Comments on entry 4304 at Signifying Nothing

Comment on “QotD, Stupak amendment edition”

2009-11-10T02:28:01-06:00

Just to double check…the government interfering in health decisions is bad….unless the health decision is related to having an abortion….then the government should control it…have I got that particular point of view down? :)

Comment on “QotD, Stupak amendment edition”

2009-11-10T13:44:17-06:00

Of course, this assumes your employer is waging a campaign to retain you (in which case, you needn’t opt for the public option) – which is hardly the experience of most working Americans. And isn’t that the exact problem the Democrats are trying to solve?

Comment on “QotD, Stupak amendment edition”

2009-11-10T17:37:56-06:00

Scott: Well, the actual point would be that the government by getting involved in health care for everyone is taking sides in abortion almost by definition: if they fund it, they’re taking the pro-choice side, and if they don’t, they’re taking the pro-life side. Either way they’re doing something that many Americans find immoral (denying abortions to poor women who couldn’t afford them without insurance or paying for them to have abortions).

Dubi: My understanding is that the public option won’t be available to people who have employer-sponsored health insurance, only the people in the “exchanges” who don’t. Hence most Americans won’t have any more choice under this plan than they do today.