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I think it was designed for purpose of winning passage. Agree it could have effect you describe. But why didn't it in MA?
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@JohnJHarwood Good question. I don't know. Reasons might be specific to MA, or state of economy. We'll see. - 1 more reply
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@ByronYork@JohnJHarwood U are absolutely Right! Its designed to move to single payer and socialized medicine! -
Like Medicare? RT
@steelhme:@ByronYork@JohnJHarwood U are absolutely Right! Its designed to move to single payer and socialized medicine! -
@JohnJHarwood@steelhme@ByronYork O'care is same as Medicare? So why not just lower eligibility to birth and let's skip this O'care stuff. -
No, not same. But same socialized medicine argument was made against it
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@JohnJHarwood@steelhme@ByronYork Bit thin to argue O'care works because some said M'care was socialism. Better cases pro or con. -
Wasn't arguing that. You missed earlier exchange
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@ByronYork@JohnJHarwood why is employer based coverage so great. Big expense for companies. I don't let my boss pick my car insurance. -
it isn't. Most health policy types across spectrum would scrap if possible. but not possible - hence ACA add-on
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@JohnJHarwood@acohn98@ByronYork you might let your boss pick your car insurance if he were paying 85 percent of the tab... -
@gongsatx@JohnJHarwood@ByronYork give me the money and I'll buy it myself. And we wonder why we have wage stagnation... -
@acohn98@JohnJHarwood@ByronYork that was the point of the ACA. employee compensation increases were eaten up by rising health ins costs -
@gongsatx@JohnJHarwood@ByronYork we're seeing the slowest growth in healthcare costs in decades, can't discount ACA a factor in that - 1 more reply
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@ByronYork@JohnJHarwood@indyrallen Yep. How else do you get to single-payer? -
@Trishcuit@ByronYork@JohnJHarwood@indyrallen single payer is the real goal with this administration. Obama is on record saying as much. -
@KentuckyPeach1 Yep. You're exactly right!
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@ByronYork )& they'd use those extra 16K IRS hires to fine ppl daily or weekly for not buying ins (with cost of fines equal2 or more)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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