Debate Vocabulary
What does "Status Quo" mean?
The present or what's happening right now
What does MR T stand for?
Magnitude, Risk, Timeframe
True or False: in the status quo, everyone in the United States has access to health insurance.
False
What does Harm mean?
The ultimate bad thing that will happen if the status quo is allowed to continue, explains how the plan will avoid that negative outcome
The Negative Block
What does ARE stand for?
Assertion, Reasoning, Evidence
Where do most people in the United States get their insurance from?
Their job or their workplace
What does Inherency mean?
The plan is important, it isn’t being done in the present, the problem can’t be fixed without the plan, etc.
What do we call taking notes in a debate round?
Flowing
What does DR MO stand for?
Deny, Reverse, Minimize, Outweigh
True or False: you can get insurance for all sorts of things, not just healthcare.
True
What is the text of the affirmative plan this year?
The United States federal government should establish a single-payer healthcare system.
What do we call the off-case argument where the negative proposes a different way to solve the harms of the affirmative plan?
Counterplan
What does SHIP stand for?
Solvency, Harms, Inherency, Plan
True or False: in the present, we have a single payer healthcare system, and the plan would change it to Medicare for All.
False (Medicare for All would be a single payer healthcare system)
What is the Solvency card for the Pandemics advantage? (Double points if you only check your flow sheet for the demo debate and don't look at the packet)
Galvani et al 22
What do we call an alternative thing happening in the status quo that already would cause the link of a disadvantage without the plan being implemented?
A Thumper
What does USFG stand for?
United States Federal Government
What is CRISPR?
Revolutionary genetic engineering technology that allows scientists to precisely edit, delete, or replace exact sections of DNA.
What is the name of the second advantage in the affirmative packet this year?