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1. 

   Jim Guess said, about 7 hours ago

   Right!
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   Bruce4671 said, about 6 hours ago

   This should be enough to get your attention, but I doubt it will.
   
   The National Treasury Employees Union, NTEU, which represents the IRS employees who harassed and delayed tea party and conservative groups, has come out against the proposal to put federal workers into exchange-based health insurance.
   
   Fancy that: the people in charge of deciding whether you go into an exchange, and who decided it doesn’t matter whether your state doesn’t want one, don’t want to be in one themselves.
   
   So having full access to the program, being trained to enforce the program the IRS employees recognize that the program is not a good thing to be in. For them.
   
   Now, please, swallow the hate, bite back the knee jerk reactions and read this article. Is it accurate? Well that is for you to decide but how will you know if you don’t at least look at it? Practice some of that tolerance you are so proud of.
   
   http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion/2013/05/and-the-beat-goes-on-and-on-and-so-forth-the-american-freedom-partyfor-the-people-2444046.html
   
   http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-health-insure-20130523,0,1895918.story
   
   
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   Incredulous said, about 6 hours ago

   @

   So the ACA will negate inflation? Sweet!
4. 

   ConserveGov said, about 5 hours ago

   Where’s that “outrage” mr. Prez?

   Try telling the IRS that you have “no comment”.
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   ahab said, about 5 hours ago

   A single payer system was stymied by the conservatives and the insurance industry. The LA Times article actually makes it sound as if the exchange has a good chance to function well with the insurers involved, despite the greedy groups opting out, which is so typical for United Health Care,Cigna and Aetna! (likely to their own detriment) . Collective whining is what we have come to expect from the negative nattering nabobs ,37 repeal attempting, failed, scandal fabricating, impotent Republicans. So what’s new?
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   DrCanuck said, about 5 hours ago

   “You” can’t try this with the IRS and neither can the Tea Party.
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   David said, about 5 hours ago

   So, the rwnj propoganda machine is trying a new tack on Obamacare. How cute is it that we’ll now have to listen to some bilious inflation argument? Anyway, at least they’re not mainlining “socialism” this time.
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   Ionizer said, about 5 hours ago

   @DrCanuck

   ““You” can’t try this with the IRS and neither can the Tea Party.”
   
   And the Tea Parties and other groups didn’t do anything similar libs groups didn’t, as you know.
   
   The libs got a pass, but those with scary words like Patriot in their names got delayed. After all, if they hadn’t had to tell the IRS about the content of their prayers, they would have had more time to raise money to oppose Obama’s reelection. That opposition had to be slowed down.
   
   BTW, quotation marks don’t show emphasis. ConserveGov used them properly.
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   denis1112 said, about 5 hours ago

   @DrCanuck

   Obamas buddy ,Warren Buffet,And quit a few dems just don’t pay taxes at all.Till they get considered for a cabnet post.The big dem contributors don’t pay much of anything and the big dem corperations get the lucrative government contrats.Like GE.Big time lib contributor google hides their money offshore so as not to pay taxes on it.Nothing happens to them.
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    NeoconMan said, about 4 hours ago

    @denis1112

    denis1112 said, “Obamas buddy ,Warren Buffet,And quit a few dems just don’t pay taxes at all.”

    
    And neither do any Business owners. You’re starting to understand America; only the lower working classes pay taxes.
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    denis1112 said, about 4 hours ago

    @ahab

    What is so great about single payer?The
    years long wait times for some orthopedic surgeries?Or any surgery that isn’t life threatening.The lack of doctors because they can’t repay their tuition loans working in places that have that system.Not enough nurses or any one else in the medical profession?Lack of equipment?There are more MRI machines in city of Houston then in the entire country of Canada.The only good thing is the lib perception that it is free health care because most of them don’t pay their way with taxes anyway,only people with actual jobs and small business owners.
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    Robert Landers said, about 4 hours ago

    If you would even take the time at all to go out and Google “What are the average life spans of human beings in various countries of the world?” you would find that of all the industrialized countries of the world, the USA is number 37 with an average life span of 78.57! The first such country is Japan with an average life span of 82.7, and number 2, Switzerland with 82.59. Both of these countries (and in fact all of the other industrialized countries in the world have an average life span at least four years longer than we in the USA do. And health care in the USA is by far the most expensive for its citizens of all health care in the industrialized countries. While I am as patriotic as anyone else her, I am at least willing to admit facts.
    

    
    

    Now, it is indeed true that at least some of this better life span is probably due to a healthier life style in those 36 industrialized countries with greater life spans than the USA. After all, just look at our incredibly increasing obesity rate! But that is certain not the only reason for the disparity. So, if it is true (as you seem to be implying) that single payer governmental sponsored health care is so much worse than our own, then why are we Americans not the longest living human beings on this planet?
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    ahab said, about 3 hours ago

    @denis1112

    A single payer saves alot of money! Money that then can be spent on health care rather than billing specialists sand paper work=wasted money. As to your incorrect, and often cited year long waits for doctors, poppycock! My Dutch and Canadian relatives receive timely, and excellent health care at a fraction of what Americans pay for theirs!
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    wbr said, about 2 hours ago

    dear landers at a conference on health care a local university one speaker pointed out that if you take auto deaths out USA has longest life span

    dear ahab your canadian relativesmust know someone the lady who ran the b&b i stayed at could not set up an appointment for an ingrown toe nail untill it was infected

    but obamacare will save social security so says dr donald “death panel” berwick [ need to take into consideration who you are as well as cost]
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    David said, about 2 hours ago

    @ahab

    Analysis shows that since the Canadian system prioritizes prevention and needed care with lower access for elective care, and along with single payer, the efficiency and access is much greater and costs for Canadians much lower than for US citizens for equivalent care..
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