Comments on: The Good with the Bad http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Good with the Bad « Taunter Media | Obama Snafu http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-745 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:34:39 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-745 [...] here to read the rest:  The Good with the Bad « Taunter Media Tags: actual-product, barack obama, budget, Committee, Harry Reid, making-progress, nancy [...]

]]> By: Thompson http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-739 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:40:17 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-739 Great article.

I have been back several times to reread it.

Interesting to see if something happens before the midterms next fall.

I still have no idea how much our health care costs. We pay about US$2,500 per year for our portion of the coverage, but I have no clue how much my wife’s employer pays. Is it close to $10,000 per year all-up, all-in?

Health care, after our broken financial system, is the 800# gorilla we all ignore. I don’t believe small changes implemented from the margins will work. Mr. Obama might try for a rather large top-down approach. Give it a shot.

It would be nice to have a portable, single payer, “no risk of rescission” service provider. Give it a large deductible with a preventative care option. I’ll save the money to play in the doughnut hole with a HSA. I can always dream.

Great article.

-Thompson

]]> By: Taunter http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-735 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:51:53 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-735 I agree that Pelosi has done a better job than Reid, but that is damning with faint praise. The bill that came out of Waxman’s committee came with two emasculating caveats:

It can only be voted upon after the recess, giving time for AHIP to protest, as we are seeing, and allowing the Blue Dogs to come back and say that they cannot go against the will of their districts;

The public option can not pool its purchasing with Medicare, but must negotiate on its own, transforming the purchasing power of ~50% of the national market into the purchasing power of ~3% of the national market; it will end up quite a bit smaller than its competitors, instead of larger.

]]> By: Taunter http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-734 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:44:07 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-734 When Bush wanted to expand the war and Congress did not, Bush simply said he was doing what he was doing and if Congress didn’t like it they could cut all funding to the Pentagon. Needless to say, no one wanted to take responsibility for stranding our troops.

Open Medicare to all ages, and dare the Republicans to cobble together the votes to break Medicare and stop you. If they have that kind of strength, you’re doomed anyway; otherwise, you impose your agenda.

]]> By: Owen http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-731 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-731 /agree

Why compromise with Republicans when they have never had any interest in compromise in the first place? Democrats have “60″ votes in the Senate and a healthy majority in the House.

If they don’t pass something essentially like Medicare for all, they failed their mandate.

]]> By: mike3550 http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-729 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:19:04 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-729 Brilliant! This is an incredible plan, let’s hope that the folks at 1600 Pennsylvania listen.

The only thing that I would say is that, for the most part, Nancy Pelosi has delivered and it is Harry Reid that is holding everything up. Although the House, as you suggest, needs to pick up its clip — it has, largely, delivered what Obama and the non-Blue Dog Democrats have wanted.

]]> By: ECONOMISTA NON GRATA http://tauntermedia.com/2009/08/08/the-good-with-the-bad/#comment-728 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:26:18 +0000 http://tauntermedia.com/?p=1487#comment-728 “……Announce that if a bill is not delivered to you that makes you happy, on January 1, 2010, you will declare by executive order that Medicare is open to all purchasers of any age (individuals or corporations) who pay the per-person cost of the service (roughly $9,500/year, based on $420bn of spending to cover 44mm people). I’m no constitutional lawyer, but you aren’t asking for more money, you’re just defining the eligibility criteria, and how is anyone going to stop you – defund Medicare?….”

I’m no constitutional lawyer either, however, I am a pretty good judge of character and I can tell you one thing…. Obama ain’t got the cojones. I supported and voted for the guy and I still believe that he was the best choice amongst the available candidates. But, I gotta tell you he could learn a thing or two from McCain. I believe he is insecure when it comes to asserting himself forcefully.

Best regards,

Econolicious

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