First off - can I ask this be a factual, logical and "adult" thread before all else? No not that kind of adult thread not that there is anything wrong with that. Facts have no time for your feelings. Economics are not personal.
Second - although I disagreed with Johnson during the election on some things and didn't generally like his overall demeanor, I mostly like his libertarian streak esp on economics and I think he's overall a guy who likes his country and wants it to do well.
He made a statement yesterday regarding repeal and replace, which I thought was summed up well. Especially the bolded part which really drives the whole concept home. We should be looking for solutions that: lower costs and make things organically more affordable across the board. Not things that disguise costs with subsidies ultimately amounting to a covert redistribution of wealth for many.
Thoughts? I'm sure Chad and a few others saw this.
FROM MY STATEMENT ON OBAMACARE REPEAL:
"The United States healthcare system has been distorted so badly, and for so long, that it will take more than one reform effort to correct the problems further imposed upon it by the Affordable Care Act.
But before proceeding too far down the Washington rabbit-hole over what it means to “repeal and replace†Obamacare, we need to remember that unless we move toward market-based federalism, we’re still heading in the wrong direction.
Obamacare didn’t lower costs, but hid them with subsidies
And therein lies the problem with President Obama’s Affordable Care Act: It did little to move us toward marketplace solutions that would drive down the cost of healthcare. Instead, it “lowered†the price of care by hiding its costs through subsidies."
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