Which was worse? No Child Left Behind, or the Affordable Care Act?
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No Child Left Behind
Affordable Care Act
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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
I would not get too carried away being happy about getting rid of it, if we did not have medicare but had insurance instead I think we would just let the old people die. That is the way it used to be you know. The health-insurance industry is designed to make a profit, not provide medical care. You simply cannot make money by insuring high-risk pools such as old people without charging very high premiums. Economically you can not beat economy of scale, no way an insurance company can get the same price for a knee used in a knee replacement buying 80,000 that a single payer could buying 600,000 a year.
If you look around the world at the way others do it you will find that some form of single payer system is the most economical and the most beneficial to the most people. We insure about 55 million Americans this way already so don't act like it is some socialist invention.
If you look around the world at the way others do it you will find that some form of single payer system is the most economical and the most beneficial to the most people. We insure about 55 million Americans this way already so don't act like it is some socialist invention.
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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
No it is not because the parts people want to keep are reliant on parts they want to get rid of for funding. We need to start all over and get a consensus of what we want to accomplish and have that supported by both parties. Nothing else is going to work if one side forces a solution down the others throat no matter what that solution is it won't stick and won't work. We need to look around the world and find what works best for us.
GohantheThird · M
@Subsumedpat: Fair enough, but starting over could make the problem worse. What about people who have insurance via ACA?
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
@XamadtheFirst: That is a very difficult problem especially when you consider some of those people had plans which got done away with because they did not fully comply with the ACA or were done away with because they offered benefits great enough to qualify for additional taxes and were replaced by insurance under the ACA. With that you had people who had insurance, lost it because of government legislation then received it again under ACA and now are going to loose it again. All the more reason to not pass a law supported only by one side and even then it just squeaked by.
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
GohantheThird · M
I agree that both overstepped their bounds, but NCLB had more lasting effects and opens too many doors for federal control. ACA you know what to expect, but with NCLB it could only get worse.
GohantheThird · M
@Oconnor: I agree with purposeful regulation on health care, but the federal government has no business in deciding what schools should teach and learn. That leads to fascism.
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
@Oconnor: I am not against federal oversight either but they don't do that, the tend to take over, and on top of that don't get results. Where education is successful it is not because of federal control or involvement. Government can probably provide the best educational solution just our of practicality but they don't and certainly don't do it any better than the states.
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
I would have to say the affordable care act because it is the most difficult to fix
GohantheThird · M
No Child Left Behind set special education rights back a decade. How is that fix coming?
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
The question was not about if something was fixed or needed to be fixed but which was worse and as I said the affordable care act because it was the most difficult to fix. It is simply a much larger problem. Education is about 6 % of the budget, the government portion of healthcare is that big plus you have to add to that veterans health benefits and the entire insurance network.
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GohantheThird · M
20 million insured. How is that bad?
Gurleyalabama · 26-30, F
I smell a swamp.