everyone that they are an >administrative disaster. In this crisis, there is an opportunity: to recognize >an impending economic and humanitarian disaster, and to act in time to avert >or at least minimize it." James >Tarranto:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303680404579143462696720716?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion > Four Things We Think We Know About Obamacare: 1. You have until March 31 to >buy health insurance. 2. The penalty for being uninsured next year is $95. 3. >If the exchanges don’t work, as a last resort, we can always get people signed >up through call centers. 4. The state exchanges are doing fine. Megan >McArdle:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-18/four-things-we-think-we-know-about-obamacare.html > On 10/20/2013 3:02 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: > >>http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/obamacare-failures-as-told-by-dr-house