(June 25, 2015 at 1:44 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: One of the reasons I opposed ACA initially is because it represented a massive transfer of wealth from public coffers to private corporations; it was insurance companies raiding the Treasury. I still dislike it for that reason, but I would rather that than see people suffering with no possible recourse.
My son's mom fought a ten-year running battle with cancer. After seeing her denied the best care, and subsequently dropped, I don't trust the insurance industry one goddamned bit. Point of fact, they already are the "death panels" that the far-right fuckheads tried to trump up. Medicare saved her life.
Yes, you are exactly right. Insurance companies are the death panels.
And you are right that the ACA is transferring public money to private corporations. It is not at all ideal. But it is much better than how things were before. It is a compromise, rather than an ideal solution.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
