Originally Posted by Willravel

Great minds think alike. I was thinking the same thing as I read ace's post.

Still, it's fun to assume theoretically possible consequences of passing healthcare reform are all somehow likely despite having not demonstrated likelihood. Other consequences there might be:

- Having kids stay on their parent's coverage until age 26 could inspire scientists to develop an anti-aging drug that prevents people from aging past 26, thus allowing people to perpetually stay under their parent's plans. The healthcare industry collapses in a decade and mankind devolves into hunter-gatherers again from a lack of modern medicine. Plants evolve emotions and become the dominant form of life on earth.

- Mandated healthcare in 2014 hits, but no one notices because the earth was destroyed in 2012 by space-Mayans.

We're ok here, this is covered on page 1824 under 'Indian related health management'.





- Once preexisting conditions have to be covered by the healthcare industry, people are more lax with the use of radioactive materials and the rates of birth defects and mutations skyrockets. The resulting Mutant Registration Act (or Proposition X), will split the mutant population and cause a civil war. Captain America will be assassinated.

Why was there never an open and transparent debate about sentience in plants?

Originally Posted by dippin

Unlike the Republican leadership's dream world, in this things have to be paid for. Of course, one person's "tax increase" is another persons "ending subsidy." And costs should be cut from medicare part D. This is the part where if the republican leadership was honest to its proclaimed ideals, they'd get behind. But right now the republican leadership has changed it's tune from repealing the reform to reforming it to keep the "good stuff" in but doing away with taxes and mandates. Apparently, the "fiscally conservative" thing to do is to spend more but tax less.

And there will always be unintended consequences to everything. Thankfully, congress didn't cease to exist, and so they can further amend it if needed.