Don’t you just love it?
New York Times 12-4-13
As part of that political counteroffensive, which began this week, Democratic congresswomen challenged Republicans to present an alternative that would provide free preventive health services for the 105 million Americans who have already received them under the law. At the same time, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee singled out about 60 House Republicans, accusing them of plotting to take away immunizations for children, cancer screenings and mammograms.
The irony is that most group health plans already covered these services before Obamacare albeit with coinsurance. Of course, none of these things are “free” and would you believe they probably are not even insurable risks in a sane world (and if they weren’t, they would be a lot cheaper).
Nobody can take away immunizations for children, the parents pay for them like parents did for decades … maybe via several fewer trips to McDonalds … another plus.
What, you expect me to stop playing the lottery to pay for a mammogram?
We simply can’t think about health care outside the context of someone else paying for it.
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