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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: koan who wrote (21031)7/29/2012 12:12:03 PM
From: gamesmistress2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
Given what we know about Obamacare, the odds are good that they won't be able to get timely care for a variety of reasons - i.e, a lack of doctors or specialists, it will be denied them because their age, weight, or whatever, and their taxes and/or premiums will go up anyway. Universal health insurance is no panacea and it does not equal health care.

Individual states are trying different things - Massachusetts with Romneycare, where the premiums went up a LOT, Connecticut has HUSKY for kids and Charter Oak for adults, which provide some coverage but it's often hard to find a provider, and Vermont is now trying to implement single payer, but it's proving more difficult than they thought to come up with a workable plan that won't bankrupt the state and drive out the working taxpayers.

I gather you didn't read the NYT Times article or the links to the British stories on the NHS. Pity. You would have learned something.
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