10.31.2013

Why ACA is not socialist legislation

There has been much controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act in the past three years. From conservatives denouncing it as the most evil thing since the Nazis to the liberals praising it as their safeguard against failure we're all talking or bitching about it. Many people decry ObamaCare as an attempt to make us a socialist country. This is bullshit.

ObamaCare does not provide for any subsidies or government paying of the premiums and other bills due health insurance providers. This is the main crux of the issue with the ACA. Socialist healthcare would include taxation to allow the government to pay for health services. There would be no premiums to pay in a socialist healthcare system.

It is ridiculous to even consider calling the ACA socialist. It has no features that are socialist outside the individual mandate, which is completely inconsistent with the rest of the massive bill.

I don't know why the left in the U.S. doesn't have the guts to just go socialist, as its obvious they want to do so. I guess they just don't want to lose power. In any case, I say Go socialist or stay free market. They cannot have it both ways.

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