The Affordable Health Care Act

Oh my how silly of me, I put up the wrong source, well nothing can be done about that now. Let me say, what do you mean by "I found no sources that concerned with your claim"? Obviously yes I made a mistake in posting a source, however the other ones are fine. Now onto my news report, yes it is correct, how? Because Gruber said that enrolment has been significantly bloated by the federal government. [1] 1. Premium Increases: I will not dispute the fact that yes some premium increases can be attributed to normal increases, I will however dispute the points that one, they are solely because of normal increases and two that obamacare has cause premiums to go down, in some respects. a. Premiums are increasing, as I pointed out before the average increase in premiums is 41%, this cannot be attributed solely to normal increases, seeing as how is it an astronomical amount. Premiums are increasing now! It may not be as bad for everyone but in almost every instance the increase is in the double-digits per year. [2] b. Premiums are not going down. [3] As it is, the raw data shows the average increase in premiums for 2015 will be about 15%, admittedly not as high of a percentage increase, however that totals to be around an extra $400 for a medium income family, such as my own on top of an already $600 dollar increase from this year. 2. Obamacare does affect a lot of people: 57 million as you pointed out is a lot, but way more americans are being affected than just the ones without health insurance and those with crappy health insurance. [4] Almost every American will be affected, again look at my source in the previous argument that puts a premium increase at an average of 41% per household. 3. Government Shouldn't be able to penalize you for not having health insurance: Okay I see where you are coming from with the mandates, however that is up to the state to decide what coverage should be mandated for certain instances, for instance here in Wisconsin I am about to get my license (I am glad you used that reference it is a good one), state law doesn't mandate I get health insurance, but that I get an expansion of around 5% in my life insurance (as set out by my parents). I disagree with your point that it stops all discrimination merely on the basis that we can never fully solve that issue, we can improve on it as we have, but there will always be discrimination. This however is not the only way to stop people from manipulating the system, this is the one part where I believe government should overreach a bit. I think it is up to the HHS worker to insure that the individual applying for reduce premiums or health insurance payments truly needs them, that is a fault in our system (not a fault in our stars :D). I don't disagree that people with preexisting conditions should be getting health insurance, however they way you shouldn't do that is mandate that everyone has to buy health insurance, that is not fair to those who don't want it or know they can't afford it so take the risks, it makes them pay for something they don't necessarily want or need (like Congress for example :D). 4. The government is taking over health care and socialism is scary Yes the government is taking over health care, obamacare is a government run website using federal or state exchange plans to cover Americans, while admittedly providing some other insurance options, but they are more expensive. I say this is a government takeover of the health care system, because the extra competition with the increased dollars of senior and not the young and healthy is not going to be enough to sustain the companies, leaving government the only insurance provider. [5] 5. Government penalizing people for not buying something they are told the must buy or else, is flat out wrong: For people who cannot afford health insurance well sorry we are giving you more expensive plans than ever before and increasing your premiums, you tell me what is so appealing about that being forced to buy something, oh well it's more expensive than we anticipated, then being told oh sorry about that massive increase in premiums it wasn't our fault. 6. Companies shouldn't provide health insurance: I am aware business have been forced to provide health insurance, however the amount of money it requires increase proportionally. [6] And then I am not sure what point you are trying to make in that next sentence unless I missed something. 7. This is a violation of our rights: This is just another violation of our rights adding onto that nice list you compiled with the exception of the draft (which every good american should be willing to say yes I will serve my country), and to a very very very certain extent taxing. I am not implying that fines and taxes are unconstitutional, what I am saying is that forcing someone to buy something and then saying if you don't do what we want we will be finding you is now a legal form of blackmail. 8. Charities should help the poor: Okay in this either you completely missed my point or I just didn't make it clear enough, regardless. Please tell me where I said that charities should be providing free surgeries or provide complex medical assistance, I never said that, what I said is that charities should help provide the monetary amount necessary for a person to go to the doctor and get done what needs to get done. And let's keep in mind that the great depression was back in the 1930's and that travel wasn't so easy, nowadays since we have better roads and quicker responses from charities, such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, charities can help the individual far easier than they once could. 9. Europe is bad so lets no copy them: Europe's Healthcare system is in ruins, yeah it may be less expensive, but lets keep in mind they have less people to deal with so naturally prices would be significantly less. I would say you can aspire to be like Europe but it's not a good idea. [7], [8], [9]. 10. We do have the best healthcare system on earth: What other country on earth can boast having one of the most revolutionary systems on earth, so advanced we have a partial remedy for ebola, a month after it became a health concern, treatments, yes expensive but so effective that they are world renowned for saving lives, and a lot of them. 11. Okay I am glad and the reason Switzerland has such a phenomenal system is why? Because it is privatized. (Please look at source 9 as it discusses that). 12. Obamacare costs a lot: Yeah okay I have no clue what I was thinking when I put that source on (I am certain I was half asleep, not too sure that I was even thinking! :D). But obamacare costs a fortune. [10], [11], [12] 13. My plan for Medicare: Well of course my plan has problems, not many but it does, why? Because no plan is perfect. You are correct Healthcare is the worlds greatest demand not to prevent death, but to slow it. The commodity of dying as you correctly pointed out is very valuable. As said the commodity of not dying is so valuable that it has no price is fundamentally a correct statement, however the price required to be there to see your grandchildren is (and I don't like that, but i'll live with it). So yes my plan would fundamentally work in a capitalist free market premise. Your opinion on how to fix medicare has caused more problems in europe than it has solved, the solution you see for medicare although idealistically is something we should look to achieve it is realistically not possible, Obamacare is a mistake because it puts my health in the hands of an already incompetent system not known for being honest. That is a scary thought on which I think my life would not be worth putting. I look forward to our next round and I will respond quicker due to Christmas break, school has kept me from responding as soon as i'd like. [1] http://www.c-span.org... (I am aware this video is 4 hours, I will try to find the clip I am looking for and tell you where to look, and please don't waste time watching the whole thing it is incredibly boring). [2] http://townhall.com... [3] http://www.nytimes.com... [4] http://dailysignal.com... [5] http://spectator.org... [6] http://www.nytimes.com... [7] http://www.wsj.com... [8] http://blog.pharmexec.com... [9] http://www.heritage.org... [10] http://cnsnews.com... [11] http://rt.com... [12] http://www.washingtonexaminer.com... (I personally find this one to be very ammusing.)