CeJ wrote: > End most tendentiously. > > > 1. Does it aim or can it achieve? > 2. Extending federal plans to 30 million does not come anywhere near > close to universal coverage or universal access to insured health > care. > 3. Directs federal subsidies towards and into the unsustained pricing > bubbles centered on cost of prescription drugs (the profits of the > pharmaceutical companies) and health care provision (the HMOs). > > So the coverage is not anywhere near universal, and, as O. himself > said, you can't extend coverage without curbing costs (i.e., ending > the bubbles). > > Even if the Repugs don't re-take control and repeal all this, we are > now set up for 5 more years of bubbles in drugs and HMOs, subsidized > by the bond-writing ability of the federal government.
^^^^^^^ CB; Bubbles _always_ burst. When this one bursts, it'll real socialized medicine, like a real Swedish model, not a bailout. The worst , the better ! ^^^^^ > > Meanwhile, if the economy turns down again and severely, look for up > to 50 million Americans to lose their coverage (many of whom won't > know they are out until they have to use it). > > The only way this could result in a public option and universal care > would be if an HMO goes bust like an investment bank--or auto > maker--and the federal government has to take over ownership of it. ^^^^^^^^ CB: See above comment ^^^^^^^ > > Finally, the bill seems to have created the possibility of a > constitutional crisis in that people will question whether or not the > federal government has the right to force you (or fine) to buy health > insurance (duff policies at that) from for-profit HMOs. Now the HMOs > aren't going to fight that--hell, they want the money from that too. > So what will squelch any challenge to the constitutionality of it all > is simply that the HMOs would cut off funding to any party that did > challenge it. CB: We like constitutional crises, in general, but that sounds like a hokey militia/Confederate/states rights Tenth Amendment theory, like the Confederates and segregationist put forward. Michigan's Attorney General is trying to sign on to something. There's something of a political exorcism, purging of the rightwing taint , in all this healthcare hullabaloo. The reactionaries are jumping out of the wood work. Healthcare is like a Full moon of the political season. Ideological wherewolves flash their teeth and reveal themselves for what they are. > > I have to agree with Biden: health care reform this time around? Big > fucking deal. Or was Biden for once in his life not being ironic? > > CJ CB: Well, I'm glad he said "fuck" on national tv /internet. That's a good sign (smile) > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
