I am not a primary voter - the state in which I'm registered to vote (South Dakota) and the state where I'm attending school (Montana) have the last two Democratic primaries in the nation, on the same day in June.
If I were voting today, I would vote for Hillary Clinton, without a doubt. Jason Heppler is right when he suggests that being a Clinton supporter who is under the age of 30 and spends most of her time on a college campus can be a very lonely experience. It even puts me at odds with a couple of DW posters, but what can I say - I'm a health care voter. However, a big part of me also hopes that Obama ends up doing well tonight. So I guess I'm of two minds about this.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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Actually, her health care plan is one of the things that freaks me out. The people I know who don't have health insurance don't have it because they can't afford it. How is garnishing their wages in order to mandate that everyone have it going to help? Yes, it will be cheaper than it is now, but I doubt it will be cheaper enough that most people will be able to afford to do it.
i wish one of the two had the courage to support single-payer.
I don't know everything about Clinton's health care plan, but I do know that there are subsidies available, and there's also a sliding scale for payments based on income.
I imagine that taking payments for decent health care out of someone's paycheck is probably better than those same people finding themselves sick and facing bankruptcy because they can't pay their medical bills.
I'm positive I make less money than anyone who posts here, and I would gladly pay for decent health insurance. In my mind, her plan is clearly better than Obama's, and health care is a really important issue to me. It is what decided who I ultimately support.
I imagine that taking payments for decent health care out of someone's paycheck is probably better than those same people finding themselves sick and facing bankruptcy because they can't pay their medical bills.
Well, that would depend on what else one needs that money for. Rent, food, the electric bill. In theory, it's a great idea. In practice, it totally screws poor people. I mean - bankruptcy? That's actually not a bad thing - it's an escape valve, when you're allowed to claim it, which is not often. But I'm not talking about people who are in a position to declare bankruptcy. I'm talking about the working poor.
I'm not saying you should have voted any differently, btw. I just have grave concerns about her policy.
I didn't actually vote. But that's how I would have voted if I had.
I think that a debate over whether or not to mandate health care is a pretty honest area of disagreement - it's something where I feel like reasonable people can come to different conclusions.
But I also think it's difficult to argue in general that having health insurance is worse than not having health insurance.
I'm positive I make less money than anyone who posts here
I'm not sure that's a contest you want to get into, Anna ;)
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