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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 12:59:55 PM   
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Well, the argument is fantastical, as a freeman I would require you to sign your death warrant for opting out, and have you provide proof of prepaid burial expense, because I would expect you to be a man of your word, no health care for anyfucking thing, and no burden on society to put you in the boneyard when you die from whatever, and some prepaid plan so you dont rot on the street as you die.

If it isnt in writing, it aint real, and any reasonable man would require and offer those assurances.   

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 1:39:11 PM   
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Yeah, other than all the other foolishness you wrote, who will he lose to in November?  Who don't we know about on the horizon?





I also said by a landslide. Obama's presidency just collapsed. I saw it on nationwide TV last night.
Remember my post warning about the left coming unglued in November after the election? I was wrong. It is starting now.

I said by a landslide. Don't forget that.



Ooooo you saw it on tv? where? what happened? dont leave us in suspense

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 6:02:35 PM   
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Yup. Because I wanted to drive. I choose to drive therefore I must pay what it takes to do so.
With Obamacare I must pay even if I do not have the money or do not want health insurance or do not want health care.

We clear on the dramatic difference yet? Here is it again: Free person chooses. Un-free person must. Constitution keeps us free. Obamacare removes freedom. Therefore, Obamacare un-Constitutional.

Simple. This is why it will be a slam dunk. THis is why Obama must attack the Supreme Court who he oviously knows have made a decision the mandate is un-Constitutional, because he knows this failure will destroy him and he will go down in the history books as the President who was a Constitutional law professor who also spent two years enacting an un-Constitutional law and then tried to intimidate the Supreme Court with no success and then lost the election in November by a landslide, because who wants to vote for an obvious incompetent and a loser?

Not you I imagine.


Slam dunk argument against Social Security and Medicare. Why should I be forced to pay for my future retirement and medical care? I shouldn't (according to your argument), therefore those programs are unconstitutional...

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 7:06:38 PM   
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So is paying taxes for the military--or for welfare payment, or unemployment insurance.  How about on the local level, all those property taxes we pay to support the police and fire departments and school taxes.  My kids are both adults, why should I be forced to pay taxes so that other people's kids can go to public or charter schools?  I'm almost 50 and have only called the police twice in my adult life and have never had reason to call the fire department.  Why do I have to pay all those taxes??

Honestly, I am a reasonable homeowner.  I know that it is my civic duty to pay my required share of taxes because it helps to keep my community and my country safe and free--though we have become less safe and less free during my lifetime.


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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 8:26:59 PM   
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Yup. Because I wanted to drive. I choose to drive therefore I must pay what it takes to do so.



Next time you feel the need to haul a few weeks worth of groceries from town into the country side... make a choice to walk them there.

As it is more than an inconvenience it becomes a necessity to drive, pay for gas and insurance, repairs, taxation to keep the roads all nice and shiny.

Also... I imagine that there was a choice to live in town but the barrier to entry is far to high... rent is ungodly expensive and the squeeze is not worth the juice.

Insurance is a community action. It is my personal opinion that health insurance is communist. You pay in at fixed intervals and receive benefit at random variables when absolutely needed.

The other option is to pay the hospital directly for overpriced 'service'. My last experience at the Emergency Room for a physical ailment involved $2000 plus dollars for an X-ray, bloodtests, and a printout. This does not include labor.




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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 8:38:51 PM   
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The car insurance analogy is spot on.

The government can require drivers/owners to get it because it`s not a matter of if but when there`ll be an accident.

Youngsters nay think they won`t get sick or hurt(read: car accident) but again,it`s not a matter of if one will need medical care, but when.

And because the law says someone in need MUST be treated........someone MUST also pay for said treatment.



I`d rather that be the care recipient and not the tax payer.


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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/4/2012 8:44:37 PM   
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The car insurance analogy is spot on.

The government can require drivers/owners to get it because it`s not a matter of if but when there`ll be an accident.

Youngsters nay think they won`t get sick or hurt(read: car accident) but again,it`s not a matter of if one will need medical care, but when.

And because the law says someone in need MUST be treated........someone MUST also pay for said treatment.



I`d rather that be the care recipient and not the tax payer.



Wait, you mean without the mandate the government pays for health care? That's communist!!!
So Republicans are the commie leftist party now? I'm going back to the legalize drugs thread, I think I must have taken some or something...

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 2:02:52 AM   
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Yup. Because I wanted to drive. I choose to drive therefore I must pay what it takes to do so.
With Obamacare I must pay even if I do not have the money or do not want health insurance or do not want health care.


And where does it state in the Affordable Care Act that if you dont have money, you must still pay for health insurance? I want the exact page(s) that state this. Its ONLY a 2409 page document; I'm sure you'll find it quickly for me.

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We clear on the dramatic difference yet? Here is it again: Free person chooses. Un-free person must. Constitution keeps us free. Obamacare removes freedom. Therefore, Obamacare un-Constitutional.


Lets back up. In 2008, we had this thing called a 'National Election' were we ELECTED people to the White House and Congress (House & Senate). Every state/commonwealth got to vote (and they did). Those ELECTED OFFICALS, than debated (for 14 months) on a bill entilted 'The Affordable Care Act" before voting on it. The bill pass and became law. You had a chance to vote, if you failed to do that, dont bitch to anyone.....you had your chance and failed. Since the law went through the entire progress for how bills become law, its NOT un-constitutional. Your stating that since your a free person, you should have been given the option to decide on this; Did you run for office....no? Then thats to bad for you. Please state in exact terms what freedom you have lost, due to the ACA? Did you enjoy your preexisting condition so much that you desired to remain without proper health care and suffer for it?

Most Americans are either happy with the ACA or want it improved on (2:1 verse those that dont like it).

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Simple. This is why it will be a slam dunk. THis is why Obama must attack the Supreme Court who he oviously knows have made a decision the mandate is un-Constitutional, because he knows this failure will destroy him and he will go down in the history books as the President who was a Constitutional law professor who also spent two years enacting an un-Constitutional law and then tried to intimidate the Supreme Court with no success and then lost the election in November by a landslide, because who wants to vote for an obvious incompetent and a loser?


Lets start this off correctly. Dude, that's one MASSIVE run-on-sentence you have there. Are you being so taxed from the ACA that you can't afford a few ".'"s and capital letters?

Mr. Obama is pointing out that several members of the US Supreme Court hold a bias AGAINST the ACA even before opening arguements were heard (their suppose to be unbias BEFORE the arguements). Hence the whole part of the 'Judical Activism' comment that state the high court would wish to push for a political idealogy that has nothing to do with the rule of law and everything to do with making more Americans suffer. Even if the justices come back and declare the whole thing un-constutitional, it'll only be a brief bump in things. Most Americans are finding as time wears on and ACTUALLY READS THE BILL, just what they are going to lose. Have you actually read the bill from cover to cover, Arturas? Or has your entire viewpoint been spoon fed to you, because people did not think your intelligent nor wise enough to study the bill yourself?

I believe your going to be sadly disappointed this November, as the President will do much better than you think, In fact, Congress will see more blue seats and less red in the hallways. If the bill is uncosntitution, they'll just push through ANOTHER Health Care bill in the first year, and simply become wiser to how the bias US Supreme Court melts out decisions. The second one will be....MUCH...better.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 5:40:06 AM   
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No one is demanding free health care.




On the contrary. The Republicans are demanding free health care via the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act by attempting to destroy ACA.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 9:59:13 AM   
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Wait, you mean without the mandate the government pays for health care? That's communist!!!
So Republicans are the commie leftist party now? I'm going back to the legalize drugs thread, I think I must have taken some or something...


Actually, the government could easily pay for health care. Them, paying for it is not what makes it an undersirable situation. It's the fact that you are giving the government the control over who lives or who dies (medical decisions).

I'm torn as to whether or not " ... promote the general welfare ..." is indeed a mandate for the government to supply medical care. Some claim it is; others say "no way". I'm up in the air about it. It is the pre-amble but, in so being; it's almost as if they wanted to get around to it but didn't.

Then (to my mind), is the "should government be able to make decisions about what kind of treatment I can have?" argument and to be fair, I tend to lean toward that.

I remember when my dad was dying and Hillbilly Clinton released her healthcare bill. The way the bill read, a life-extending procedure for my dad would have been disallowed because he "wouldn't have lived long enough, after the procedure" (doctors say 3-5 years). Who the fuck is the government to make that kind of decision?



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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 10:10:39 AM   
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Since the law went through the entire progress for how bills become law, its NOT un-constitutional.



That is not sufficient cause to declare a law "NOT un-constitutional".

The Supreme Court as of 2002 has overturned over 1300 laws by reason of them being unconstitutional.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 10:18:43 AM   
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DaddySatyr:

Two things, I would like to have the government do it as a disinterested party in the individual case, than an insurance guy who makes his living denying it.

And the decisions?  The AMA  is starting to take that up as well, most notably in the oncology and uselessness of certain treatments in the terminally ill. Call it rationing if you want.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 11:00:54 AM   
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DS, are you trying to say that insurance companies don't deny treatments based on a cost benefit analysis? Cause they do. And they have a direct financial incentive for doing so.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 11:07:31 AM   
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And it began in earnest with Richard M Nixon and Kaiser Permanente.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 11:17:14 AM   
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lost the election in November by a landslide, because who wants to vote for an obvious incompetent and a loser?

Not you I imagine.

Ok, which one of the assclowns with an R after his name is going to do the deed?

Will it be:

A: The crazy old man?
B: The ignorant Bible Beater that wants to wipe his ass with the constitution?
C: The serial adulteror who runs on the "Family Values" ticket?
D: The guy who is damn near the author of Obamacare and has assumed more positions than a porn actress?
E: None of the above.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 11:26:20 AM   
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DaddySatyr:

I would like to have the government do it as a disinterested party in the individual case, than an insurance guy who makes his living denying it.


If the government is the one providing medical treatment (free which is what we are talking about), they would no longer be "disinterested". Having an insurance company which is regulated by the government (truly disinterested since their money isn't at stake) is the best way, as far as I am concerned.

Example 1: You need a life-benefitting operation that may not be deemed medically necessary. Your insurance company refuses to authorize the treatment. You go to court (the government) and have a (truly) neutral party (One that is neither providing the care nor paying for it) hear your case.

Example 2: You need a life-benefitting operation that may not be deemed medically necessary. Your insurance company (the government) refuses to authorize the treatment. To whom do you turn?

Sorry. I'll take scenario 1, anyday.



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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 11:41:57 AM   
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 Having an insurance company which is regulated by the government (truly disinterested since their money isn't at stake) is the best way, as far as I am concerned.

You have that now, thats a bitch.  The disinterest is lobbyed and paid for, to the government.

So, where is a regulated insurance company with no money at stake in this real world, c'mon that is nonsense, they will always have money at stake, or they would be a lemonade stand. 

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 11:57:28 AM   
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No one is demanding free health care.




On the contrary. The Republicans are demanding free health care via the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act by attempting to destroy ACA.


That doesnt guarantee free care. You can still be billed.

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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 12:02:10 PM   
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 Having an insurance company which is regulated by the government (truly disinterested since their money isn't at stake) is the best way, as far as I am concerned.

You have that now, thats a bitch.  The disinterest is lobbyed and paid for, to the government.

So, where is a regulated insurance company with no money at stake in this real world, c'mon that is nonsense, they will always have money at stake, or they would be a lemonade stand. 


You misunderstood me. The government (court) is "disinterested" since they're neither providing the medical services nor paying for them.

If you want to outlaw lobbying/ists, that's another discussion (and one we'll find ourselves on the same side of).

Lobbying certainly does influence which laws get enacted and how they're worded but, lobbyists don't control the state courts (we're talking in the context of a civil suit, as in the example I gave).



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RE: Being uninsured is a mandate, too...... - 4/5/2012 12:21:18 PM   
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The court (government) will remain disinterested while the legislative branch funds it, and tells us what they will and wont do.  As it is, many courts (government) are concerned with what an insurance company will or wont do....and whether or not the insuree was led to believe that they would or wouldnt do it.

A distinction without a difference, logically. 

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