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Re:Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site disc... by ctdonath on Thursday November 07, 2013 @12:15PM (#6690631)
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

― C.S. Lewis

Yes, classic American culture tends to take rights violations very seriously, to the point that it may baffle those used to living under tyranny. Yes, many of us have a problem with the government commandeering the healthcare of 100% of the population just to "help" 3% of the population. Would have been cheaper, and far less disruptive, to just buy that 3% health insurance outright.

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Re:Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site disc... by nate_meurer on Thursday November 07, 2013 @12:59PM (#6691025)
That's a great quote, but poorly applied in this case. The financial crisis we will face in the absence of effective reform is of concern to more than just the "moral busybodies".

Obamacare has problems, but being targeted to just 3% of the population is not none of them. Are you completely free from anything that an insurance company might call a pre-existing condition? Do you plan to never be unemployed? Of so then congratulations, you might not personally benefit from healthcare reform of this type. Most Americans are not in that boat. Certainly more than 3%.

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Re:Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site disc... by kaoD on Thursday November 07, 2013 @12:45PM (#6690901)
Unless the rights violations target communists, terrorists or atheists.
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Re:Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site disc... by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 07, 2013 @01:03PM (#6691055)
Or it would've been cheaper to enact price caps on healthcare services and eliminate for-profit insurance companies, to replace them with single payer.
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