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There hasn’t been any new discussion on this for awhile. Any additional suggestions on how to regulate judging? How can we best ensure fair judging? Any additional differences for how large shows vs small shows should be judged?
Quote:Hmmmm sounds so good on paper. So tell me this, how and why would my employer keep the healthcare they offer now when there is the “free” public option offered? How does anyone compete with that?The idea of the public option is to keep insurance companies honest. Right now they can pretty much charge whatever they want for coverage. A public option would make sure they stay competitive. Why do you think your employer would automatically switch to the public option? If the insurance companies adjust their rates to be competitive to the public option (which they’ll have to in order to keep their customer base), then why would your employer automatically decide to just switch?
Quote:HAHAHA! So hes telling us that he can pay for this plan without raising taxes or the deficit? I almost fell off my chair on that one. Thats so ignorant its not funny. If anyone buys that line i have ocean front property in Colorado for sale.That is what he said. If you don’t trust him, then read the final draft of the bill when it comes out. It seems to me that something which would raise taxes or increase the (already way too large) deficit would have no chance of passing Congress, so why would they spend so much time on something that couldn’t pass unless they can pay for it in other ways?
Quote:The majority of people with private healthcare love their coverage.That is true, most people are fine with the coverage they have now. One of the core issues, however, is not that you have coverage you like now, but what can happen when you get sick. What is happening is people who pay their premiums (and generally like their insurance) are getting dropped by their insurance provider when they get sick and need an expensive operation or treatment. This isn’t something you can predict, and I’ve read and heard how these people were so shocked that it happened – they had always paid their premiums and done everything by the books as far as insurance – but when they needed it the most all of a sudden it wasn’t there.
In this case, a person then has a choice: either dip into savings to pay for the medical bills (and often this wipes the savings out) or go without treatment. Do either of these options sound good?
What the plan that the president outlined does to address this is twofold:
1. Insurance companies cannot drop people or refuse to insure them because of preexisting conditions.
2. Put a cap on out-of-pocket expenses for an individual (or family) per year on these medical bills and expenses.http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health_care/plan/
If you’re perfectly happy with the insurance you have – great – you can keep it. They have said this all along. If you don’t like medicare because its run by the government – then great – you can buy your own private insurance when you retire. As stated in the speech, Obama said he will not sign a bill that pays for it by:
– increasing the deficit
– increasing taxesSo regardless if you love your current insurance or can’t stand it, your taxes won’t increase. The deficit won’t increase because if this bill either. That point was extremely clear from Wednesday night. The way that it will be paid for is eliminating waste in the current system (e.g. in medicare) as well as a charge on the most expensive and elaborate insurance plans offered.
Regardless of how you like your healthcare now, it should be obvious that the current system could use improvement in areas like medical records. Electronic medical records and an overhauled system of managing records and data could save a lot of money. Not only that, imagine if you were on vacation in another city and had to go to the hospital. With electronic records, the doctor could immediately pull up your full medical history. Eliminating errors, duplicate tests, etc can save quite a bit of money in the system.
It looks like I won’t be able to make it to the VFW show now but I did go out to QSL tonight ~ 50 cars or so, good turnout for this time of year
Thanks Paul for your input on this. Its important to keep the collector car hobby as strong as it is now
mdunn6 wrote:
Quote:Jesus Built My Hot Rod Car Show on Saturday
Hope weather is nice
Sunday ?It sounds like this should be a great show!
jeffz66 wrote:
Quote:Hi There!
This is Jeffz from Europe!
Im new in site too.I would agree on Spring Green and also add the Pardeeville car show is a great one too. Check out the calendar, you’ll find plenty left to do this summer!
Thank’s!
Have a great day to all!…
Welcome to the forum Jeff!
ddhemi I like your outline of a standard. How do you think new cars (e.g. new muscle) should be judged against each other (in their own class of course)?
