Hey Mags,
Keep dreaming. That bill won't be repealed. You need 2/3 majority in both houses. Good luck with that.
This is what i'm talking about in regards to propaganda. You have these middle class people who like sheep vote against their interests. In this example you have a middle class guy who has been programmed that spending money on health care as opposed to war is a bad thing. Then they feed them this crap that even if that is what is good for them, its not going to happen. So you have a good number of people voting for something that will never happen. Ohh well the cycle continues.
Trampled:
It may not be as far fetched as one might think. I'll admit, I didn't know it took 2/3 majority to repeal though, which will make it tougher. It's hard to believe that a completely partisan bad bill can be passed by using bribes and threats with only 60 votes in the Senate, but it will take 66 votes to undo a bad thing? Doesn't make sense.
But, moving forward - here are all the positive messages that can be announced with repeal of the health care bill:
1. It will reduce the deficit. Originally, the Dems and CBO lied about this - the CBO has now come out and said it will increase the deficit. So, now by repeal, we will be reducing the deficit. Very positive message in our current climate.
2. It will result in substantial tax decreases, as the current bill has large tax increases, including a large one on investment income, which will affect all, as it will hurt the market (and everyone's mutual funds and retirement funds). Positive #2.
3. It will signficantly reduce the number of government positions, as a ton were created with this bill - further reduces tax dollars that must be allocated.
4. It will remove the Individual Mandate, which most people hate and many people feel is unconstitutional.
5. It will foster more competition and more choices for the consumer, as there are a number of carriers that have already announced or will announce shortly that they will leave the market due to the bill. We will also not force people to choose a benefit plan that is much richer than they want or need - further reducing price.
6. By repealing the bill, we will bring premiums down from the levels they are projected to grow to based on the new bill. The CBO has already said that premiums will rise more as a result of this bill than they would have without the bill.
7. Seniors will love this, as Medicare Advantage wouldn't be taken away from them - and 20% of seniors currently have a Med Advantage policy today. Repeal will make Medicare stronger (unlike the bill, which weakens Medicare).
The only issue that the Reps will have to address is to ensure that ALL people have the opportunity to purchase coverage - which I believe all people should have the right to do (not mandated to do). This can be easily accomplished via a national high risk pool for those who cannot obtain insurance in the private marketplace due to health history. Best way to fund this would be a tax on providers/hospitals/devices/drugs - so the entire country shares in subsidizing this market - which is rather small to begin with, as 85% of the folks in this country had coverage to begin with before the bill was passed - and many of the 15% that remained could get coverage if they wanted to, but choose not to.
There really is no negatives to repealing the bill, and so many political positive messages (points 1-7 above) that it should be an easy sell.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if this does occur. So much has been done against the mainstream America's wishes - and this is the biggest issue for a lot of America's voters.
It's a bad bill when the majority of folks that voted for it have no idea of what was actually in it or actually read it (which most of them admit they didn't do - even Pelosi didn't - as she said "You haev to pass it to find out what is in it"). THAT is the definition of blind sheep following a leader that is not mainstream America.
Don't speak too soon - way too many political postiives that will be easy to sell the public on in repeal of this bill. Who can say no to lower taxes, lower deficit, lower health care premiums, more companies/products to choose from, no individual mandate AND smaller government all at the same time?
To me, that is a winning message.
