Jun 29th 2012, 3:59:27
[quote poster=callipygian; 18571; 345271* Don't get smug, all you Republicans. Romney's not even pretending to have any sort of soul so it's not like Romney's going to be able to make any of the tough decisions (Afghanistan, Social Security, deficit) that Obama failed to do. You guys seriously should have rallied behind McCain in 2008 so he didn't have to pull desperation moves with his VP pick. Of all the ironies in the world, the nascent Tea Party movement snubbing the one person in all of Congress who had a 30-year track record of fiscal restraint has to be one of the greatest. [/quote]
Everybody agrees that there are at least some good parts to the Obamacare law (okay, when you get to 90%+ in life, that everybody). I think the Republicans next move should not be to vote repeal of Obamacare in the House of Representatives...that has 0 chance of passing the senate without some serious Democratic defections. I think they should first pass a law to ban pre-existing conditions, allow kids to stay on their parents' plan until they're 26, and those kind of almost universally commended aspect of the Obamacare law. Now, Democrats are going to say that this doesn't do anything, that it's all political, and that it's unneccessary since Obamacare is (by and large) constitutional. I'd agree with the first two points, but not the last. Republicans have said that they will repeal Obamacare and if they trully intend to do this, then (as good servants of the sovereign people of this country) they should ensure that those golden nuggets of Obamacare are preserved. It would be good service to the people to preserve those parts of the law before they repeal the law itself. Yes, it definately be political (very shrewd politics indeed) and no, it would not do anything...right now. It would, however, do something if/when Obamacare is repealed as Republicans fully intend to do.
Think we could have real healthcare reform any time soon? Think we could have healthcare reform that actually addresses the causes of high healthcare costs...and not just the symptom of high healthcare costs?
Everybody agrees that there are at least some good parts to the Obamacare law (okay, when you get to 90%+ in life, that everybody). I think the Republicans next move should not be to vote repeal of Obamacare in the House of Representatives...that has 0 chance of passing the senate without some serious Democratic defections. I think they should first pass a law to ban pre-existing conditions, allow kids to stay on their parents' plan until they're 26, and those kind of almost universally commended aspect of the Obamacare law. Now, Democrats are going to say that this doesn't do anything, that it's all political, and that it's unneccessary since Obamacare is (by and large) constitutional. I'd agree with the first two points, but not the last. Republicans have said that they will repeal Obamacare and if they trully intend to do this, then (as good servants of the sovereign people of this country) they should ensure that those golden nuggets of Obamacare are preserved. It would be good service to the people to preserve those parts of the law before they repeal the law itself. Yes, it definately be political (very shrewd politics indeed) and no, it would not do anything...right now. It would, however, do something if/when Obamacare is repealed as Republicans fully intend to do.
Think we could have real healthcare reform any time soon? Think we could have healthcare reform that actually addresses the causes of high healthcare costs...and not just the symptom of high healthcare costs?
-Angel1