We know that politicians are smart people. Most of them have been to law school, most are wealthy, and after all they did get elected. So why would wealthy, smart politicians want to enact a healthcare bill that would give us all the consequences I mentioned in Part 1? The simple answer is that if millions of people get free healthcare, they will be dedicated voters for their party.
Think about it. If you are a person who has never had healthcare coverage, doesn't have it right now, and doesn't foresee any time when you will have it, then you would be glad to get it no matter what form it's in. So when healthcare takes effect and all of the sudden you get coverage, you are going to vote for the party who favors universal heathcare because you don't want the other party taking it away.
The healthcare bill that was passed in March of 2010 is not entirely universal heathcare. Many democrats started with universal healthcare and landed somewhere in the neighborhood of just making everyone get insurance. This is a problem because in at no time during the history of the United States has the government forced the people to buy something. Just the mere fact that you are breathing means you will have to purchase health insurance. I take my freedom very seriously, and nothing about that says freedom to me....all I see is the government telling me what to do, and I don't like it.
The healthcare bill is going to be implemented over the next few years and it will take full effect in 2014. It is unclear how much of it will have gone into effect before the 2012 election. Healthcare must be repealed because if some of it's initiatives are implemented then the '30 million' who don't have it will be yelling and screaming that the Republicans are trying to take it away in 2012, and if enough democrats retain control then it will all come to fruition. Once that takes place, they will take more steps towards universal healthcare in the future.
JB
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