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   Wraithkin said, 4 months ago

   Pretty much sums it up. The funny thing, however, is that a majority of Americans have always seen the PPACA as a scam; most don’t want it, a majority want it repealed. I agree there are some good parts to it, but overall the bill needs to be scrapped and reform needs to be made, not creating a new entitlement.
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   Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

   But But Obama said I could keep my doctor. But now I am reading 7 million will be dropped, Part time employees will be hired in under 25 hour a week shifts and full time employees will not be hired if a small company only has 40 employees.
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   Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

   Well Mike Ramirez said it so IT MUST BE TRUE.
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   SpicyNacho said, 4 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   No the CBO says it.
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   lonecat said, 4 months ago

   If you don’t like the ACA, work towards a better system — single payer would do.
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   ODon said, 4 months ago

   Hell I’ve averaged over $20,000 a year for the last several years. Well before the influence of Obamacare.
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   jack75287 said, 4 months ago

   And if you lose it you will pay a tax no it is not a tax it is a penalty. No wait the Supreme Court said it is a tax but Obama said it was is the Supreme Court Racist, I am so confused.
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   disgustedtaxpayer said, 4 months ago

   Is anyone counting and reporting the number of Doctors quitting the American system…quitting practice or changing the form of practice to groups Inc.? Or refusing to take Medicare/Medicaid patients? Most Doctors do not like Obamacare, and it is a Government intrusion into the Freedoms listed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution….choosing careers and choosing how to practice and choosing whom to serve…and choosing methods and treatments without bureaucrats in government writing “rules”..
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   Respectful Troll said, 4 months ago

   The current healthcare plan is very flawed. The greater flaws exist in the ability of the legislature to work together to create the very necessary health care reform our nation needs to address the problems of an aging population with very poor health practices.
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   Mr. Obama took a plan put forth by a popular Republican and hoped this bipartisan olive branch would bear fruit. Nancy Pelosi’s arrogance pushed away Republicans who might have worked with the 2009 House of Representatives and Mitch McConnell’s vow to make Obama a one term presidency combined with his use of the filibuster shut the senate down like the broken engine it still is. Reid and Boehnor have much of the blame in this as well. Obama should have been more involved, and the leaders of the parties should have been more polite and respectful to each other. It didn’t work out that way and we the people attack each other rather than them.
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   Healthcare reform is important and urgent. Hospitals cannot afford to treat patients for free and we are already paying a tax to cover the cost of every patient that enters an emergency room unable to pay his bill.
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   I seem to recall seeing where an aspirin cost over $10 on a patient’s bill. If a 10cent pill can cost 100% more than it is worth, does that mean a $1000 procedure is going to cost us or our insurance company $100,000? That is a huge mark up and we pay this tax in our payroll statements, the price of products and services we receive from companies that pay employee insurance, and the money we pay for our own medical services.
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   I believe if all Americans had to pay for insurance, we would see costs go down on those areas and others. We should at least try.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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    spiderlegs54 said, 4 months ago

    @Wraithkin

    If in fact, you and everyone else likes part of it, why scrap the whole bill? Why not fix the parts that need tweaking or overhauling? I am tired of hearing people hate on leaders or systems with no real solutions. Is it spite or what?
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    Rx71Wm29 said, 4 months ago

    Well, the Trolls are happy, for a change!
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    Sure, let’s scrap O-Care and go back to the old fashioned Health Insurance Companies running the show. They are MUCH better at *&$#ing the public that Uncle Sam could ever be! And the Prescription Drub companies will take care of you, when your sick, won’t they? They SURE WILL!!
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    spiderlegs54 said, 4 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    Well said. Politics, politeness, and transparency don’t seem to exist on the same plane.
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    jack75287 said, 4 months ago

    @Rx71Wm29

    Let see already health insurers and dropping the worst states to stay in business and Doctors are joining the large concerns because they cannot afford to stay in business. So when the only Doctors that can work, work for a small number of large companies what happens?
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    Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    Hospitals can not afford to treat patience for free"
    Wow! that is the most profound statement ever to come from you. wow. Hey I have an idea, let the hospitals print money like Obama does and then they can pay for themselves.
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    wmconelly said, 4 months ago

    Obamacare? How’s about we write in Emergency Care for Each and Every at your local hospital? That’s what we got; how’s it workin’ out, Mr. Ramirez? How ’bout some fixit pictures instead of the constantly whinging ones?
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