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What Was Obamacare Really About?

Anthony412 Wrote: Apr 07, 2010 3:28 PM
It is sad to hear that our elite lawmakers could use such a silly subterfuge. Nobody would be upset about raising the standard of poor people, so call it by its name; why the lie?
However, as a healthcare reform, it is far from it. It is very poorly studied and presented. The real items of reform as, medical malpractice reform, insurance reform, and others are missing.
Unfortunately this bill may destroy our healthcare system, because of insufficient doctors, specialists, especially if the increase in malpractice cost keeps rising. There is really no incentive for young people to get into the medical field, which they may love and consider, but the stress of the studies, and the practice will discourage many to enter it,...

It hasn't attracted much notice, but recently some prominent advocates of Obamacare have spoken more frankly than ever before about why they supported a national healthcare makeover. It wasn't just about making insurance more affordable. It wasn't just about bending the cost curve. It wasn't just about cutting the federal deficit. It was also about redistributing wealth.

Health reform is "an income shift," Democratic Sen. Max Baucus said on March 25. "It is a shift, a leveling, to help lower-income, middle-income Americans."

In his halting, jumbled style, Baucus explained that in recent years, "the maldistribution of income in America has gone...

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