Monday, March 26, 2012
Two chances, two fuckups
Today the Supreme foofaraw over Obama's Worst Of All Possible Medical Worlds Act Of 2010 starts in earnest.
Dammit, dammit, dammit. Complete fuckup.
The solution was remarkably easy:
(1) Kill all the lawyers. If that's too messy and smelly, just invoke Loser Pays for all lawsuits.
(2) Disconnect employers from insurance.
(3) Extend Medicare to everyone and increase Medicare tax accordingly. Wouldn't need any Supreme action, because Medicare is already law.
That's all.
Remember: Something like 70% of all medical expense is already under the supervision of Medicare, so the expansion would be much less than a doubling. Medicare already works in concert with private insurance for those who can afford it.
But no, Obama couldn't do the right thing. He had to do the Goldman thing, the Romney thing. Had to guarantee total monopoly to predatory insurance companies.
Dammit, dammit, dammit TWICE. This man had the opportunity, the political capital, and the intelligence to do TWO hugely important things in his term.
Reimpose FDR's securities regulations, and create a proper single-payer medical system.
He could have cured our biggest problems almost immediately, but he chose not to.
I don't know why. Looks like he's totally enslaved to Goldman, but it might be more weakness than enslavement. ¶ 5:12 AM
Dammit, dammit, dammit. Complete fuckup.
The solution was remarkably easy:
(1) Kill all the lawyers. If that's too messy and smelly, just invoke Loser Pays for all lawsuits.
(2) Disconnect employers from insurance.
(3) Extend Medicare to everyone and increase Medicare tax accordingly. Wouldn't need any Supreme action, because Medicare is already law.
That's all.
Remember: Something like 70% of all medical expense is already under the supervision of Medicare, so the expansion would be much less than a doubling. Medicare already works in concert with private insurance for those who can afford it.
But no, Obama couldn't do the right thing. He had to do the Goldman thing, the Romney thing. Had to guarantee total monopoly to predatory insurance companies.
Dammit, dammit, dammit TWICE. This man had the opportunity, the political capital, and the intelligence to do TWO hugely important things in his term.
Reimpose FDR's securities regulations, and create a proper single-payer medical system.
He could have cured our biggest problems almost immediately, but he chose not to.
I don't know why. Looks like he's totally enslaved to Goldman, but it might be more weakness than enslavement. ¶ 5:12 AM
