ACA may work, but it will never be as good as it could have been had the Republicans and Democrats been able to work together in good faith. I hope Braindead is wrong and Rep reluctance has been over the standard party desire to make the other party look bad, because if all of this has ONLY been because of our first black president from day one, when McConnell said the goal was to keep him from being a two term president, then this has much more negative connotations. Pelosi, Boehnor and Reid have also thrown their sticks into the spokes of our gov’t bicycle.That said…Mr. Obama is no Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan. He apparently does not know how to reach out beyond his circle of confidants in order to build some sort of consensus and he spends more time on his road show than he does confronting and courting the Congress. I want my neighbors, friends, and family to have healthcare insurance. Just as I want those driving on the roadways with me to have car insurance, and for the buildings in which I shop and dine to have business insurance. Things happen.I also want hospitals and other medical service/equipment providers to charge what things are actually worth, not what they can get. Rand Paul suggests that since we don’t, or can’t, shop around for medical services – especially in emergencies – we allow ourselves to be charged too much. If actual competition was part of the equation, costs would drop. I agree and we are seeing some prices dropping, especially in states that are conforming to the ACA guidelines. But it would be even better and more efficient if our self serving cannibalistic legislature would do their jobs in a civil and respectful manner.Respectully,C.
ACA may work, but it will never be as good as it could have been had the Republicans and Democrats been able to work together in good faith. I hope Braindead is wrong and Rep reluctance has been over the standard party desire to make the other party look bad, because if all of this has ONLY been because of our first black president from day one, when McConnell said the goal was to keep him from being a two term president, then this has much more negative connotations. Pelosi, Boehnor and Reid have also thrown their sticks into the spokes of our gov’t bicycle.That said…Mr. Obama is no Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan. He apparently does not know how to reach out beyond his circle of confidants in order to build some sort of consensus and he spends more time on his road show than he does confronting and courting the Congress. I want my neighbors, friends, and family to have healthcare insurance. Just as I want those driving on the roadways with me to have car insurance, and for the buildings in which I shop and dine to have business insurance. Things happen.I also want hospitals and other medical service/equipment providers to charge what things are actually worth, not what they can get. Rand Paul suggests that since we don’t, or can’t, shop around for medical services – especially in emergencies – we allow ourselves to be charged too much. If actual competition was part of the equation, costs would drop. I agree and we are seeing some prices dropping, especially in states that are conforming to the ACA guidelines. But it would be even better and more efficient if our self serving cannibalistic legislature would do their jobs in a civil and respectful manner.Respectully,C.