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Obamacare written to deceive the public.
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public.
(November 28, 2014 at 8:22 pm)Heywood Wrote:
(November 28, 2014 at 4:59 pm)rasetsu Wrote: And how does that solve the problem of people not being able to afford healthcare because they don't have insurance. Insurance is little more than a structured way of distributing risks across a class of people. If you pay for healthcare directly without that buffer, it ends up costing more for, I presume, the taxpayer, because you don't have a whole class of people contributing via insurance. You end up having to pay that cost by raising taxes. I don't see how that is an improvement.

Government produced health care would be free or at minimal cost to the recipient of that healthcare. It would drive down the cost of health care because the more there is of something, the cheaper it will be. The price of oil is dropping significantly because the Saudis are increasing their output to make the price so low that it becomes unprofitable to extract it from American shale.

If the price of health care is so high that it is not affordable to the average American the solution is to produce more of it. Obamacare does nothing to lower the cost of health care. It will actually make the cost go up by increasing demand for it. On top of that it will restrict supply because for many of the newly insured(medicaid), re-reimbursement rates are set by the government at artificially low prices.

Insurance is not just a way of distributing risk across a class of people. It is also a gambling transaction. Generally when you make a bet with an insurance company, your bet has a negative expected value and their bet has a positive expectation. The positive expected value ends up being the insurance companies gross margin. Under Obamacare, if an insurance company makes so many bad bets that it loses money, the government will re-reimburse them for their losses. Its like being able to spend a night at the casino and if you win...awesome. If you loose don't sweat it...the government will send you a check to cover your losses.

Obamacare is a shitty law because it does nothing to actually address the problem....health care is expensive. It merely covers it up with a very expensive bandaid. You will see the amount of money spent per capita on health care in the United States rise because of Obamacare.

You let the truth out once again to blind to see what you yourself typed. So you are fine with health care being a gambling transaction? Only a selfish person would think that.

Ok, we can play that game. If you want to treat health care like making a bet on a roulette wheel, then it is a safe bet everyone will get sick and everyone eventually does. You don't care about anyone but yourself, otherwise you would not equate a human need in the same manor you put gambling. Gambling is a choice, getting sick is not a choice.

The human body is flawed and every human will get something some way at some point. I find your attitude very sick, as sick as saying "no one is entitled to water".

I swear man the way you think, you'd be thrilled if the private sector could control oxygen consumption and charge humans for breathing.
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Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 14, 2014 at 3:24 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 14, 2014 at 3:39 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Minimalist - November 14, 2014 at 3:37 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 16, 2014 at 11:01 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 11:08 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 16, 2014 at 11:32 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Angrboda - November 16, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 18, 2014 at 8:12 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 4:00 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by simplemoss - November 16, 2014 at 5:04 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 5:24 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 16, 2014 at 5:20 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 16, 2014 at 5:38 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 16, 2014 at 7:09 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 7:22 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 16, 2014 at 7:23 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 8:46 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Lao Shizi - November 16, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 16, 2014 at 9:15 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 16, 2014 at 10:50 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 16, 2014 at 10:57 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 16, 2014 at 11:04 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 12:35 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Esquilax - November 17, 2014 at 2:23 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 17, 2014 at 2:39 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 17, 2014 at 2:23 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 6:17 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 17, 2014 at 7:11 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 7:28 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 17, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 17, 2014 at 12:13 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 6:57 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 7:24 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 17, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 17, 2014 at 9:53 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 10:50 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 17, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 18, 2014 at 5:10 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Ryantology - November 18, 2014 at 1:25 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 17, 2014 at 10:59 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 11:13 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 17, 2014 at 11:39 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 18, 2014 at 12:44 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 18, 2014 at 10:44 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 18, 2014 at 10:43 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by DeistPaladin - November 19, 2014 at 12:00 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 19, 2014 at 1:06 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 18, 2014 at 6:38 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 20, 2014 at 7:46 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by simplemoss - November 18, 2014 at 9:34 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 18, 2014 at 9:48 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 18, 2014 at 10:56 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by DeistPaladin - November 18, 2014 at 11:25 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 18, 2014 at 6:31 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 18, 2014 at 6:36 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 18, 2014 at 8:56 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 19, 2014 at 12:50 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 19, 2014 at 11:31 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by DeistPaladin - November 19, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 19, 2014 at 10:00 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 19, 2014 at 10:07 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 19, 2014 at 10:49 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 18, 2014 at 8:23 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Silver - November 18, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 19, 2014 at 5:28 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by simplemoss - November 19, 2014 at 4:22 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 19, 2014 at 9:51 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 19, 2014 at 9:57 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 19, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 20, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 20, 2014 at 7:04 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 19, 2014 at 9:43 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 23, 2014 at 5:48 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 23, 2014 at 7:00 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 7:22 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 7:30 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by DeistPaladin - November 23, 2014 at 11:59 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 23, 2014 at 12:47 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 23, 2014 at 1:19 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 23, 2014 at 9:01 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 24, 2014 at 10:28 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by A Theist - November 24, 2014 at 6:09 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 23, 2014 at 1:28 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 23, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 23, 2014 at 1:49 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 23, 2014 at 1:51 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 23, 2014 at 2:11 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 23, 2014 at 4:41 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 20, 2014 at 11:52 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Aractus - November 20, 2014 at 9:27 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by simplemoss - November 23, 2014 at 1:01 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 23, 2014 at 8:17 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by simplemoss - November 24, 2014 at 6:59 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Jaysyn - November 24, 2014 at 11:00 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 24, 2014 at 11:38 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Jaysyn - November 24, 2014 at 11:59 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 24, 2014 at 12:07 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Jaysyn - November 24, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 24, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 12:21 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by DeistPaladin - November 26, 2014 at 12:30 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 12:42 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 26, 2014 at 1:07 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 7:27 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 26, 2014 at 8:16 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 8:35 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 26, 2014 at 10:11 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 27, 2014 at 11:25 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 27, 2014 at 1:25 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 27, 2014 at 11:28 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 27, 2014 at 11:57 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 28, 2014 at 12:00 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 28, 2014 at 12:25 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 28, 2014 at 8:30 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Esquilax - November 27, 2014 at 1:59 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Angrboda - November 26, 2014 at 9:23 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 24, 2014 at 2:31 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 25, 2014 at 4:26 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by bennyboy - November 26, 2014 at 9:05 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 10:03 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by DeistPaladin - November 26, 2014 at 11:06 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 11:28 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 6:04 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Angrboda - November 26, 2014 at 4:57 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 26, 2014 at 5:58 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by vorlon13 - November 27, 2014 at 11:35 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 27, 2014 at 12:48 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 28, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Angrboda - November 28, 2014 at 4:59 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 28, 2014 at 8:22 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Brian37 - November 28, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 29, 2014 at 12:25 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 29, 2014 at 3:24 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 30, 2014 at 11:19 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - November 30, 2014 at 4:19 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - December 2, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Surgenator - December 2, 2014 at 2:33 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 30, 2014 at 1:56 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 30, 2014 at 4:14 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Heywood - November 28, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by abaris - November 28, 2014 at 2:27 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by xpastor - November 28, 2014 at 4:41 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Dragonetti - November 30, 2014 at 1:28 pm
RE: Obamacare written to deceive the public. - by Dragonetti - December 2, 2014 at 12:53 pm

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