Will Obamacare succeed where term limits failed?

[ICantSpellDawg]

It's easier for a customer to push for changes in a food market than for said customer to push for changes in something as large scale as healthcare. See the problems your country is having on the subject. Something on the scale of healthcare requires large scale concerted action, which means driven by the government, or it doesn't happen at all and the status quo more or less persists.

The American health care system needed some form of intervention. Market forces were not working because the system wasn't designed with those in mind. I am all for something being done to open it up to greater consumer choices with tax incentives to do so. The tax incentives should be present as a recognition that choices made regarding ones own health can be made under duress and that healthcare is a different ballgame than car and home insurance. I'm not looking for home tax deductions, I believe that those are unethical. I want to see lower taxes across the board and and end to most tax write-offs of everything other than health care.

Writing off your home? deleted. renters shouldn't be punished with higher taxes because you own a home. Writing off your education? deleted. Individuals are held back by the system of higher education grants which encourage irresponsible education over local community, commuter and online education. HSA's for everyone, because the money that we spend on most healthcare should be our own and it shouldn't be handicapped by government. Lower taxes for everyone, but cut the cuts.

This article in Bloomberg seems to suggest that High deductible plans are becoming the expected norm. THis would be fine, just as long as we have a way to pay for our co-pays, co-insurance without being taxed and saving our money in an IRA like account. OPEN US THE HSA program to everyone at slightly lower amounts and mandate that employers set them up.