that theres a position to fill and that it will be parente

All I said was that he was nominated and didn't get a vote.

because theres no seat for him

He was nominated in 2017.

and?

He didn't get a vote.

ok and there could be many reasons why, declined the nomination, the nomination was rescinded, etc

And you are just going to speculate.

what do you expect me to do? scour the internet for it?

@Shire!
I hate you most of all.

You could watch that 2 hour YouTube video. At least the first 5 minutes of it. But you are too busy digging into the irrelevant life and death of Epstein.

why on earth would i watch that? and i sure as fuck aint digging into anythin epstein right now

No reason whatsoever. 1/5th of the U.S. economy, your healthcare system is not important.

"my" system. is not your system too?

Yes. It is. That is why I watch videos and read books. About the important things.

and the important things is a massive conspiracy to do what exactly?

To control 1/5th of the economy. To maintain the largest tax expenditure in the budget. To maintain 50% of the federal budget being spent on healthcare.

May be 40%. I forget the exact amount.

lol no bro

are you talking about medicare/medicaid?

I am including Medicare and Medicaid, yes.

medicare is 14%, medicaid is 9%

https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2018/06/01/the-federal-share-of-american-health-spending-is-now-approaching-50/#334ff0e354d1

thats also part of the mandatory spending. so thats the 12.4% that is collected from you and your employer in medicare tax

Hmmm. Government taking money from some people and putting it in the pockets of other people. Nope, can't see why the Swamp would care about that.

yes, government taxes (takes money) and pays for services. what a concept.

that will always be the case, unless youre an ancap advocating for no government.

that article you link doesnt show how they get that 47.1% figure btw

I am advocating for the policies described in that book by Phelps and Parente, which would seriously reduce the amount of money we spend on healthcare. Which is why Parente could not become the most important policy person re health in the Trump Administration.

I listened to you, and im not convinced.

Ok.

The problem is trump never released a healthcare policy, which makes his direction unclear. Granted he could have ran on not giving a shit about healthcare, let the senate handle it :p

If Parente's ideas were good, the Republicans would have talked about it. If his ideas were bad, the Democrats would talk about them. But since they are dangerous to the swamp, nobody talks about them.

Not one article on the book written by Trump's nominee to be the head of policy.

No hearings. No vote.

#FreeAllTheThings /s

Everyone has heard of "Medicare for All" and "single payer." Not one word about what Phelps calls a "shameful" transfer of money from the poor to the rich. The socialists don't care!

What is the nature of this wealth transfer? You are alluding to something but it would be more helpful if you would just spell it out.

"Watch my 2 hour YouTube video or you're dumb/ignorant" isnt good faith argumentation, nor is it convincing

The ability to summarize is key to getting your core point across. Links are for requested evidence, not for the core argument

@argyris the Forbes article you posted says the Federal government pays for almost 50% of healthcare, not that healthcare is almost 50% of the Federal budget.