17 Million Of The Poorest People Won't Be Covered By Obamacare

[robby]

The monolithic program, that will cost society 1.5 trillion dollars. doesn't cover the poorest in society. Obama wanted to have the states cover them under Medicaid (edit), but many states can't afford to, and now the Supreme Court has ruled the states can't be obligated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/us/politics/some-states-reluctant-over-medicaid-expansion.html?_r=1&hp

Comments

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

well, you saw my entry on the bogus system of taxes and credits it introduces. but this is legislation drafted by a democrat, what do you expect? for what it is, it's ok. good things about it: more generic drugs faster, non-profit group to study treatment (so maybe we can start using b vitamins and st johns wort to treat depressed people), anti-fraud funding (a MASSIVE issue), preventative care, etc.

as I am sure you can imagine, I have pretty fancy health insurance. yet, i have an undiagnosed chronic condition. i did two months of tests to try to find out what it was and got nothing. the only further tests available to me involve radiation. i have decided to live with my chronic condition and its disabling effects rather than risk effects of radiation on my ovaries. there are other options but they are more expensive than the radiation tests so my insurance won't cover them. i could probably negotiate something but the kind of chronic condition i have isn't curable anyway so it's pointless.

healthcare for anyone is a bummer, because a doctor will never solve all your problems. people imagine it's lack of money that causes it. the only reason why lack of money should be a factor is because of medicines that are still under patent and surgery. both of which deserve to be expensive. angry liberals fail to see that you cannot solve all problems with money. this is where ludwig von mises comes in. humanity is not a machine with inputs and outputs.