Pledge to America, page 15
Ensure Access For Patients With Pre-Existing Conditions:Health care should be accessible for all, regardless of pre-existing conditions or past illnesses.We will expand state high-risk pools, reinsurance programs and reduce the cost of coverage.We will make it illegal for an insurance company to deny coverage to someone with prior coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition, eliminate annual and lifetime spending caps, and prevent insurers from dropping your coverage just because you get sick.We will incentivize states to develop innovative programs that lower premiums and reduce the number of uninsured Americans.
In 2009 a poll said that 63% of people thought that insurance companies must cover those with pre-existing conditions. 26% preferred that insurance companies should cover those with pre-existing conditions. In a December 2010 poll CNN found that 64% oppose an insurance company denying someone coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
The GOP says they are listening to the American people. One, I am a Bush conservative and still believe that doing what is best, in spite of opposition, is true leadership. Governing by polls is simply a mistake. (Don't get me started on the "nobody speaks for the Tea Party") Also, it is a logical fallacy to assume that the majority is right. Two, it is simply not the case that the GOP is following the "will of the American people". The majority of Americans liked the "public option". The majority of Americans oppose the War in Afghanistan. The majority of Americans want to increase taxes on the wealthy. Still, the majority of Americans oppose the health care law and individual mandate. You can never represent the will of the American people. Even if you could that doesn't mean that you should.
What bothers me the most is not the people who expound this foolishness. I am most bothered by the masses who believe this foolishness. Something is not working right in their heads since they believe things that are so irrational. What else may you be able to convince them by telling them that it is the "will of the American people"? Already many have been convinced that anti-miscegenation groups are not racist or that the anti-miscegenation groups were never there. Already 1/3 of the Tea Party does not believe that Obama is a natural born citizen. Many believe that a man who constantly denies that he is a communist is an "avowed communist".
High risk pool data in 2008
2009 Poll
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/09/23/poll-make-insurers-cover-people-with-pre-existing-conditions/
Council of Conservative Citizens at Tea Party
Hannity denies their existance
CNN 2010 Health Care Poll
Majority Favor Public Option
Afghan poll
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/03/cnn-poll-u-s-opposition-to-afghanistan-war-remains-high/
Van Jones "avowed communist"
Tea Party Birthers
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