Wanna know how you can tell when someone doesn't know what the hell they're talking about, and that they’re fiscally clueless and irresponsible?
Check out the bizarre request Scott Walker made to Sen.
Tammy Baldwin, when he asked to give taxpayer subsidies to insurers not in the
marketplace. You know, that place where there are no rules and plenty of junk policies. I've never
heard of anything this reckless before:
jsonline: Gov. Scott Walker asked U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin to join him Friday in his
call to allow people to access Obamacare subsidies for health care plans they buy that aren't offered on a federal insurance exchange.
Obamacare allows people to receive subsidies to buy private health insurance through the federal exchange … But Walker said those subsidies should also be available for plans that aren't available through the exchange.
Think about that. Taxpayer money just being thrown at
private insurers with none of the regulations and rules required to get those
subsidies. Anything goes, just like we’re seeing with those school voucher
schemes.
Baldwin’s response was clear:
I would have said fiscally insane path, but that’s me. If I were running for governor, I would use this as a sledge hammer to drive home Walker’s irrational style of managing taxpayer money.Baldwin spokesman John Kraus issued a statement that said Walker was heading down a "fiscally irresponsible path" and should instead accept federal aid so he could cover more people while providing a net savings to the state budget.
This comment was pretty much my reaction on the Medicaid side:
When compared with expanding BadgerCare under the ACA, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that Walkers plan will cost state taxpayers $119 million more over the next two years to cover 85,000 fewer people. The additional costs to businesses are estimated to be between $24 and $24.1 million per year.
It is a loser for any one who calls themselves a Christian. It is a loser for the taxpayers of Wisconsin. It is a loser for businesses. We will pay more to cover less people
It is a winner to the low information base of the Republican party.
Sounds like Walker's expansion of voucher schools
ReplyDeleteInsurance policies were regulated under state law. My "junk policy" was cancelled under Obamacare, so I migrated to another "junk policy" that was grandfathered in.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how D's say they want competition, but they just don't like it in two of the most important aspects of life --- healthcare and education.
The ACA has broader coverage than the state regulation did.
ReplyDeleteYou obviously don't understand the ACA yet. What part of the marketplace of insurers, with all their policies and prices to compare, don't you understand.
So I'm supposed to think you're smart for buying a grandfathered in junk policy? Yikes.
Public education is not religious education. And getting around it with tricks and giving the money to families so they can waste it isn't responsible. We don't shop for education in K-12. We collectively contribute to keep the price low enough so everyone can go to school.
You don't get that its cheaper by the numbers, and you benefited.