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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91598)	9/23/2010 10:06:24 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224681

my response to this "Please tell me what parts of the Health Care Reform Act are included in the Republican Pledge for America.", was entirely accurate. the things that you listed do not address the health care reform act, they address actions which the republicans are pledging to take with the "replace" part of my response.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91598)	9/24/2010 8:34:37 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224681

We must have Insurance across State Lines. The Insurance Commissioners Office in each state do a great job!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91598)	10/12/2010 11:29:45 AM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224681

Try this list: OK lets try it - The bill doesn't get rid of restrictions on selling insurance across state lines. It does create insurance exchanges (which can be national or state), but that's creating a whole new structure, while leaving the old limitations in place (and adding new ones) for insurance outside that structure. Coverage of pre-existing conditions isn't insurance. You can't buy fire insurance as your house is burning down. Even if someone actually sells it to you at an affordable price its still not actually insurance. Its charity if it is done voluntary knowing the circumstances. Its fraud if they do it because you lied about the condition of your house. Its extortion if they are forced to do it, including if the government forces people to do it. No lifetime or annual limit has some benefit, but it raises the cost of providing insurance, directly by exposing the insurance company to more risk, indirectly by increasing demand for medical care services. No rescission of policies except through fraud is a good idea, but the devil is in the details. We'll see how that actually works out. Waivers for state innovation. In one sense its a good idea, but setting up the situation where you need the waivers is a bad one. The states should be able to just go ahead an innovate without needing the waiver process. As for abortion - This law creates a system for federal funding of abortion. The amendment that would remove that point never made it in to the final law. The executive order against such funding, even if it really is thorough and solid which is somewhat in doubt, can be removed at any moment by the current or any future president.