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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
I cant see how Obama or the Dems stand a chance. I really cant.
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Because the GOP is in a shambles right now and people will often take the devil they know...it's how Bush got a second term.
As for rising costs, did you notice what your costs were doing the previous decade? My baby just cost me over 2 grand out of pocket and that's with a plan negotiated well before the Health Care bill was ever a serious proposal in Congress. I think my last kid 7 years ago cost a few hundred bucks in cash...
As for tort, I've seen numbers like 187B in potential savings which would make it worth pursuing as part of a solution but it's not going to fix the issue. Even if it was done, do you think the insurance industry would just magically start passing savings back to consumers? Not likely...
I do think the idea of interstate competition is probably one of the best that could gain real bi-partisan support with the right leadership.
But the white elephant in the room is the amount of health care spending that goes towards people in the last decade of their lives.
-spence
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