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Originally Posted by crockett
Healthcare for all is the fiscally conservative thing to do because it lowers prices and saves money in the long run. It will cost us up front but in the long run we will save big.
There have been tons of studies showing this and we have other countries that actually prove the point...
However no republican is fiscally conservative in this day in time.. They all spend worse than Democrats and put everything on credit.. They are only worried about how much money they can get for their next campaign by getting things their doners want vs looking at long term stability of our country..
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politician's main objective is not to do what is best in the long term, but to do what will get them re-elected... so you think republicans will throw their biggest supporter (healthcare insurance industry) and their voters under the bus?
I don't see any logical reason why republicans would be in favor of expanding government's involvement in healthcare, because:
a. that would fuck their biggest campaign donors
b. it would lead to higher taxes = fucking their voters
most realistic scenario is that later in the year numerous insurers will back out of the Obamacare, rates for 2018 will be announced, they will be 30+% higher... and at that point it will become obvious that Obamacare is not working, so there will be no other choice but to go along with something similar to the plan that was just pitched, as that will be a better choice than doing nothing at all... and then even democrats will probably get on board, cause if they don't, next election cycle ads like "Democratic Senator xyz voted against fixing our healthcare system" will be running 24/7...
any other scenario, especially "single payer", is a pipe dream with the current congress...