The Democrat’s Version of Health Insurance Would Have Been Cheaper, Simpler, and More Popular

[Crewleader]

Saturday, October 26, 2013

The Democrat’s Version of Health Insurance Would Have Been Cheaper, Simpler, and More Popular (So Why Did We Enact the Republican Version and Why Are They So Upset?)

By Robert Reich

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Republicans will seek to delay a requirement of the 2010 Affordable Care Act that all Americans obtain health insurance or face a tax penalty. ”With so many unanswered questions and the problems arising around this rollout, it doesn’t make any sense to impose this one percent mandate tax on the American people.”

While Republicans plot new ways to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, it’s easy to forget that for years they’ve been arguing that any comprehensive health insurance system be designed exactly like the one that officially began October 1st, glitches and all.

For as many years Democrats tried to graft healthcare onto Social Security and Medicare, and pay for it through the payroll tax. But Republicans countered that any system must be based on private insurance and paid for with a combination of subsidies for low-income purchasers and a requirement that the younger and healthier sign up.

http://robertreich.org/post/65155134884

[MannyGoldstein]

1. We did what they wanted so they wouldn't be upset

Got it?

[Crewleader]

2. MannyGoldstein talk to Robert Reich

you got it....love your Elizabeth Warren logo.

[gopiscrap]

3. Yup, the fucking repukes want to make it hard

[jakeXT]

4. Manipulated polls ?

http://www.policymic.com/mobile/articles/65079/obamacare-explained-in-7-easy-steps-by-its-original-creator-mitt-romney

6. Pollsters Lied to Romney and Convinced Him to Flip-Flop On His Signature Accomplishment
During the elections, Rasmussen polling was releasing new polls every day saying just how unpopular the Affordable Care Act was. In other words, Rasmussen polling and Republicans have been pushing the idea that the law is unpopular, in order to make it more unpopular, and in order to have a wedge to attempt to get more votes. 

But when another poll came out, the results were usually sharply different than Rasmussen results. For example, when Quinnipiac polls showed that 6% more people favored repeal, Rasmussen showed that 12% more people favored repeal. Coincidence?

Mitt Romney followed the skewed polls (Fox News uses Rasmussen) and believed the public would support him by a wide margin if he called for repeal. This was a mistake.

[Laelth]

5. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth

[Crewleader]

6. You Said It Laelth, For Truth! You read it with Robert Reich!