Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (41375)	3/9/2017 4:52:22 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By Lane3 Respond to of 42652

There are so many basic divisions that we still don't have resolved as a society. There are a vast number who believe a single government payer is the way to go. A few of us want government out altogether. Many, many who don't want Medicare touched, no matter what, even though it is going broke. And a huge number really don't realize what Medicaid is or the extent of the cost burden it creates. Before, people got onboard or off based on what amounted to propaganda campaigns. I don't know how you solve the problem without public support and I don't know how public support happens when people do not understand the facts.

To: Lane3 who wrote (41375)	3/9/2017 7:02:23 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Perhaps the pieces get put together sooner rather than later.... House will consider a second health bill the same week as Obamacare repeal (J. Scott Applewhite / AP) The House will consider a second health care bill the week it votes on the Obamacare repeal and replacement, Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday on the Sean Hannity Show. Keep reading 243 words Republicans have long said the plan is to do repeal and replace in three "buckets," or phases. First comes budget reconciliation, which is the legislative method being used to repeal Obamacare without any Democratic votes. That's what the House is currently working on, and it contains pieces of a replacement as well as the repeal. Next comes whatever Tom Price can do administratively as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Then comes the legislation that can't be done through budget reconciliation, which would necessarily need Democrats to pass in the Senate. Ryan is now saying that bill will come to the House floor sooner than anyone thought. It will include a provision allowing people to buy insurance through association health plans, although it's a fair guess that it'll include other things too. "We're bringing that bill to the floor the same week we're doing reconciliation," Ryan said. The two sections of the bill passed through the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Next week it's expected to be considered by the Budget Committee, and then it'll likely head to the floor the week after.