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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 05:54 PM Original message |
Administration Is Bracing for Setbacks to Health Law |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Iow, no foresight. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. -puke- -puke- -puke- ad infinitum. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
49. If this were a republican issue, the framing would be different... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. VERY well said! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. BINGO! |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. WH signals they will hand over the lunch money to the bullies...again..n/t |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep. n/t |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Single payer... nt |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Way ahead of you |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 06:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. National health service. "Study: UK Only Rich Nation With Wide Access To Low Cost Health Care" |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is what happens when you compromise... they keep digging for more. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. No Shit |
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italiangirl (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Health Care Lawsuit |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
57. It is the old "give 'em a finger and they want the whole hand" concept. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dang, who could have predicted this? nt |
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EarthFirster (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Glenn Beckster..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. He has a lot of company in that, me for example. nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. ANYONE |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. Any 1st year law student n/t |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. SCOTUS will uphold that part---because it means more money for GOP SuperPacs. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Right. They'll just repeal the parts |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. The corrupted Supreme Court will throw out everything except the mandates |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Take his efn insurance away. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. +1. nt |
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EarthFirster (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Have you ASKED your DOCTOR if he will stick around? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. As typical, trolls don't have a clue about the facts. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. I don't need to talk to Eastern-Blockers. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. Private insurance is precisely the problem |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Yeah, Socialism sucks so badly that everyday thousands of |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Deleted message |
Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. My husband is a family doctor |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. Pretty freeperish, but given how this place has gone green party wild I don't really care. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. The Green Party advocates seizing ownership of the means of production? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
58. If you had had the experience I had with 'Third World Doctors' |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
54. Casting HCR as another welfare program is a sure losing strategy n/t |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. I'm putting the focus on crap they approve that should be considered socialist |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Admittedly, I've always had a big problem with this part of the law |
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EarthFirster (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Competition across state lines... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. There actually are Auto Insurance equivalents to Single Payer Health Insurance |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. it would be fine IF a PUBLIC OPTION was offered |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Agree |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. it is what made this so-called "health care reform" (PLEASE) a piece of GARBAGE |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. one point |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's true. Every time a child of mine turned 18, GEICO called me |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. not if the teenager does not drive. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. But the law only requires you buy insurance to protect other drivers |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. If you can afford health insurance and don't buy it, you are either |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. 133% or 400% of poverty level sounds like a lot until you do the math and find out |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. The whole thing causes me unfathomable frustration and anxiety... |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
75. The definition of "afford" is different for most Americans, especially when |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. Sick or healthy doesn't matter. Either you are poor enough to |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm not the least bit upset about this |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yeah, so much for the cancer patient who (if the mandate and therefore the pre-existing condition |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. It's the rare cancer patient who can afford the pre-existing condition pool. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
67. Great argument--for single payer. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Politics |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The requirement should be disallowed. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. In that case, the pre-existing condition clause would have to be disallowed too. n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Why? nt |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm sure that we are going to see how Active, these Activist Judges will be... |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. OK, someone correct me if I'm wrong here... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. You could do the same thing with the mandate in place. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Once again, we see why the Senate is worthless: |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. OMA (Oversight, my ass.) |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. We can only hope. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. Isn't that the only part of HCR that republicans and private health insurers like? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Yes. It's too bad the Senate failed to put a severability clause in their bill (see #35) |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Yes, but thankfully we still have Harry so he can continue this stellar |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. And the POTUS so when Harry tries to do something like a Medicare buy in, the CofS can go over... |
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jamiefoxer (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. awesome |
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IRemember (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. The unprincipled apologists are unquestionably for this |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. Bracing for setbacks??? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Yes. Part of the 'new' approach to be more 'bidness' friendly. nt |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. They should have combined Medicare, Medicaid as a Public Option |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
73. but wait! crappy as the hc"r" bill was..... |
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