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Originally Posted by MysticCat
As best I can tell, the people who believed that were the people who wanted to believe it -- who were already convinced that anything Obama offers is a socialist plot and who were more than happy to believe it. Those people (and yes, the left has certainly its counterparts) wouldn't believe Obama no matter what he said.
We already have rationed care. It's just that apparently, we're willing to let insurance companies do the rationing.
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And we currently have some redress if you feel that your care has been rationed in a way that has harmed your health.
I don't think we'd have that ( or as much of that) if we go to single payer, but again, I don't think that Obamacare = single payer.
I think there are many people who want to believe that health care reform equals making their health care perfect while spreading out the cost of this care onto someone else, in addition to providing care for everyone, of course. I think these people exceed the number of Palinites. I think Obama is trying to woo a certain segment of the insured with claims that he knows are overstated. But that's how the political game is played.
I don't think it's unlikely at all that someone with your general feelings about wanting more stability in your plan will believe that this reform package will make that more likely, based on what Obama has said. But I don't think there's anything in this reform that actually makes it more likely, and in fact, it's probably less likely.
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