Health Care Thread

Just like Blizzard you can't get shit done on a Tuesday patch day!

Famm_sl said:

At this point I guess Obamashouldhave shoved it down everyone's throats, because look where his half ass compromises and reaching across the isle has gotten him. I don't know if he could have, wasn't there a democratic majority in the house at the time back when it was the first two years of his first term?

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The Democrats could have totally been able to push through single payer, but oddly a couple speed bumps just threw them totally off course.

1. The election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat after he passed and they elected the Republican Scott Brown who then went in and somewhat broke the filibuster proof majority the Dems held
2. They had a significant majority in the house, however they had many "blue dog" democrats... more conservative and they had issues going all the way with healthcare.

In panic the house grabbed the Senate version which was the mandate and just passed that, so they could bypass the now more neutralized Senate. At the time I was largely opposed to the idea, but I still couldn't understand why they didn't push hard anyway as they would have won eventually.

Trollface_sl said:

true change.

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Why aren't republicans trying to get us single payer then?

Some of you crack me up. Its more expensive, provides less coverage, and costs the nation $2 trillion dollars. How any of you voted yes is amazing.

Merlin_sl said:

Some of you crack me up. Its more expensive, provides less coverage, and costs the nation $2 trillion dollars. How any of you voted yes is amazing.

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After viewing the poll results, was there ever a moment of self-reflection in which you considered the possibility, however unlikely, that you might be wrong?

Why the fuck are you bandwagoning the ducks if you live in Arkansas or something?

Actually it will be less expensive and provide more coverage compared to what I've got now. God damn how can anyone be so consistently uninformed on issues that they are obviously interested in?

TheBeagle_sl said:

Actually it will be less expensive and provide more coverage compared to what I've got now. God damn how can anyone be so consistently uninformed on issues that they are obviously interested in?

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Willful ignorance, the backbone of the republican party.

Ya, too bad it doesn't cost $4 trillion. Then we'd really be gettin some health care up in hurr, yo!

I love how dipshit right wingers somehow think that the evil gubmint spending money on its own citizens is somehow a bad thing. Just wow.

Araysar_sl said:

Even if it did cost 2 trillion dollars, thats still a great deal considering that Afghanistan and Iraq cost us over 4 trillion already and the F-35 program has a lifetime cost of 1.5 trillion.

actually it puts it in perspective just how inexpensive the 2 trillion dollar price tag is when compared to the garbage we spent money on thanks to Republicans

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Citations on perspective? Not because I disagree but because I'm lazy.

Merlin_sl said:

Some of you crack me up. Its more expensive, provides less coverage, and costs the nation $2 trillion dollars. How any of you voted yes is amazing.

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I got a letter from my insurance company showing the side by side comparison of how I'm going to be paying substantially less now due to Obamacare.

Christ Merlin.

Merlin_sl said:

Some of you crack me up. Its more expensive, provides less coverage, and costs the nation $2 trillion dollars. How any of you voted yes is amazing.

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1.75 trillion until 2024, when our gdp is 14 trillion per year. Yeah, not that bad.

Araysar_sl said:

Even if it did cost 2 trillion dollars, thats still a great deal considering that Afghanistan and Iraq cost us over 4 trillion already and the F-35 program has a lifetime cost of 1.5 trillion.

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War jets are WAY cooler than sick people.

Zhaun_sl said:

I got a letter from my insurance company showing the side by side comparison of how I'm going to be paying substantially less now due to Obamacare.

Christ Merlin.

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Post a picture, I would love to see that ignorant fucking hillbilly try to rabble rabble his way through explaining how it saves no one money.