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Originally Posted by Adder
Normal human beings also care, at least a little, about what happens to people who are not them.
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You can use that argument from both sides. Every new program, including the ACA, costs others elsewhere. It also had a negative impact on full time hiring, and contributed to underemployment.
I'm not arguing against the ACA. It has had a positive impact on HC cost inflation. I'm merely noting, to care about one group often involves not caring about an impact to another. Some people somewhere are paying the tab, in terms of both adverse economic impact and taxes.
An argument I frequently hear from people on the right (I had dinner with several imaginary right leaners, and a few imaginary moderates just this weekend) is that we're giving free HC to the destitute and getting nothing in return. Forty percent of births are covered by Medicaid right now. That means the working poor, the middle, and the rich are paying for someone to get something. One should care about these people. But one should also recognize that some very hardworking people are subsidizing these people. Who cares about them?
