An interesting question and answer session on the Commerce Clause. http://volokh.com/2011/03/01/my-answers-to-questions-posed-by-senators-durbin-and-sessions/
And Sebelius finally admits that the budget calculations for Obamacare were a scam http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/04/h...dmits-to-double-counting-in-obamacare-budget/
This is the way it should have been done: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) offered another amendment to repeal the provision but paid for it by issuing new taxes on oil companies. He argued that lawmakers have to decide where money would be spent — not OMB. The Stabenow amendment, he said, would be “abandoning our role in appropriating spending.” “We cannot pass that buck and we should not,” Levin said. His amendment failed, 44-54. Business as usual, the spend-now/pay later far-right is once again in total control of our destiny.
Doesn't the far-right have any "news sources" that can spell correctly or report simple facts without pretending they mean something entirely different? There's no scam here, and the "article" resembles a Mixum post.
A glimpse of our future from Massachusetts: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/2011_0412romneycare_a_big_bust/
Tax credits are a proven tactic. Just give the credit and then walk away. Instead, this Administration is intent on trying to create a command and control health system.
Clearly if those companies can afford health care for the employees, they must be making too much profit. Tax the hell out of them.
And Elena Kagan was more involved in the crafting and defense of ObamaCare than she let on... http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/18/n...ved-with-crafting-legal-defense-of-obamacare/ She really doesn't have a choice but to recuse herself.
And now we have price controls, not though legislation, but through regulation. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/05/029119.php Welcome to the Brave New World. Pass the Soma!
let sick babies die, they deserve it, its not MY responsibility, if their parents wanted their children to live they would make more money. and where do these cancer patients get off? just shut up and die already, im not paying a fraction of a cent to help you receive medication, go to hell.
Ever heard of Medicaid? We have a government program to pay for health care for those that can't afford it themselves. Question: How much extra are you willing to pay to ensure that someone else doesn't have to pay for their own health insurance? Also, you do know that there are plenty of charities out there that cover health care expenses. Not everything has to be done through the government.
I understand that you don't have an answer or even a cogent response to any question I ask, and that's okay.
you understand nothing, people arent put on earth to answer every regurgitated hackjob rhetorical question posed by every bible thumping ditto head so you are saying EVERYONE who cant afford healthcare will receive it for free from medicaid?... what a joke its cool, I will save all the dying babies and cancer patients, you can keep your couple bucks lol, how very compassionate of you.
Umm, actually it sounds like these companies are getting a tax break to partly pay for the insurance. Let's say you just lost your job & found out you had cancer. Your income will be too high to qualify for Medicaid. COBRA premiums will cover you but at a cost of $500 - $1500(maybe more!) & that doesn't last forever. Once that ones out you are not going to get insurance from a private insurer. You might be able to get into a state run high risk pool, but not all states have them & they're not exactly cheap. Plus how are you going to pay for it now that you're out of a job? Perhaps your spouse has a job & they have their own insurance, but since yours was better & cheaper your family was covered under yours. Given out electing insurance coverage works, most likely your spouse won't be able to get your family covered under their insurance until re-electing their benefits later in the year. Tying health coverage to employment is a joke & only makes the deck of cards fall faster on people when they get seriously ill. I guess that's good motivation for them not to be lazy then & go get a damn job! Stop being so lazy, mooching cancer patients! As much as it takes to ensure everyone has at least catastrophic health insurance. We're already paying for it at the emergency rooms anyways, but much less efficiently. People get cancer, break a leg, need surgery, most people can't pay those out of pocket costs. For non-emergency/catastrophic, maybe focus more on building companies like ZoomCare & for the low-income give out vouchers they can use at clinics like this.
