I'm pretty sure the Republican plan - do nothing - was much more effective at killing sick people. I'm also shocked that there is a serious attempt to dispute this.
In order to - do nothing - the legislature must actively persecute private individuals who are trying to solve the problem. No one is being persecuted for solving our healthcare problems, nor have Republicans proposed any such legislation.
The Republican view is not difficult to decipher. If people buy relatively unrestricted healthcare insurance in marketplaces that are free from state-sanctioned monopoly, Americans can tailor their consumptive behavior to buy what they need. The possible exception is some kinds of catastrophic insurance, which cannot be properly priced or administrated by markets.
For reasons no one can gather, Democrats continue to push forward with their inequitable comprehensive health insurance, which is little more than a thinly disguised attempt to redistribute wealth according to arcane moral principles no one can understand. A 50 year old man must by contraceptives for a 20 year old girl. A 20 year old man must cover prostate surgery for a 55 year old man. A 25 year old woman is buying mammograms for a 55 year old woman.
It makes no sense. It has virtually no support in either party, yet this is the bill that Democrats held their noses and passed. Predictably, they were hammered mercilessly in the 2010 midterms for good reason.
And on a "free market" system, people die because they can't afford health insurance. But oh my, paying for someone else is so much worse than letting said someone die!
