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Originally Posted by Terry
I still remain quite confused as to why this is the part of the debate the righties harp on, its a public OPTION ie you CAN have your own private health care or CHOOSE to go through the gov't
So again, wtf is the problem here? The cons are against states deciding and they're against the right to choose between private or public. I thought this was the party of personal freedom, so why are so many against the right to choose?
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Clearly, you don't understand what the conservative position actually is. First of all, if a state refuses the public option, their citizens still have to pay the taxes that will pay for the public option. I would be surprised if more than a half dozen states actually refuse the public option since their citizens should riot after being forced to pay a tax that they aren't getting any sort of benefit from. By the way, if you think taxes won't go up, you're a fool.
You mention personal freedom. For a conservative, personal freedom means freedom of the individual, not freedom of the smaller group (a state in this case). Conservatives oppose public health care because it should limit a given individual's choice of doctors, hospitals, or treatments. (I don't know if that will actually be a problem or not. It depends a lot on implementation.)
You are pretty close to an issue that is important to conservatives, which is state's rights. If an individual state wanted to have public health care in their state, I would be all for it since that state would pay all of the cost and it would reduce bureaucracy and one-size-fits-all solutions. A typical conservative should still oppose it since conservatives tend to oppose government solutions of all sizes.