Mike Luckovich for May 16, 2013

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    Vermont Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    With every mention of repealing Obamacare, Ms Ima …. oh, never mind.

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    Theodore E. Lind Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    If they were not voting against Obama care they would have to be solving real problems like fixing the tax code, passing immigration reform, repairing infrastructure, promoting R&D, fixing education, etc. etc.

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    Chillbilly  almost 11 years ago

    The halls of congress have turned into an advertising agency for political campaigns featuring bad, funny-looking actors.

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    YatYat  almost 11 years ago

    Hope is gone for Congress to act on ANYTHING; sad for all of us.

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    Tuner38  almost 11 years ago

    Socialized medicine failed everywhere it was tried. Yet the left thinks ( as always ) they can get away with it.

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    magicwalnut Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Failed? That’s not how I heard it!

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    I Play One On TV  almost 11 years ago

    I would like to add my thanks to your posting your thoughts. As a practicing optometrist, I have been saying the same thing for years.

    Obamacare has too many choices: medicare, medicaid, private insurance, state health exchanges, federal health exchange, ERISA plans…..a crazy quilt that is built to do nothing but add a little “catch-22” to the mix. Plus, since Medicare and Medicaid subcontract to insurance companies, it’s all gravy to them. We are forced to give them our money, but they are not forced to provide us with reasonable care.

    Single payer is the correct answer. Anyone who says it fails is not looking at two points: 1) our current system is failing on its own, so staying with this one is not an option2) socialized medicine has been used for so many years in so many countries that they have refined its inconsistencies, and we can evaluate each system and learn from their mistakes and the things they got right.

    Do not expect anything from Congress except posing. We, the people, will have to demand it. Do we have the guts? Will we make the time? How much does it matter to us?

    What’s happening with the Kardashians? Anybody know?

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    spiderlegs54  almost 11 years ago

    First of all, I am sorry for your wifes difficult end time. I too am for a single payer system, but to say the affordable care act has ZERO choice is just not fair or true. There are facets of all systems which leave us little choice.

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    Rickapolis  almost 11 years ago

    GOP continues to disgrace itself. What an embarrassment for our nation they are.

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    d_legendary1  almost 11 years ago

    I thought they were too busy investigating Benghazi and the IRS. Unless those are the smoke screens to try and pass horrible legislation.

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    hippogriff  almost 11 years ago

    Dale Netherton: Yet every country in the over-developed world, except for the US, is quite happy with it. We are 37th and dropping in overall quality of health care, passed by Japan and Singapore in Asia, by Canada and soon by Cuba, Costa Rica, and Venezuela in the Americas. But so much money can be made off the misfortunes of others that the insurance lobby will not permit it here.

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    Dtroutma  almost 11 years ago

    Thinking “clockwork”, and “orange”, can’t help but note the Republicans are acting like a troop of orangutans, on crack.

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    pirate227  almost 11 years ago

    JOBS-JOBS-JOBS! Oh right, that was just for the election, right Mr. Boehner?

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    pam Miner  almost 11 years ago

    this is a true need for people who can’t afford insurance. It is supposed to be Affordable. and has already caused the cost of insurance to be lowered in some cases. A friend who has had to not get medical attention will maybe get some needed help.It’s always easy to kick the poor until you have walked in his shoes.

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    Phantom Marine  almost 11 years ago

    I have but I am willing to bet you have only seen what the right wing has been spreading about it.

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