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There will be (are) fewer insurance companies. Only the big insurance monopolies will be able to survive, but that's ok, because there will be fewer doctors too. Under single payer, perhaps people will be able to see the government nurse?
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« Reply #691 on: July 10, 2012, 12:42:50 pm » |
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The Governors Opposing Obamacare: Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, and More http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/07/10/the-governors-opposing-obamacare-bobby-jindal-rick-perry-and-more-photos.html#slide1Texas governor and former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Rick Perry said he was joining a “growing chorus” of governors when he put his foot down on Obamacare. Yet, as one of the country’s most prominent Republican governors, Perry may be the choirmaster. So far, 11 governors have said that they will not implement key elements of the Affordable Care Act, including the Medicaid expansion and the creation of state insurance exchanges, in their states. Others have said that they’re simply not fond of the health-care-reform law, or have stayed mum. Whether or not the governors will—or can—mount a crusade of any consequence against the law ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court remains to be seen.
The Daily Beast rounds up the (mostly) Republican rogues who want to flatline Obamacare. So do they forget Oklahoma exists? Not count Oklahoma? Consider us part of TX? Know our governor really doesn't matter? Realize she doesn't understand? What? |
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« Reply #692 on: July 10, 2012, 12:53:54 pm » |
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thought I read somewhere when asked that she hasn't decided what she will do yet. |
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Global warming isn't real because it was cold today. Also great news: world famine is over because I just ate - Stephen Colbert.
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« Reply #693 on: July 10, 2012, 01:15:54 pm » |
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thought I read somewhere when asked that she hasn't decided what she will do yet.
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« Reply #694 on: July 10, 2012, 01:36:58 pm » |
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Ah, she's flustered and confused.
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« Reply #695 on: July 10, 2012, 03:05:25 pm » |
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The Governors Opposing Obamacare: Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, and More
Just that simple fact lets any intelligent, thinking person know beyond any doubt that the Affordable Care Act was the right thing to do! And if Fallin gets on board...well, that's just piling on... |
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« Reply #696 on: July 10, 2012, 07:59:09 pm » |
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Just that simple fact lets any intelligent, thinking person know beyond any doubt that the Affordable Care Act was the right thing to do!
Let's not overstate the case. It wasn't the "right" thing to do. It's better than leaving millions of people without access to health care, and it's better than letting insurance companies continue to price gouge. (too bad that part doesn't extend to everybody in the industry) However, by no means was it a reasonable way of going about it. It was written to protect some of the biggest sleazeballs in our society. The story of taking the non-profit insurers for-profit is pretty much sickening. Once again, we are rewarding people whose only success was being smart enough to commit fraud. |
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« Reply #697 on: July 10, 2012, 09:26:43 pm » |
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Yeah, you are right - far from a complete 'right thing to do'. It is a step in a direction we should have taken decades ago. In my eternal optimism, I am hopeful that this will be a framework from which to work for improvement.
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« Reply #698 on: July 10, 2012, 09:39:48 pm » |
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I am hopeful that this will be a framework from which to work for improvement.
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« Reply #699 on: July 10, 2012, 09:42:55 pm » |
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Still going for that Hope & Change thing are you?
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Libertarianism is a system of beliefs for people who think adolescence is the epitome of human achievement.
Global warming isn't real because it was cold today. Also great news: world famine is over because I just ate - Stephen Colbert.
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« Reply #700 on: July 10, 2012, 09:47:38 pm » |
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Be better than the "Etch-A-Sketch" alternative.
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« Reply #701 on: July 10, 2012, 09:59:51 pm » |
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This is America, you are entitled to hold an incorrect opinion.
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Libertarianism is a system of beliefs for people who think adolescence is the epitome of human achievement.
Global warming isn't real because it was cold today. Also great news: world famine is over because I just ate - Stephen Colbert.
Somebody find Guido an ambulance to chase...
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« Reply #702 on: July 10, 2012, 10:16:35 pm » |
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« Reply #703 on: July 10, 2012, 10:43:33 pm » |
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You've had more creative retorts.
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