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So jhmd, are the disabled the responsibility of the government?
 
So government support is fine as long as the parent is trying?
 
The mother is providing care, and being subsidized - in fact, paid in cash - by the government to do so. You support this transfer payment, apparently, but not other transfer payments also expressly designed to assist parents in caring for the needs of their children which they are similarly unable to independently afford.

Just wanted to get clear where the distinction lies, and you have placed it on the fact of disability, so thanks for making that clear.
 
The mother is providing care, and being subsidized - in fact, paid in cash - by the government to do so. You support this transfer payment, apparently, but not other transfer payments also expressly designed to assist parents in caring for the needs of their children which they are similarly unable to independently afford.

Just wanted to get clear where the distinction lies, and you have placed it on the fact of disability, so thanks for making that clear.

I think that's a pretty bright line worthy of demarcation, no? If I make a responsible choice to have a child that all things being equal I can provide for, raise and education, the odds overwhelmingly being that the child is healthy, and through horrid misfortune my child has these disabilities, that person deserves a helping hand. They certainly don't deserve to be forced to warehouse their child in a group home by this poorly reasoned legislation. If anyone deserves an exemption from this legislative folly, it's this family (and not the families that a) forced it down our throats and b) upheld it as "taxation").

I don't think that a person who carelessly fathers a child he has no intention of raising deserves the same subsidy (ostensibly designed to "help" the child....slow clap), so I'm fairly comfortable drawing the line between disability and neglect.
 
http://www.cleveland.com/obrien/index.ssf/2013/08/you_can_keep_your_health_care.html

"Residents of the Garden State have recently been informed that state-approved, private health insurance coverage that suited 106,000 of them just fine does not suit the federal government at all, and thus will come to a sudden and non-negotiable end next year.

At that point, those New Jersey residents who have taken advantage of low-cost insurance because they're rich in health but poor in financial resources will be at the mercy of a government-fabricated "market" in which the individual buyer has no leverage at all."
 
so this guy's solution is "don't use insurance, be responsible for negotiating your own prices and hope that doctors/specialists will give a fair price"
 
I think that's a pretty bright line worthy of demarcation, no? If I make a responsible choice to have a child that all things being equal I can provide for, raise and education, the odds overwhelmingly being that the child is healthy, and through horrid misfortune my child has these disabilities, that person deserves a helping hand. They certainly don't deserve to be forced to warehouse their child in a group home by this poorly reasoned legislation. If anyone deserves an exemption from this legislative folly, it's this family (and not the families that a) forced it down our throats and b) upheld it as "taxation").

I don't think that a person who carelessly fathers a child he has no intention of raising deserves the same subsidy (ostensibly designed to "help" the child....slow clap), so I'm fairly comfortable drawing the line between disability and neglect.

Our society should walk through plate glass to help people trying to help themselves. This is one such instance.
 
What an absolute and undeniable clusterfuck the ACA has turned out to be. Unfortunately, the Republicans have no alternatives other than scrapping it completely. Of course, that would be an improvement and an instant economic boost, but they need to come up with a viable plan. The ACA is, at the very least, leverage for any kind of HC alternative.
 
The main reason the right is freaking out is they know once ACA is more in place on October 1, millions of Americans will love it and the GOP won't have their issue for 2014.
 
The main reason the right is freaking out is they know once ACA is more in place on October 1, millions of Americans will love it and the GOP won't have their issue for 2014.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
 
Instead of the 40 votes to repeal Obamacare, why not vote to replace it with something better?

I think they would love that. Unfortunately the democrats aren't interested in a republican fix anymore than the pubs are interested in a democratic fix.
 
I think they would love that. Unfortunately the democrats aren't interested in a republican fix anymore than the pubs are interested in a democratic fix.

It would help their cause a lot more to present their own plan instead of just whining incessantly.
 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottatlas/2013/08/28/when-it-comes-to-obamacare-ignorance-is-bliss-for-young-americans/

"The Obama administration is rightfully very worried about the uninsured younger generation not participating in signing up for insurance, but not because they actually need comprehensive health insurance. The facts about health care usage by younger Americans indicate the opposite – that buying comprehensive health insurance under the dictates of this law would be an unwise financial decision. ObamaCare forces young, healthy people to buy expensive health coverage costing several thousands of dollars per year, yet they use only hundreds of dollars of health care annually, including only $56 per year in total emergency room care.

Flying in the face of those facts, President Obama and the administration will now aggressively campaign to convince young people to sign up for his exchanges..."
 
It would help their cause a lot more to present their own plan instead of just whining incessantly.

I am not sure it will. Presenting their own plan just creates something to be ridiculed in an election. Condemning the status quo and hoping you can get a president in office is probably a better plan to get what they want (which is neutering/abolishing ACA).
 
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