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Topic: Obamacare: Democrats Starting to Run But There’s No Place to Hide |
Obamacare: Democrats Starting to Run But There’s No Place to Hide
PJ Media, by Rick Moran
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 2/16/2013 12:28:49 PM
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| It was inevitable that once the blanks contained in Obamacare began to be filled in, that even Democratic supporters of the law would start running away from it, so toxic it is going to be to any politician who supported it. The unintended — and intended – consequences are proving to be a nightmare for the health insurance consumer and the government seems powerless to do anything about it. A hearing on Thursday of the Senate Finance Committee turned into a Democratic Obamacare bashing-fest as four powerful Democratic Senators “laid into” the administration’s top regulator on new
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Passion, 2/16/2013 12:38:45 PM (No. 9180160)
The headline says "no where to hide." That´s how we feel about Obama Care death panels.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 2/16/2013 12:40:24 PM (No. 9180163)
We should not assume that they never intended to wreck the current health care system. In order to make health care ´fair´ and ´equal´ we´ll have to return to the Stone Age.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
rc1776, 2/16/2013 12:59:14 PM (No. 9180206)
The demofecals plan to be protected by their modern brown shirters the doj, dhs, fema and other heavily armed ministries of suppression.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
The Advocate, 2/16/2013 1:01:32 PM (No. 9180214)
Don´t forget convicted financial fraudster and husband to loathsome Dem Rep Shakowsky wrote outlines for Obamacare while in Prison! Nothing to do with healthcare-it´s all about collapsing the system and control. Dems should be wiped out on 2014 if they don´t vote to repeal.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Susannah, 2/16/2013 1:04:16 PM (No. 9180222)
Why are Bsucus, Cantwell, et al upset? Ocare was intended to be a disaster so as to pave the way for single-payer. Isn´t that what they want?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
enuf8, 2/16/2013 1:13:37 PM (No. 9180241)
The ones now complaining were the ones behind the locked and closed doors that didn´t even read the bill they allowed their staffers to write, after being drafted by their peer´s spouse who was in prison when he drafted obamacare. There only salvation at this point would be to see to it the entire bill was rescinded and sign on to Senator Cruz´s bill which he authored.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Susannah, 2/16/2013 1:18:22 PM (No. 9180250)
Look, I hate to post a second time with a simple question--but why can´t the House just vote not to fund this garbage? They should have a majority.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Bpl40, 2/16/2013 1:48:09 PM (No. 9180283)
Those who are hoping that 0bamacare is a train that is directly taking the ´Rat Party into oblivion and all we have to do is watch the fun, might be making the same mistake we made in ´08 and´12. The evil nexus between Liberals and the ´Free Phoners´ is deadly and will survive 0bamacare. A lot of proactive organizing at the grassroots is going to be needed.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 2/16/2013 1:56:27 PM (No. 9180293)
The GOP should point out the every single concern coming from a Democrat can be found among the amendments proposed by GOP. Then let the Dems talk about how they might fix the mess. Yes, some children in college are covered by the parents´ insurance. But low cost policies for students are largely gone because the removal of caps for medical payments in a single year made the premiums go up. The high risk pools for the uninsured were just limited because the $5 Billion is going to run out. Every predicted disaster is coming true.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Avogadra, 2/16/2013 2:12:40 PM (No. 9180315)
My husband is a physician. He just got his first contract for participation in one of the health insurance exchanges. It reads as though he is already guilty of defrauding the system--they just have to get the patient records and the financial records to prove it. My husband will have to take every patient referred to him by a PCP in the plan if the referral is within the domain of his specialty. And the PCP will have to take every new patient assigned to him/her by the plan, unless they are taking no new patients whatsoever.
Um, no thanks.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Grambo, 2/16/2013 2:37:27 PM (No. 9180360)
As the term Obamacare becomes a pejorative to more and more people, even the LoFo’s may get a clue.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Nimby, 2/16/2013 2:46:54 PM (No. 9180384)
If they really cared so much they should start working towards repealing the law. Don´t they?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 2/16/2013 3:04:27 PM (No. 9180417)
Goodbye Kay Hagan. Buhbye.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
uno_thatguy, 2/16/2013 3:18:45 PM (No. 9180429)
2,700 pages is now 15,000+ trying to explain what was "really meant."
The answer? Throw it all out and let us get back to square one which gave great access to everyone except the self-employed and some working for small companies. Don´t want to buy insurance? Then pay when you get there with something; a cigarette pack, take off that diamond ring, give up that tongue stud, a dollar, cut off a tattoo. No tickey? No Shirtey!
One "pundit" I read said he could write the entire health-care reform in seventeen pages. Make insurance available to anyone even with pre-existing conditions with a rider if appropriate. Cut the ER nonsense, i.e. frequent flyers, baby factories, drunks, etc except for life threatening care to all. Make "good" insurance available.
Everyone pays something.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
CEP, 2/16/2013 3:20:54 PM (No. 9180431)
THe government is not powerless to do anything about it, they can repeal this monster and start butting out of everyones life.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
pineledger, 2/16/2013 3:22:29 PM (No. 9180435)
If they didn´t read it before they passed it, do we have to follow it?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/16/2013 6:21:32 PM (No. 9180687)
I don´t believe this at face value. If any dems are condemning Obamacare it´s to save their own skin in the next election,not because they´re really against the government taking over a huge segment of the economy.
I´m a big believer in the theory of random selection in nature and it´s ill effects it thrusts on some people while others thrive,unscathed.
Obamacare was constructed to exclude as many left leaning people as possible from paying into it.I mean there was over a 100 carve outs before the ink was dry..Even so,by simple random selection,Obama supporters are going to get hit by the unfathomable costs of this scheme.My guess is Obama hopes that 50%+1 benefits for free.
States are broke from medicaid and are caving into Obamacare but then who supplies the money to the feds? This is a simple cost shift from state taxpayers to federal taxpayers or having to borrow more money.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
pickle1, 2/16/2013 6:22:23 PM (No. 9180690)
They know very well they can undo this.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
BadgerBill, 2/16/2013 7:28:26 PM (No. 9180753)
Delete ´Obamacare´ please...
...and let´s call this abomination law by it´s real name---The Affordable Healthcare Act....´
...that´s unaffordable. Spread the word.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
FL_Absentee_Voter, 2/17/2013 12:51:45 PM (No. 9181651)
“I want someone to be held accountable for this.”
...besides those, like myself, who voted for passage of this legislation in the first place.
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