Thursday, June 16, 2011

AMA Reconsiders Obamacare

I know that many conservatives - Rush and Sean Hannity among them - were outraged that Obamacare included the proviso that everyone had to buy health insurance.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - that's the only aspect of Obamacare that I really think made sense! Why should people who never bothered to buy health insurance - get free care? I know Rush can afford to pay for his health care without insurance, but what about the "average joe" who can't. Surely they need to buy healht coverage - so that if they get sick, they'll be covered. It's only common sense.

Perhaps if people had to buy health insurance, not only for themselves but for their kids, they'd think twice before having kids before they could actually afford to do so!
RUSH: The AMA: "AMA to Reconsider Support of Health Insurance Requirement -- Faction contends key tenet of overhaul legislation is 'a matter of individual responsibility to be encouraged by the use of tax incentives and other noncompulsory measures.' A divided American Medical Association will consider withdrawing its support of a key tenet of the health overhaul law that requires Americans to purchase an insurance plan. The Chicago-based national doctors group, which represents nearly a quarter-million physicians, is being asked by several medical societies within the organization to change its stance in favor of the 'individual mandate.'" I don't know if they're running for office or not. It's amazing how things change whatever you do approach an election, inside and outside politics.

"A formal vote comes up at the AMA's annual policymaking House of Delegates meeting Saturday through Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The AMA's support of the health care legislation, which was passed by Congress and then signed into [blah, blah] was seen as critical at the time the controversial legislation was being debated. The delegates' debate comes following the filing of federal lawsuits by several attorneys" blah, blah, blah, we all know this. "A resolution that will be introduced by three national surgery groups, including the American Society of General Surgeons and six largely southern state delegations of physicians, says the federal mandate 'regulating the individual purchase of health insurance will likely undermine the innovations and improvements in health care financing that can evolve in a free market.'



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