The United States might be at full employment, but there are millions of people not in the labor force. So if these jobs somehow came back, we might not need an army of Mexicans...
I think we should bring back involuntary confinement. I have read on the history of this issue and no doubt a lot ugly stuff happened in the past. I think the solutions to these problems went too far in creating barriers to involuntary confinement. I have to believe that medicine and treatment in 2019 would be a lot as opposed to the 1950's.
We should get the mentally ill off the streets, on the proper meds and in stable housing. This should help the people that can respond to treatment a chance to get better and return to society. The people that don't respond to treatment will have to be confined for the rest of their lives.
Back when lamarpye was a young man in college, the Economics 101 teacher explained that we put value on life all of the time. He used the example of eliminating all of the railroad crossing in the country. How much would it cost and how many lives would it save. Do the division and you have the cost-benefit of the project. You could compare various projects and find the one that gave the most benefit.
Come on. She could have, like, totally said it. Confusing total cost with per year cost is on brand for her. The OP got the information somewhere, shouldn't it be quarantined before it spreads any further.
You didn't understand what I wrote. I am talking about the group of people that were uninsurable because of preexisting conditions. This group of people was used as a reason for the ACA. However when a pilot program was run before the ACA went into effect, the size of said group appeared to vastly over-estimated.
So the reason for a special program would be to help the people that need it and not mess with the entire country insurance.
"There were supposed to be millions of people who were uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions. We heard lengthy testimony about their terrible plight. I don't think it's too strong to say that this fear--that you could get sick and no one would insure you, that's right, you, Mr. & Mrs. Middle-Class Voter--was one of the main reasons offered for the health care overhaul. It was estimated by Medicare's Chief Actuary that around 400,000 would sign up (the CBO estimated 200,000, but only because they assumed that HHS would use its authority to limit enrollment in order to stay within the $5 billion budgeted for the program). So where are all the uninsurable people?"
So if this is accurate, that is the size of risk pool isn't that large. Wouldn't be better to create a special program for people who fall into this category?