Reply #422: "So, it's quite obvious we vehemently disagree not on tactics but actual outcomes." [View All]

[BzaDem]

No, we disagree on facts.

Forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions is unambiguously progressive.

A mandate that everyone be insured is unambiguously required for the above regulation to work. (It is a simple matter of economics, and isn't disputed among healthcare economists. To the extent that some people here dispute it, they simply are not familiar with the economics.)

The above two statements are facts, not opinions.

Furthermore, you incorrectly state (as a matter of fact) that the law does not control corporations. That is patently false. The law regulates insurance companies significantly. It tells them that they must charge the healthy and sick the same amount. They must provide a list of benefits determined by the government. They cannot deny care. They cannot charge much more than the cost they pay to the providers for the actual care.

So you and I are not disagreeing with desired outcomes. You and I are disagreeing with what actually happened. You are literally asserting that something did not happen, which on this planet and in this reality, it did in fact happen.