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Egalitarian Thug

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3. Two problems;

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 03:12 PM

Mar 2012

(And I understand the need to support the bill, awful as it is) It does not ever become universal hitting the poor hardest.

And it ensures that costs will always rise, not due to ever increasing treatment, but to support an endless rise in the stock price of the corporations that created and constantly inflate the already absurdly high price of health card in this nation.

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Krugman on ACA and the Supreme Court [View all] cthulu2016 Mar 2012 OP

Thank you. ananda Mar 2012 #1

Part of the problem... regnaD kciN Mar 2012 #2

It is easy to pay for libtodeath Mar 2012 #5

I disagree. Medicare increased taxes quite a bit Creideiki Apr 2012 #9

Two problems; Egalitarian Thug Mar 2012 #3

There are provisions in the ACA to deal with (imperfectly) the problems you describe. dawg Mar 2012 #4

I don't think you have thought this through. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #6

Interesting argument quaker bill Apr 2012 #7

I believe the tax credit is refundable, like the earned income credit ... dawg Apr 2012 #10

This is why I think SCOTUS will uphold it quaker bill Apr 2012 #8

But political considerations are made in the real world cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #11

The path to enact it involves striking this legislation down quaker bill Apr 2012 #12

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