Obama Care

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Originally Posted by saden1

Assuming, big monstrous assumption here, it would change to something along the lines of I still want universal health care and this what we aught to do:

1. Get those who are eligible but not enrolled covered and inform them of their ability to get basic heath care.
2. Force those making over 50K to sign up. No saving money on the side and asking us to bail them out when they have an emergency. If our savings rate is any indication these fools most likely don't have enough money to pay for a costly surgery.
3. Get those short-term uninsured covered so they wouldn't worry about getting sick or having to pay for health care while unemployed.

1. Agree
2. I don't want to "force" them to sign up. But coerce by making them fully responsible for medical bills to the point where their responsibilty would be the same as federal taxes (meaning they can't go bankrupt and avoid the med charges), absolutely.
3. Agree

And now we look at some sort of vouchers/tax credits for the remaining 8.2M and put in limits on malpractice suits to help control costs. Ride that model for 1-2 years and track the effects and revise as necessary.

Our assumption is not a monstrous one:

Is The Number of Uninsured Accurate? - FOXBusiness.com

David Hogberg on Health Insurance on National Review Online

The American Spectator : The Myth of the 46 Million

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen's Guide | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary