Riddick wrote:Has the thought never occurred to Dems that there's something wrong with their message and methods that brings on public rejection?
You want introspection Riddick???????
Was watching MSNBC yesterday afternoon and a GOP senator was being interviewed by Chuck Todd, and the senator said that the Democrats ultimate plan was single-payer, and to prove his point he noted that California's legislature is contemplating a bill which would basically cripple the state's finances. Seeing the look on Todd's face, you could have imagines him getting whacked by a 2x4 square between the eyes. He sat up, blinked, sputtered - no clue at all of what was taking place in California......
Why conservatives can cheer California’s single-payer health care bill
Let’s hear one cheer – not two, not three – for the California Legislature.
Its members are considering a single-payer health care system with annual costs that would considerably exceed the state’s entire current budget. But legislators deserve that one cheer, for the fact that the state is launching its own reform efforts rather than waiting for the federal government.
Much of the public, and most of the media, have pinned their hopes on Congress, the president, and a host of federal agencies to solve all problems related to health care. In 2010, Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and most problems that it sought to address remain – in some respects worse than ever.
In 2017, Congressional Republicans are crafting the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to repeal and replace certain provisions of the ACA, but that effort, too, is fraught with problems.
Some in California are determined to seize the initiative and break free of federal health care policy. The California proposal would radically transform the state’s health care system by bringing all Californians – including present-day Medicare recipients and undocumented immigrants – into a new state-run mechanism.
If enacted, such a law would likely shake California worse than the San Andreas Fault and tip the state into the fiscal abyss. But bully for them for plodding ahead on their own.
That’s the beauty of federalism – states as “laboratories of democracy,” in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis. California’s efforts are a powerful reminder that states have considerable leeway over how health care is provided and paid for within their borders.
Unfortunately, California is making the same error that both parties have made at the federal level – focusing on how we pay for existing modes of care rather than on developing better, less expensive care.
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/californi ... 59954.html
