Repeal or replace?

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Into the Night said:
Yes. Sooner or later, some other company will come along with a better product or a cheaper product and shoot the old dinosaur in the kneecap.
Such startups are more maneuverable in the marketplace, and they have the power to break any monopoly that gets established.

A principle of capitalism is not a Holy Link.
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you're talking bullshit again, fascist.
 
Barack Hussein Obama destroyed our healthcare system.

I suspect he knew this would happen, and thought he could sneak single-payer in eventually when his pet vanity project collapsed under its own weight.

It’s time to abolish the Affordable Care Act, and replace it with . . . NOTHING.

Your body, your choice.

Many chronic conditions are caused by poor lifestyle decisions. Not my problem. Exercise, eat for health, and many conditions will go away.

But muh poor people.

Most of the globe doesn't have medical insurance for poor people - because it's UNAFFORDABLE.

Yes, it is true — the majority of the world’s population lives in countries that do NOT provide free or low-cost comprehensive health coverage to poor people.Here’s the evidence (2023-2025 data from WHO, World Bank, and national sources):

1. Global coverage
  • Only ~30 countries (mostly in Western Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, a few Gulf states, and a handful of others like Thailand and Turkey) offer universal, tax-funded or single-payer systems where the poor pay little or nothing at the point of service.
  • That covers roughly 1 billion people — less than 13 % of the world’s 8.2 billion.
2. Where do the other 87 % live?
  • India (1.4 billion): No universal coverage. 75 % of health spending is out-of-pocket. Government schemes (Ayushman Bharat) cover only ~500 million poor for hospital care, but primary care and medicines are mostly paid.
  • Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Egypt, Philippines, Vietnam (combined ~1.1 billion): Similar story — catastrophic out-of-pocket payments are the norm; public facilities exist but are underfunded and charge user fees.
  • China (1.4 billion): 95 % have some insurance, but rural and migrant poor still pay 30-50 % of costs out-of-pocket; deductibles and co-pays are high.
  • United States (340 million): Medicaid covers only the very poor or specific categories; ~26 million remain uninsured, and even insured poor face high deductibles.
  • Latin America: Mexico (IMSS-Bienestar), Brazil (SUS), Argentina, Colombia, Peru have public systems, but quality is uneven and middle/upper classes opt out for private care. Still better than most of the world, but not “free” for everyone.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (1.1 billion outside South Africa): Almost nowhere except Rwanda (~90 % covered by community insurance at ~$5/year) and a few small countries. Everywhere else: pay or die.
3. Hard numbers (WHO/World Bank 2023)
  • 4.5 billion people (55 % of world) lack medical coverage. If insurance is necessary to survive, why are there so damn many folks surviving without it?
Bottom line: If you’re born poor in most of Asia, Africa, or even the United States, you do not have access to free or truly low-cost comprehensive healthcare.

The idea that “the whole world except the U.S. has free healthcare” is a myth that only applies to a small, mostly rich corner of Europe and a few outliers.

So yes — most of the globe absolutely does NOT offer free or low-cost medical insurance for poor people.

If that troubles you virtue-signaling conscience, YOU PAY for the poor.

That's what used to be the standard in America; if someone needed and couldn't afford medical care, they depended on their own savings (gasp), family, friends, or charitable organizations.

IT WORKED WELL, until for-profit health insurance became widespread during WWII.

Consider this:

Average "Affordable" Obamacare family premiums have tripled. Average family coverage now costs $27,000 per year .

"Affordable" Obamacare deductibles are $6,000-$12,000 per family member .

Taxpayers subsidize this broken "Affordable" Obamacare boondoggle to the tune of $700–$800 billion annually

This is an absolute scam, taking money from taxpayers to bail out for-profit insurance companies - the same for-profit insurance companies Trump-hating Democrats say they hate.

Well, if it's affordable, why would we need to throw more money at it?

But muh more people are covered?

Yeah, and incentivized to go to the doctor for literally anything. The poors think "it's the government's money, so it's free money”.

America is ~38 trillion in debt.

Unsustainable.

End it, before it ends America.
 
Diogenes said:
Barack Hussein Obama destroyed our healthcare system.

