tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post7996906206374910211..comments2024-01-08T14:53:19.838-05:00Comments on Bluegrass Policy Blog: How ObamaCare reduces incentives to workKelly Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249335217299732224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-19232361836687474862011-04-26T17:45:47.003-04:002011-04-26T17:45:47.003-04:00Anan:
The private sector health care industry is ...Anan:<br /><br />The private sector health care industry is past masters of reducing choice. They routinely cancel insurance on someone when they get chronically ill.<br /><br />For years when people suffered from brain disorders, called mental illness, insurance companies would only pay half the cost and then only for 30 days. Their attitude towards the mentally ill was that they'll snap out of it.<br /><br />Insurance companies don't want to cover anyone who has preexisting conditions. The Affordable Care Act put a halt to that. <br /><br />They'd rather to not cover anyone who may have a genetic potential for contracting some chronic condition. <br /><br />Those were some of the practices that the private sector health insurance industry practiced to reduce choice for patients.<br /><br />The private sector health care industry never was about promoting the general welfare. Their only concern was improving the bottom line - to hell with the common good.Hempyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813467704115452311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-66531539208027914862011-04-25T20:29:54.331-04:002011-04-25T20:29:54.331-04:00I wouldn't say that reducing choice qualifies ...I wouldn't say that reducing choice qualifies as promoting anyone's general welfare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-87678882027059051222011-04-25T19:23:54.158-04:002011-04-25T19:23:54.158-04:00If The Wall Street Journal really cared about taxe...If <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> really cared about taxes, then they'd be advocating Alexander Hamilton's proportional rate on the movement of money.<br /><br />But alas! That would fairly tax the big money people -- the Wall Street Journal's main clientele. <br /><br />The problem lies with the tax code not the Affordable Care Act, which falls within the guidelines of promoting the general welfare as specified by the Constitution.Hempyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813467704115452311noreply@blogger.com