Worse, it has failed to put ANY plan on the table.
of course that's a very very stupid liberal lie:
No, it's a fact. The GOP has never put a comprehensive health care reform package on the table.
You know to tell that is a fact? Because the GOP controlled the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court all at the same time.
And what did they do during that time? They created a new trillion dollar government entitlement program, and didn't pay for it. To win senior votes in 2004.
So don't pretend they tried. Don't pretend the little tidbits of gristle they tossed on the table after they lost power matter. When it did matter, they did NOTHING.
The Democrats have telegraphed for DECADES what they would do if given the chance. Ted Kennedy made it his life's work.
And during all that time, health care costs were outpacing inflation.
And what did the GOP do when it controlled all three branches of government to get that under control?
Worse than nothing. They ADDED A TRILLION DOLLARS OF GOVERNMENT ENTITLEMENTS.
So...wakey wakey! Time to face the painful reality.
The GOP sold us down the single payer healthcare river decades ago. They abdicated the issue totally.
Everything else is theater for rubes like you.
We will see single payer in our lifetimes. Thanks to GOP sellouts and the rubes who drink their piss.
Single payer isn't a bad thing, in fact, I'm pretty sure conservatives in other countries support it.
Single payer is a bad thing. It is a stupid thing. People in other countries have never known anything but single payer, so their support of it is not surprising.
Also, government healthcare sucks so much in those other countries that they buy supplemental private insurance! So where's the savings?
We should be buying our health insurance the same way we buy all our other insurance.
Unlike the other insurance industries, the biggest player in the health insurance industry is the government.
And the government gets to write all the rules for its competitors.
How's that been working out?
The problem is not a lack of single payer. The problem is precisely the opposite. The problem is we have too much government in the insurance market. We should be able to buy insurance from any company we wish, not held hostage to whatever plan our employer offers. That's how we get leverage. By being able to take our business anywhere, just like we do with home, auto, and life insurance.
Instead, we are held hostage by our employer. We have ZERO leverage. It's a take-it-or-leave-it proposition, which is no choice at all.
And a small employer has very, very little leverage with an insurance company. What's more, if one person in a small company racks up big medical bills, the insurance costs of everyone in that company skyrocket.
In turn, the insurance company is geographically limited by the US government (its main competitor), which limits its leverage and makes it hostage to the healthcare provider in that region.
I have much more leverage with my auto insurance company. They know if they don't give me the best deal out there, with the options I choose, I will hang up and go to one of their MANY competitors.
This is the comprehensive plan the GOP should be putting on the table. No more employer-sponsored health insurance, which is a huge upward bender of costs. A great stripping away of government participation in the marketplace. More freedom and more competition.
