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I disagree. The goals are actually quite similar. It's the vision of the framework that achieves those goals that's in conflict.

by gozur88 10y ago

burkaman 10y ago
I'm not sure that's true. The GOP platform does not mention universal healthcare or anything like it, that's simply not a top priority. The healthcare-related planks are: - Restoring Patient Control and Preserving Quality in Healthcare - Protecting Individual Conscience in Healthcare - Better Care and Lower Costs: Tort Reform - Advancing Research and Development in Healthcare - Putting Patients First: Reforming the FDA Freedom of choice, high quality, affordability, and limited regulations are the goals. I don't think they're against universal coverage, but as a party it is not a main focus. The Democratic platform healthcare section begins with "Securing Universal Health Care: Democrats believe that health care is a right, not a privilege". Their priorities are: - Securing Universal Health Care - Supporting Community Health Centers - Reducing Prescription Drug Costs - Enabling Cutting-Edge Medical Research - Combating Drug and Alcohol Addiction - Treating Mental Health - Supporting Those Living with Autism and their Families - Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice - Ensuring Long-Term Care, Services, and Supports - Protecting and Promoting Public Health - Ending Violence Against Women - Preventing Gun Violence The main goals are universal coverage, public funding, affordability, opposing discrimination, and a couple specific areas of focus. Some of this overlaps with the Republican platform, but this is clearly a very different set of goals, and I think universal care is the most significant difference.
- gozur88 10y ago
  Oh, the Republicans don't want health care to be provided by the government, but that's not the same thing as saying they don't want everyone to have health care.
  - burkaman 10y ago
    I understand, but it isn't a goal. Their goals are to get government out, get costs down, get quality up, and if universal care happens as a result of that, great. Priorities matter, and wanting something is not the same as making it a goal.

I disagree. The goals are actually quite similar. It's the vision of the framework that achieves those goals that's in conflict.

by gozur88 10y ago

I disagree. The goals are actually quite similar. It's the vision of the framework that achieves those goals that's in conflict.

burkaman 10y ago

I'm not sure that's true. The GOP platform does not mention universal healthcare or anything like it, that's simply not a top priority. The healthcare-related planks are: - Restoring Patient Control and Preserving Quality in Healthcare - Protecting Individual Conscience in Healthcare - Better Care and Lower Costs: Tort Reform - Advancing Research and Development in Healthcare - Putting Patients First: Reforming the FDA Freedom of choice, high quality, affordability, and limited regulations are the goals. I don't think they're against universal coverage, but as a party it is not a main focus. The Democratic platform healthcare section begins with "Securing Universal Health Care: Democrats believe that health care is a right, not a privilege". Their priorities are: - Securing Universal Health Care - Supporting Community Health Centers - Reducing Prescription Drug Costs - Enabling Cutting-Edge Medical Research - Combating Drug and Alcohol Addiction - Treating Mental Health - Supporting Those Living with Autism and their Families - Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice - Ensuring Long-Term Care, Services, and Supports - Protecting and Promoting Public Health - Ending Violence Against Women - Preventing Gun Violence The main goals are universal coverage, public funding, affordability, opposing discrimination, and a couple specific areas of focus. Some of this overlaps with the Republican platform, but this is clearly a very different set of goals, and I think universal care is the most significant difference.

gozur88 10y ago
Oh, the Republicans don't want health care to be provided by the government, but that's not the same thing as saying they don't want everyone to have health care.
- burkaman 10y ago
  I understand, but it isn't a goal. Their goals are to get government out, get costs down, get quality up, and if universal care happens as a result of that, great. Priorities matter, and wanting something is not the same as making it a goal.