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Friday, December 13, 2013

What Separates Liberals And Conservatives On Obamacare


The Invisible Hand of The Marketplace
 is more central to conservatism 
than Love is to Christianity.

Obamacare's ability to provide high-quality universal healthcare
jeopardizes the "free market" foundation of the entire Capitalist Project.

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What separates the liberal from the conservative on Obamacare. "The real difference between left and right now is the "other stuff" Obamacare does to the insurance market. And what's that other stuff? It's "guaranteed issue" and "community rating"--the requirements that insurers sell to anybody, regardless of pre-existing condition, with varying rates or benefits. It's the creation of a minimum standard for coverage, so that all plans must cover at least 60 percent of the typical person's medical bills and include a set of "essential health benefits" from hospitalization to mental health to rehabilitative services to maternity care. It's the availability of generous tax credits...And it's the individual mandate...By and large, liberals support these measures, although they might quibble or have reservations with some of the specifics. Conservatives are generally skeptical." Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic



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