Key liberal congressman flips to 'yes' on health care vote

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TXgolfer said:
But would be covered for someone with a medical trust. Hence,mandatory health insurance is not fair for all.

But again it will most likely not happen and if it does it will be many years from now. Heck the world is supposed to end 2 years before this plan is scheduled to take affect.

If the mandate ever became law and the SC upheld it, that may just start the next civil war. Too many states are dead set against it. It will be interesting for sure.
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What is SC?
 
jillio said:
That is still a million cap that won't be covered if you don't have insurance.
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$1 million cap won't enough for some patients that have many surgeries because some patients are unlucky due many health problem.
 
TXgolfer said:
If the mandate ever became law and the SC upheld it, that may just start the next civil war. Too many states are dead set against it. It will be interesting for sure.
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Cite a country got into a war because of health insurance.
 
deafskeptic said:
I think my roommate and hubby prolly weren't able to afford insurance given what she told me. They are around jillio's age if I'm not mistaken. I guess they were hoping they'd luck out. The accident threw my roommate's muscles out of whack and she was in rehab cuz of that. The seatbelt saved her life though.
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I have no idea how old anyone is here except for Jiro and Koko....Might be a neat thread:lol: Oh and reba too
 
I think we can look at the unconstitutionality of the health care mandate in two ways. One is the fact that it's not an enumerated power in the Constitution (and no, the "general welfare" clause doesn't count if you know your history). The second is from the due process angle- if I have to pay a fee for the crime of not having sufficient health insurance, according to the 5th amendment, I should get my day in court to defend myself against that charge. If I choose not to pay, I will still get my day in court, but it will be to defend myself not for not paying the fee for having insufficient insurance. If we're going to do that, we need to amend the Constitution.

By the way, everyone's talking about how this is going to lead to greater access. While we're creating a bunch of new demand, who's going to create the extra nurses and doctors to fill this new demand? Does this bill do anything to incentivize people to go into medicine as opposed to a more hassle-free field?
 
TXgolfer said:
I have no idea how old anyone is here except for Jiro and Koko....Might be a neat thread:lol: Oh and reba too
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You could know about my age by check my profile.
 
Tousi said:
66, going on 43 here. :D
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That's excellent. I love that attitude. One of my better friends is 73 and he seems younger than me sometimes. We play golf alot....He is really good, Shoots his age about once a month
 
TXgolfer said:
I have no idea how old anyone is here except for Jiro and Koko....Might be a neat thread:lol: Oh and reba too
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Based on many posts that jillio and others have made, I have a good idea of what their ages are. I know Reba is the same age as my sister in law based on one post she made in a different thread.
 
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