The New York Times reports the Affordable Care Act may have to change to survive. Bill Clinton calls Obamacare the “Craziest thing in the world.” Bloomberg Politics reports Obama says ACS has “real Problems.”
Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to solve out countries insurance woes? Now, before it can be fully implemented – it is being recommended the Public Option is the answer. Why would anyone trust the same people that said we could keep our doctor and it would drive down health care cost – amongst other promises?
The public option would be a government-sponsored and government-run insurance plan, modeled after Medicare which would be offered as an alternative to the private-insurance plans. Democrats are saying it is needed to save Obamacare. What’s wrong with this model? Medicare adds another 3% administrative cost to insurance as it must pass through the insurance carriers and the government. Take away the insurance carriers (as some suggest) and now we have a government monopoly, with no competition, no checks-and-balances. We’ll have far worse than the VA on our hands. And rationing of health care will be a fact.
America will deserve the government it votes for, good or bad.
Call me a cynic.
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