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Now tell me how Obamacare is going to handle these problems instead of asking what alternatives one can present to defend the opposition to his unconstitutional healthcare overhaul.

When a member of Congress introduces legislation, the Constitution requires that legislative proposal to secure the approval of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the president (unless Congress overrides a presidential veto) before it can become law. In all cases, either chamber of Congress may block it.

In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) created the Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB. When the unelected government officials on this board submit a legislative proposal to Congress, it automatically becomes law: PPACA requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement it. Blocking an IPAB "proposal" requires at a minimum that the House and the Senate and the president agree on a substitute. The Board's edicts therefore can become law without congressional action, congressional approval, meaningful congressional oversight, or being subject to a presidential veto. Citizens will have no power to challenge IPAB's edicts in court.

Worse, PPACA forbids Congress from repealing IPAB outside of a seven-month window in the year 2017, and even then requires a three-fifths majority in both chambers. A heretofore unreported feature of PPACA dictates that if Congress misses that repeal window, PPACA prohibits Congress from ever altering an IPAB "proposal." [b]By restricting lawmaking powers of future Congresses, PPACA thus attempts to amend the Constitution by statute.[/b

How long do you wait for the House, the Senate, and a president to agree on an alternative to what the IPAB decides upon? Would they all ever decide?

Health Savings Accounts would be something many people would like. Then they could control their own dollar instead of the government doing so.

I personally think Med students would be more sharp and concerned about their medical oprofessions future than Dr's. who are already wealthy and looking out for themselves maybe less than the focus of a med Med student would be on legislation.
Paul

Obama said in 2008 that his healthcare reform plan would lower premium payments by $2,500 year?

Or they aren't thinking and they just accept without any further thought than "You had me at your smile, Obama. I'm with you all the way. Whatever you say."