Did insurance premiums really increase because of Obamacare? I am continuing to write my essay on Universal healthcare, showing both the pros and cons, but I haven't been able to find any evidence Obamacare actually increased premiums, all I can find are conservative media outlets saying so. Trump often claimed Obamacare caused insurance prices to rise, and even some to lose their insurance, but I'm have trouble finding any evidence of that. Does anyone know anymore about this, or have any links to credible sites showing evidence of it?
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Dont accept the premise: "universal healthcare" is pejorative marxist language. The implication is that "healthcare" is infinitely manifested by the aether. If that were really the case the only reason to be against giving it to everyone is intentional "evil".
Healthcare is a product, for which there is nearly an infinite demand and of a limited supply. Expending resources producing healthcare means there are fewer resources for other priorities.
The question isnt "how to get healthcare to everyone". The real question, as always, is who gets to decide how resources are expended.
Even calling it "healthcare" is buying into enemy frame. A system which would prefer you be 800 pounds and vaccinated than fit and unvaccinated can't rightfully be called "healthcare". The focus is entirely on selling tests and medications that can be billed to insurance and not getting people healthy.
At best it is "symptom management" and "emergency treatment"
Agreed but I'm not smart enough to come up with a word that is both descriptive and doesn't sound totally crazy to normies and isn't so technical that it is too awkward to use.
not being purely "symptom management" sounds nice until you realize that gives license to do stupidity like say "gun violence is a health issue"
A system no matter how its run is never going to give a damn about your health. That's entirely up to the individual. At best you enable people to make choices that might lead to them being healthy.
So I look at a system geared towards pushing products to be inevitable. I never want them to "care" about me; I want them to provide services that I request.
Perhaps, but our system doesn't even do that.
It's not that bad. For me.
And the people who pay for it get fucked over of course. It's ridiculous how much better Medicaid and Obamacare plans are compared to the employer plans that people who work for a living get.
Food is a human necessity. Do we want Universal Government Food? I'm sure some redditors do. But anyways. Water is a necessity, yet most of us still have to pay a water bill. Just because something is essential doesn't mean that it should be socialized. This is how you get women demanding free tampons.
I agree but the other side doesnt. They will never admit their end goal is a totalitarian USSR-type state.
Yeah I don't know if they know it. Tyranny comes through 1000 cuts.
You also have people fundamentally ignorant of economics. It doesnt' help that the government engages in funny money, divorcing currency from its purpose, convincing the tankies there is unlimited resources if only they could divert them from the rich.