Comments on: GOP Ignores America’s ‘Health Care Crisis’ During Convention http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/convention-health/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: stateofthedivision http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/convention-health/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 stateofthedivision Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:40:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/04/convention-health/#comment-2178 McCain just lied about his health care plan in his acceptance speech. Sorry sack! McCain just lied about his health care plan in his acceptance speech. Sorry sack!

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/convention-health/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 stateofthedivision Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:16:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/04/convention-health/#comment-2164 If "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" is the answer for high energy costs, why aren't Republicans proposing "Build More (hospital beds), Train More (Doctors), Pay Less"? Because both are fictions. Neither is a true free market. Both industries take long lead times and massive investment to impact supply. Prices in both industries are relatively inelastic, that is demand doesn't vary much with price. Republicans aren't talking about healthcare because they want to dump responsibility for health insurance on the average citizen. That doesn't sell well during an election. If “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” is the answer for high energy costs, why aren’t Republicans proposing “Build More (hospital beds), Train More (Doctors), Pay Less”?

Because both are fictions. Neither is a true free market. Both industries take long lead times and massive investment to impact supply. Prices in both industries are relatively inelastic, that is demand doesn’t vary much with price.

Republicans aren’t talking about healthcare because they want to dump responsibility for health insurance on the average citizen. That doesn’t sell well during an election.

]]> By: fletc3her http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/convention-health/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 fletc3her Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:36:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/04/convention-health/#comment-2162 You can't drill your way out of an energy crisis, but you can't even pretend to drill your way out of a healthcare crisis. The Republicans have nothing to offer in the way of solutions to the problems facing Americans today. You can’t drill your way out of an energy crisis, but you can’t even pretend to drill your way out of a healthcare crisis. The Republicans have nothing to offer in the way of solutions to the problems facing Americans today.

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