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In reply to the discussion: Screw the ACA [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)60. If that is what you want, write your congrfessman every day. Forward your e-mail to the White
House and to progressive senators like Franken, Warren and Sanders. I'm on Medicare.
We should have had a public option. Thank (sarcasm) Baucus for the fact that we do not.
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So what about the folks with pre-existing conditions that never had insurane prior to the ACA?
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2014
#1
No, it was not an expansion of the safety net: it was an expansion of the insurance market
Wella
Nov 2014
#10
Yes, Juror # 5 got it right.. I don't care how many times the poster goes around DU repeating it.
Cha
Nov 2014
#211
I agree with Juror #5.. If it's a Lie it needs to be Exposed.. thanks, geek and LostOne4Ever.
Cha
Nov 2014
#205
Yeah, the poster can't wrap their head around the fact that Millions are covered for Free and
Cha
Nov 2014
#212
How do you know he didn't vote, but being in a red state, the math just doesn't come out well for
still_one
Nov 2014
#72
And it's the first part of the safety net to be gradual rather than all or nothing.
treestar
Nov 2014
#31
Why is it that you deem one person can afford it and another who isn't offered insurance
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#149
HUH? Whether one can afford it is determined by the numbers the federal government
treestar
Nov 2014
#218
A system that forces citizens to purchase "insurance" from For Profit private vendors....
bvar22
Nov 2014
#194
Bernie Sanders on Obamacare today.."Republicans Are Getting Very Nervous About Obamacare’s Success"
Cha
Nov 2014
#216
Yeah, yell at a guy who can't get insurance to protect your own political feelings
Wella
Nov 2014
#11
I thought only rw gov in red states didn't like the ACA Medicaid option? Too much of Safety Net for
Cha
Nov 2014
#214
I find that interesting that many are ignoring the fact the it was the Supreme Court that said
still_one
Nov 2014
#77
And, bash geek b/c he was asking the OP valid questions.. and it's geek who's "protecting your own
Cha
Nov 2014
#213
Actually it is both the OPs state, and the Supreme Court which allowed the states not to expand
still_one
Nov 2014
#69
No. Screw those it is not helping. Thanks for letting us know how much you care about that.
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#123
poster mentioned 26k a year? I don't know what their self employment business is.
Sunlei
Nov 2014
#153
I think the poster is misinformed on the ACA. Also the poster needs to pay someone to
B Calm
Nov 2014
#154
I think you're right. A positive is if you pay someone to do taxes, that's a deduction too.
Sunlei
Nov 2014
#163
easy for us to talk about it in California. Did you vote for Arnold? I didn't either, is that our
still_one
Nov 2014
#80
Unless someone can take his or her $300 per month payment to a health care provider
truebluegreen
Nov 2014
#135
If we examine the single payer systems around the world there is very little
Enthusiast
Nov 2014
#66
True. So you cut out 10% of the premium by restricting profit. Folks are still gonna
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#76
Yep really. I bet docs and hospitals don't get paid as much there. I bet there is not
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#81
The ACA was written for you to have Medicaid -- so screw the Rethugs in your state, not the ACA.
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#53
true, but it was also the supreme court which allowed his state not to expand medicaid if they
still_one
Nov 2014
#73
I'm wondering why no progressive legal beagles have raised an "Equal Protection" case
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#171
If that is what you want, write your congrfessman every day. Forward your e-mail to the White
JDPriestly
Nov 2014
#60
That is good, but in all honesty with the make up of the Congress the way it is, that will not
still_one
Nov 2014
#75
That is a problem, many people don't think, just attack. The problem with the OP is happening
still_one
Nov 2014
#71
If you can't afford it and are not subsidized, you have to go without, however, it is your state
still_one
Nov 2014
#68
The blame game doesn't help. ACA is very flawed if it won't cover 50% of the people who need it.
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#183
No it won't solve it. But it is the reason why, and once again the fact that elections have
still_one
Nov 2014
#186
Of course. I live in California also, but that doesn't solve his problem, and moving to another
still_one
Nov 2014
#74
Medicare isn't quite free. What state are you in? If it's PA, maybe there's hope now with Wolf.
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#85
Ah yes blame the victim. He should have been smart enough to live in good states.
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#128
I want TriCare - if it is good enough for our Military, it is good enough for me. After all, we are
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2014
#103
I'm not convinced that voicing frustration with a program that doesn't help a person who needs
Autumn
Nov 2014
#174
It sucks but it part of the US political and fiscal picture now for pretty much ever
Doctor_J
Nov 2014
#112
It's rather ironic that they care more about those who can use ACA than those that can't.
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#137
I am so sick of these vipers. Many with the same problem in Third Way-governed Virginia,
woo me with science
Nov 2014
#143
over the week-end their target was some poor DUer who had a letter clearly showing her increase for
DrDan
Nov 2014
#190
And ya know, while I normally try to give those who are complaining about the ACA the benefit....
moriah
Nov 2014
#147
Dear mrmpa ... I want to apologize for the rude manner in which you are treated here ...
Trajan
Nov 2014
#148
Please look at the Silver plans, and make sure you aren't checking that you're ....
moriah
Nov 2014
#167
Did you check that you were a smoker, or that you were not going to file a tax return?
moriah
Nov 2014
#162
Don't you mean "Screw my state for not expanding Medicaid" and screw the SCOTUS for enabling your
McCamy Taylor
Nov 2014
#175