If you think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should be repealed, what do you think of the CBO's?

[anglesey34]

reports? They estimate the current health reform will reduce the deficit by $143 billion between 2010 and 2019.
www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/h…


They also reported the Republican plan using tort reform to reduce costs, would actually reduce the deficit by less than 1/2 that amount, with unsure effects on health care outcomes. Were you aware that the CBO says only about 17% of affected patients (those who could file malpractice suits) actually file lawsuits? Also, "that imposing limits on malpractice torts could also constrain the ability of injured patients to collect compensation and might lead to more negligent care."

www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10802/12-…

Since the CBO estimates the savings to be less than 1/2 of our current plan, do you still support the Republican plan?

[adelphos]

Um, not true "Foghorn." They're not mindless automatons, they're like everyone else: people with brains who are honestly trying to answer important questions.

There is a general consensus out there that tort reform would help reduce some costs, but isn't the end-all be-all answer to controlling health care costs.

Preventive medicine is the greatest long-term investment a country could make in reducing its long-term healthcare costs, but politically it's easier to cut than reactive medicine (eg. emergency medicine, etc.). And that's life and politics for you.

[iomar]

The CBO crunches numbers that they are given, hench, garbage in, garbage out.