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• Comment Link Sunday, 30 December 2012 18:29 posted by Sash

  I agree with Jonathan Cohn on this issue. We should have a foundation in the pursuit of Universal Healthcare in the United States. Obamacare is that foundation. The lady in the audience made an interesting point about the human component of this. The fact is that Obamacare gives people more choices so that second class people don't get second class insurance and there is less prejudice in insurance about their customers. John Shadegg admits that the Republicans had a chance to give this to America and they blew it so Democrats should be able to have their shot at it because everyone wants the government to create Universal Healthcare. Obamacare is Step 1.

• Comment Link Tuesday, 13 November 2012 02:54 posted by Cengeng

  A lot. More today than a year ago.Because of Obamacare, no company in America offers stand alone children's health insurance.Why? Obamacare dictates that it is guaranteed issue, without rate ups, regardless of health. Therefore, there is no reason to purchase it until there is a claim needing to be paid.That's not health insurance. That's a confiscatory tax on health insurance companies. Fortunately, they aren't slaves yet, so they exercised the F U clause in the contract with the purple bellies from Washington and just refused to do business where they are guaranteed to lose money.How do you fix the problem of un- and under-insured? By making health insurance affordable.How do you make it affordable? By removing ALL government mandates, loser pays tort reform, encouraging competition between providers (enforce existing anti-trust laws), eliminate the AMA monopoly on billing codes, and eliminate the connection between employment and health insurance.Do these things and we'll see health insurance cost less than auto insurance. More people will be covered, more people will be healthy.