Whether or not people agree with Obamacare, I think it's important because it directed the national conversation to something that nobody wanted to deal with. The Affordable Care Act will undoubtedly get tweaked and modified as new presidents come in and we learn what works and what doesn't. I look at the current version as a kind of rudimentary foundation.
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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
Now let's cue Obamacare, where people who previously chose not to purchase health insurance (and consume healthcare services) are forced to pay for coverage and begin consuming healthcare services.
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See, I thought Obama's legal team made a very compelling case for requiring people to purchase health care because it's a market you
will enter, regardless of desire to. It's not right for people who don't have insurance to free ride the system when they get hurt or sick, because then people who did purchase insurance have their premiums go up.
There is definitely a shortage of providers though, and it's going to get bad when everyone has insurance. But it should create a lot of demand for really good paying jobs, like physical therapists, nurses, physician assistants, etc.