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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I get that the GOP is not in favor of Obamacare, and I believe I understand why.

My question:  if they aren't in favor of Obamacare or universal healthcare, what ARE they in favor of?  What do they think is the solution to unaffordable healthcare expenses?

And second question:  Why are businesses (who bear a huge burden for healthcare costs which is then reflected in prices, helping to make U.S. goods and services much more expensive in the international marketplace) NOT infavor of universal healthcare?  Even if we had to tax more to pay for it, it would still be cheaper for businesses than the way we do it now.[/quote]

Is not that simple. The US pays more for health insurance, prescription drugs etc... because we are the richest nation in the world and are basically subsidizing poorer nations. If it were flat a lot of people would be dying in Africa because they could not afford medications. For example if you buy a text book int he US it will always be 20 bucks more than the exact same one in India because of cost of living.

Creating a government mandate will actually drive up prices because now there is an artificial element, a good example of this is cost of college tuition soaring after student loans availability. It's supply and demand more supply of people that want a service the higher the cost.[/quote]

You fail to grasp two things.

1. Everyone gets treated. 
2.  Uninsured people don't get treated until their problems ate severe and expensive to fix.

The point of the mandate is to make sure everyone gets routine care so they make fewer visits to the ER and so their diabetes gets managed to avoid a lifetime of govt paid dialysis  and their blood pressure is treated before they need a bypass. We pay for those bypasses. [/quote]

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