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I apologise that much has passed since I began this post, but I want to finish my thoughts.
Ma R, I've never seen you apologetic about anything. It is part of your charm.
What your argument ignores are these fundamental points of reality: 1) pre-ACA, nearly a third of all Americans were without health coverage. 2) Medicare and Medicaid provide a wide variety of choice and cover more than more than a third of all Americans. 3) the CBO numbers were correct prior to interference by Republicans and 19 Republican governors refusing to cover their own citizens with expanded Medicaid. 4) US medical outcomes are at the bottom of developed countries (and many third world and developing countries). 5) there is a national shortage of medical providers, which is doing more to drive up costs than any national policy.
Food for thought.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
