To hear the GOP members of the Kansas congressional delegation tell it, passage of health reform will end liberty as we know it. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, is already talking about trying to repeal or defund any bill that makes it into law. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger (in photo), also a Republican, has concerns about the unlevel playing field a public option could create, but she remains optimistic about reform overall, telling the Topeka Capital-Journal: “If we go with a plan that retains as much flexibility as possible, keeps the states are regulators, allows us to continue to be there for consumers, and we could get a national system in place in terms of no pre-existing condition exclusions and everybody have coverage and meaningful subsidies, I think we’d all be better.”
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Good plan, Praeger, if money is no object and China is willing to finance America’s healthcare.
Sure…right Sandy, when has the government ever managed a program that would accomplish all the sweet sounding objectives you enumerate in your statement.
You are again looking at it like a typical liberal imagining an unattainable nirvana (the perfect peace of the state of mind that is free from craving, anger and other afflictive states) that ends up more of a problem and expense than before.
That ‘health care’ program the libs are trying to ram down our throats is nothing more than a Dim’ocrat power grab.
“if money is no object and China is willing to finance America’s healthcare.”
JWink, good reasoning….that’s exactly what it would require, China endlessly buying the debt the DimLib’s national health care program would generate.
Countries with universal healthcare are able to bring their systems in for about 10% of their GDP with very, very good results. If we managed our health affairs just as wisely and well, we would trim just shy of $1 trillion from costs so I wonder, why that number is never approached for discussion vs the “it’s gonna break the bank” talk?
Hey Jwink?
I’ve had insurance and now my son is on Healthwave.
He gets FAR better and more attentive care on the state insurance than private insurance ever provided. And funny thing, I haven’t seen any decline in the number of rich people.
“I’ve had insurance and now my son is on Healthwave.
He gets FAR better and more attentive care on the state insurance than private insurance ever provided. “—BlueJay
You should have shopped better for your insurance BlueJay….that’s all you statement above says.
I haven’t seen any decline in the number of rich people.
Good thing for you since it is those very same people along with a lot of other taxpayers that provide what you wont.
Well horray for Praeger! I might actually be able to vote for another republican. Listening to CSPAN, they’re all arguing the health care plan- cons are flat out liars.
“Listening to CSPAN, they’re all arguing the health care plan- cons are flat out liars.”
You mean because they point out the facts, and lies and fallacies present in the Dim’ocrats bill?
No because they lie about what is in the plan, like you’re doing right now!