I suspect he knew this would happen, and thought he could sneak single-payer in eventually when his pet vanity project collapsed under its own weight.

It’s time to abolish the Affordable Care Act, and replace it with . . . NOTHING.

Your body, your choice.

Many chronic conditions are caused by poor lifestyle decisions. Not my problem. Exercise, eat for health, and many conditions will go away.

But muh poor people.

Most of the globe doesn't have medical insurance for poor people - because it's UNAFFORDABLE.

Yes, it is true — the majority of the world’s population lives in countries that do NOT provide free or low-cost comprehensive health coverage to poor people.Here’s the evidence (2023-2025 data from WHO, World Bank, and national sources):

1. Global coverage
  • Only ~30 countries (mostly in Western Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, a few Gulf states, and a handful of others like Thailand and Turkey) offer universal, tax-funded or single-payer systems where the poor pay little or nothing at the point of service.
  • That covers roughly 1 billion people — less than 13 % of the world’s 8.2 billion.
2. Where do the other 87 % live?
  • India (1.4 billion): No universal coverage. 75 % of health spending is out-of-pocket. Government schemes (Ayushman Bharat) cover only ~500 million poor for hospital care, but primary care and medicines are mostly paid.
  • Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Egypt, Philippines, Vietnam (combined ~1.1 billion): Similar story — catastrophic out-of-pocket payments are the norm; public facilities exist but are underfunded and charge user fees.
  • China (1.4 billion): 95 % have some insurance, but rural and migrant poor still pay 30-50 % of costs out-of-pocket; deductibles and co-pays are high.
  • United States (340 million): Medicaid covers only the very poor or specific categories; ~26 million remain uninsured, and even insured poor face high deductibles.
  • Latin America: Mexico (IMSS-Bienestar), Brazil (SUS), Argentina, Colombia, Peru have public systems, but quality is uneven and middle/upper classes opt out for private care. Still better than most of the world, but not “free” for everyone.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (1.1 billion outside South Africa): Almost nowhere except Rwanda (~90 % covered by community insurance at ~$5/year) and a few small countries. Everywhere else: pay or die.
3. Hard numbers (WHO/World Bank 2023)
  • 4.5 billion people (55 % of world) lack medical coverage. If insurance is necessary to survive, why are there so damn many folks surviving without it?
Bottom line: If you’re born poor in most of Asia, Africa, or even the United States, you do not have access to free or truly low-cost comprehensive healthcare.

The idea that “the whole world except the U.S. has free healthcare” is a myth that only applies to a small, mostly rich corner of Europe and a few outliers.

So yes — most of the globe absolutely does NOT offer free or low-cost medical insurance for poor people.

If that troubles you virtue-signaling conscience, YOU PAY for the poor.

That's what used to be the standard in America; if someone needed and couldn't afford medical care, they depended on their own savings (gasp), family, friends, or charitable organizations.

IT WORKED WELL, until for-profit health insurance became widespread during WWII.

Consider this:

Average "Affordable" Obamacare family premiums have tripled. Average family coverage now costs $27,000 per year .

"Affordable" Obamacare deductibles are $6,000-$12,000 per family member .

Taxpayers subsidize this broken "Affordable" Obamacare boondoggle to the tune of $700–$800 billion annually

This is an absolute scam, taking money from taxpayers to bail out for-profit insurance companies - the same for-profit insurance companies Trump-hating Democrats say they hate.

Well, if it's affordable, why would we need to throw more money at it?

But muh more people are covered?

Yeah, and incentivized to go to the doctor for literally anything. The poors think "it's the government's money, so it's free money”.

America is ~38 trillion in debt.

Unsustainable.

End it, before it ends America.
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Now you're getting it. By demonizing and trying to destroy insurance companies, they are doing Obama's work for him, what he wanted from the get-go. Single payer.

So many simple-minded people cannot see the forest for the trees.
 
Life is Golden said:
Now you're getting it. By demonizing and trying to destroy insurance companies, they are doing Obama's work for him, what he wanted from the get-go. Single payer. So many simple-minded people cannot see the forest for the trees.
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I think you've missed the main thrust of my position, though. Need a minute to read it through?
 
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