The painfully inevitable ACA discussion thread

[LMNO]

Ok, yeah, I know.

But honestly? I know PD holds the title of most jaded, cynical pessimists on the block, but part of Discordia is not settling for absolutes when it comes to judging things. There ARE positives to this, even if considered slight. I'm thinking of the garage mechanic who gets cancer, et al.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

You fuckers need to stop finding things in this law that you like. It's really spoiling my cynical mood right now.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You also can't be denied for pre existing, nor can you be dropped when you get sick. Plus, ins cos have to use a percentage of profits towards preventative care.

We Holy Men™ refer to that as a "reach-around".

[AFK]

You also can't be denied for pre existing, nor can you be dropped when you get sick. Plus, ins cos have to use a percentage of profits towards preventative care.

And now we just need to get patients to SEEK preventative care. 

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

No matter how the Supreme Court rules today, Ann Romney's tap-dancing hobby horse will still get better health care than the majority of Americans and Ann will be able to write it off.

Her minions have been posting on facebook that the horse was THERAPETIC because she has some DISEASE and we're A BUNCH OF MEAN OLD POOPY HEADS for making fun of A WOMAN WITH A DISEASE.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

Ok, yeah, I know.

But honestly? I know PD holds the title of most jaded, cynical pessimists on the block, but part of Discordia is not settling for absolutes when it comes to judging things. There ARE positives to this, even if considered slight. I'm thinking of the garage mechanic who gets cancer, et al.

Well, I think most of those things are off set by the fact that subsidized healthcare means we will probably never get single payer healthcare.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ok, yeah, I know.

But honestly? I know PD holds the title of most jaded, cynical pessimists on the block, but part of Discordia is not settling for absolutes when it comes to judging things. There ARE positives to this, even if considered slight. I'm thinking of the garage mechanic who gets cancer, et al.

Well, I think most of those things are off set by the fact that subsidized healthcare means we will probably never get single payer healthcare.

I disagree.

My cynical eye sees the screeching and struggle as an indication that our society is changing. 

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

One interesting note:  The penalties for not obeying the individual mandate have been defined by the court as a "tax".  We now have punitive taxation.

Ho ho ho!  That'll NEVER come back to haunt us.

Nothing new. Stretches back at least to the New Deal. Prolly further.