Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

[David Horn]

(11-13-2018, 08:52 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: ... The Heartland Dem's gave you a breath of life but they turn out to be no better or no more capable or independent than the Democrats who were replaced by Republicans during the Obama years, you can expect those seats to go back to the Republicans in two years and you can expect to see Republicans who are more devoted to actually lowering the cost of healthcare for everyone who is actually PAYING FOR IT vs continuing providing it for those who are getting it for free. I don't get into playing fools games that liberals seem content with playing which is why I don't get into the Democratic party, don't get into to it's politics and don't even consider voting Democratic these days.

BTW, it's not that we forget, it's that we tend to ignore it because we understand the relationship between the blues and the systems that so many are now reliant upon these days. You see, we don't have and are not entitled to receive the so-called insurance that you often claim to be equally beneficial/ available for all of us.

OK, so your real issue is being screwed-over with crappy insurance (ACA) that's worse than the crappy insurance (Medicaid) supplied to the poor. To an extent, it's worked that way because the opposition (GOP) made sure it does, yet your expected solution is better-cheaper private insurance that the GOP will miraculously provide. Ain't happening! The simple reason: healthcare is expensive, so someone has to pay for it. Everyone can get sick or injured. Running the system through private providers and private insurance makes it even more expensive. So the only insurance you'll be getting that's cheap is insurance that covers healthy people … until they get sick. Nothing will get you destitute faster than a major illness and insurance with low caps and no guarantees of future coverage.

BTW, even the uninsured receive healthcare, typically through the emergency room -- the most expensive kind. Hospitals can't say no; it's a law of long standing. So leaving the poor to die on the streets isn't an answer either. The only real answer involves a single payer (or single provider) that can negotiate on behalf of everyone and hold prices down. I don't see your friends in the GOP going for that. It would crimp the pockets of the healthcare, drug and insurance companies that pay to keep them in office. It will be a miracle if the Dems can do it, and they favor it by overwhelming margins.