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SammyWinstonJack

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Thu Aug 18, 2016, 05:06 AM

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Now we know the real reason Aetna bailed on Obamacare [View all] milestogo Aug 2016 OP

Time for the public option vlyons Aug 2016 #1

More likely they'll blame it on Obama/Dems because they don't understand mess GOPer opposition Hoyt Aug 2016 #2

Well damn you! Amimnoch Aug 2016 #9

Well, I'm hopeful a Public Option will be difficult to oppose now if the new Prez lays the Hoyt Aug 2016 #16

Me too. Very hopeful. Will depend mainly on the congress we get. Amimnoch Aug 2016 #29

The Public Option does one thing that Single Payer doesn't, let's the 40+% of folks adamantly Hoyt Aug 2016 #30

I'm quite happy with either myself. Amimnoch Aug 2016 #34

Like the last time awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #32

The last time, we were lucky to get what we got. But thanks for your opinion. Hoyt Aug 2016 #33

Starting the haggling awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #35

Too bad single payer advocates weren't allowed to speak at hearings nationalize the fed Aug 2016 #45

Damn right! workinclasszero Aug 2016 #14

Unless the makeup of Congress changes dramatically, it will be doubtful in the short term that will still_one Aug 2016 #28

Agreed I have been saying this for 30 years gopiscrap Aug 2016 #42

This was not the explaination I heard on the morning news. Never expect the FOX Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #3

Sure sounds like extortion to me... procon Aug 2016 #4

Or it could be Igel Aug 2016 #7

All that's missing is the stereotypical thumb-breaker in a bad leather jacket... Moostache Aug 2016 #22

It's for-profit insurance TransitJohn Aug 2016 #5

"We just need to fix Obamacare" Plucketeer Aug 2016 #6

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Aug 2016 #46

Will beyond time health insurance companies are outlawed. LS_Editor Aug 2016 #8

Health Insurance companies have too much fucking power. Avalux Aug 2016 #10

Single payer, please! ananda Aug 2016 #11

When 'denial of coverage' was your business model... yallerdawg Aug 2016 #12

So Aetna Has Resorted To Blackmail...... global1 Aug 2016 #18

You're right - the ACA wants to appeal to our sensibility. yallerdawg Aug 2016 #19

Because desperate people do desperate things. Promethean Aug 2016 #20

Mafia politics, economics, and healthcare. highprincipleswork Aug 2016 #13

Single (public) payer option ASAP. n/t TygrBright Aug 2016 #15

Hillary Clinton: "Single-payer healthcare will never, ever happen." We're screwed. nt Arugula Latte Aug 2016 #40

It's a vindictive decision to get "even" with the Obama administration for blocking their merger. George II Aug 2016 #17

The corporations are getting together to sabotage Obama Care when the R's could not. Now FighttheFuture Aug 2016 #21

It isn't about "Health Insurance".... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #23

BCBS of Minnnesota just canceled all individual and family coverage beginning in 2017 geardaddy Aug 2016 #24

Itwas just a good business decision Uben Aug 2016 #25

powerful post, Uben annabanana Aug 2016 #37

"I remember the days when doctors were middle-class and actually made house calls" WOW !!! uponit7771 Aug 2016 #38

When I was 4, there was a doctor that lived across the street from us. Uben Aug 2016 #39

Well, those claims won't deny themselves. SomeGuyInEagan Aug 2016 #43

The Guardian has a good article on this as well. Native Aug 2016 #26

The ACA has always been Rube Goldberg health coverage hueymahl Aug 2016 #27

Truthfully, a $300 Million loss is not that great if getting out means they lose their place as Hoyt Aug 2016 #31

One step closer to Medicare for all MrScorpio Aug 2016 #36

One less insurance provider in 11 states? dubyadiprecession Aug 2016 #41

As a former claims processor... Divine Discontent Aug 2016 #44

good! let the exchanges fail and we can get single payor Amishman Aug 2016 #47

Looks like single payer is coming. lonestarnot Aug 2016 #48