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In response to "I thought the purpose of the healthcare bill was to extend coverage, not reduce healthcare costs -- nm" by Roger More

Over the long term it is supposed to bend the cost curve by limiting increases.

Posted by TWuG Jan 6 '11, 14:24

Costs aren't going to go down, but costs aren't going to increase by as much as they would without the law.

And this is what makes it a hard sell. How do you prove to someone who just saw costs go up that they would have gone up more without this legislation?

It's the same with the stimulus. Unemployment is bad, but how do you prove that it would've been worse without the stimulus?

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- This is true. Though one side has economists making the claim and the other side has self-interested parties making the claim. -- nm - TWuG Jan 6, 15:00
Sure, but the immediate impact was to provide healthcare coverage to a big chunk of the one-sixth of Americans that didn't have it - Roger More Jan 6, 14:34
I'm going to break into your house and steal your valuables. It's for your own good though because a better criminal could come along later if I don't - Loyola Jan 6, 14:31

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Over the long term it is supposed to bend the cost curve by limiting increases.

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