Health Care Debate

Note: I've put together a list of positions some people on another blog that I'm active with have taken. For privacy sake, I've replaced their names with numbers.

1: Pro Reform
- Believes we are all susceptible to lack of coverage under current system
- Doesn’t believe there is proof that Federal government can’t handle reform
- Believes state only reform is hampered by “race to the bottom”
2: Pro Reform
- Believes primary care should be available to everyone in order to bring down ER usage for non-emergencies
- Believes denying primary care drives up cost for entire system by forcing uninsured to leave medical issues untreated that become much more expensive as they get worse
- Believe offering primary care to undocumented immigrants is cheaper than forcing them to use ER
3: Against Federal Reform, Pro State Reform
- Doesn’t believe federal reform will be efficient or effective
- Believes federal government should solve immigration first
- Believes people still would not be covered sufficiently
- Doesn’t believe that insurance could be managed/enforced sufficiently
4: Pro Reform
- Doesn’t believe budget crisis to be sufficient reason to put off reform
- Believes supply and demand will fund health care (at least somewhat)
5: Against Reform
- Believes that abuse by undocumented immigrants should block reform
- Believes that some use the current system irresponsibly and should not be offered coverage
- Believes system would become too clogged with abusive patients
- Believes that too many human services are offered that can be abused
- Doesn’t believe federal government should take over the system
- Doesn’t believe oversight is the answer
- Believes a “revamping” is a good thing
6: A little from A and a little from B
- Believes companies should offer more affordable coverage
- Believes parents should have options of keeping their child on their coverage
- Believes that government should offer some level of regulation on the companies
- Legalize pot