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   ConserveGov said, 5 months ago

   Dems will be the ones dressed as devils as more and more people find out they were lied to about BarryCare………………..

   “This week the reality of the ObamaCare roll-out appeared in a set of news stories that serve as an ironic juxtaposition. Over 500,000 individuals have seen their insurance policies cancelled in just 3 states. In all 50 states, only 476,000 applications have been “filed” in an exchange. (Even though we are still learning the true definition of “filed.”)

   Florida Blue, for example, is terminating about 300,000 policies, about 80 percent of its individual policies in the state. Kaiser Permanente in California has sent notices to 160,000 people – about half of its individual business in the state. Insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh is dropping about 20 percent of its individual market customers, while Independence Blue Cross, the major insurer in Philadelphia, is dropping about 45 percent."

   http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/10/24/more-americans-have-had-their-insurance-canceled-under-obamacare-than-have-filed-an-exchange-account/
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   Clark Kent said, 5 months ago

   Then sent them away without any thing.
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   ODon said, 5 months ago

   “Over 500,000 individuals have seen their insurance policies cancelled…” Good! Remove the burden of providing health insurance from employers.
   There is a better approach.
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   r2varney said, 5 months ago

   @ODon

   Those 500,000 evidently had such a poor policy that it could not meet a decent standard. They.. that 500,000.. are the very ones who “think” they are covered.. till the time comes to use the policy.
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   They should be grateful that the deficiencies in the policy are exposed before they are needed.
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   Sharuniboy said, 5 months ago

   In addition to telling us about the cancellation of policies, it might be nice if we were also informed about the REASONS for such. The poster, “r2varney”, offers some excellent bases for such cancellation, depending upon the structure of the policy as it would be used. After all, insurance companies are NOT – generally speaking – non-profit charities; and a goodly number of them collect premiums for very limited coverages in whatever field they sell.
   

   
   But, one should also thank the poster, “ConserveGov”, for giving us a reference; and not just asserting negatives without evidence, as so many of the rest of the ANTI-everything claque do.
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   The Wolf In Your Midst said, 5 months ago

   @ConserveGov

   Now if you could just suggest some sort of solution (aside from the pathetic “let them go to the ER”), then maybe- MAYBE- you might have an actual cogent argument!
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   echoraven said, 5 months ago

   @coraryan

   The cartoon unfortunately is accurate. Democrats don’t need to “compromise” because the majority of the press will side with them, no matter what. Harry Reid should have been burned at the stake for that “why would we want to do that?” remark (relating to cancer treatments for children) yet the media gave him a pass and this makes Democrats rightfully arrogant.
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   ODon said, 5 months ago

   @echoraven

   Cancer treatment for children was just the tip of the iceberg that was put in peril by the shutdown. Stretching it out by hand picking funding was grandstanding when so many needs were being unmet.
   What about the funding the right ignored, do they get taken to task too?
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   Sharuniboy said, 5 months ago

   @echoraven,
   Ah! Yes! The echo of Fox News, and the rest of those who would “burn at the stake” anyone who doesn’t fit their “standards” of thoughtless cant. Of course, those who merely “echo” have NEVER made a remark – in or out of context – that wasn’t perfectly “righteous”; which gives THEM the “right” to condemn anyone and everyone else who doesn’t phrase answers to suit particular causes, prejudices, or notions.
   

   
   When one considers the CONTEXT in which Senator Reid’s remark was made – answer to a question that was way out of line in the first place, dealing with a particular rather than with the whole aspect of “compromise” on the issue at hand, i.e., the budget WITHOUT Teabaghead idiotology – the remark itself can be better understood. It was far from charitable, true; but certainly expressed a VALID response. When asked to deal with a particular – and “give in” to pressure for such particular – the return question is appropriate. “Why should we do that”?
   

   
   That the particular was/is “loaded” with emotional overtones is, of course, the reason for the inappropriate question in the first place.
   

   
   As to arrogance: I’ve yet to see arrogance among Democrats that would even come close to matching that of the Teabagheads – Boehner, Cruz, Bachmann, et.al. – who shut down Government for 16 days, at a cost of $23 Million (at least); and then claim to have “won”, and go right on insisting they will do that kind of thing again, to force getting rid of the ACA. THAT’S ARROGANCE! And, it is sickening stupidity as well!
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    Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago

    Should have had the boy answer, “We’re Congressmen.” While the Republicans are having their problems, the Dems have had their own, less volatile, infighting with the “Blue Dog Dems” who voted with Republicans. Both parties are mindlessly pursuing their own hungers. Money, power, and secure futures as lobbyists, consultants, or perhaps headliners on a news program.
    It is equally appropriate that they are going door to door taking from people without giving anything of value in return and acting like children if they don’t get what they want.
    “Trick or Treat” is a statement of extortion. Give us a treat, or we’ll give you a trick. Busted pumpkins, lawns covered in toilet paper.
    It is way past time the self serving members of our political parties, and their extreme wings quit taking high salaries and extravagant "retirement benefits’ and start working with each other to find solutions without resorting to divisive tactics and inflammatory language. They have “Treated” themselves at our expense and still “Tricked” their electorate with promises of jobs and responsible governing that vanished after they won their elections.
    Respectfully,
    C.
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    flake-67121 said, 5 months ago

    there is left and there is more left. America has no representation.
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    Sharuniboy said, 5 months ago

    @flake-67121,
    On the contrary! AMERICA – which is, in truth, a “melting pot” of cultures, skin colors, belief-systems/religions, and all other human differentiations, has FAR MORE representation today than every before. It is only those for whom the “good old days” – that never were in the first place – are viewed as being the ONLY kind of “America” acceptable to THEM – such as old Joe McCarthy, et.al. – who moan and cry about lack of “representation”. And that’s all that is, superstitious ignorance, arrogantly stubborn stupidity, fantasy and imagination moaning and crying about not being able to mind everyone else’s business, and impose reactionary, regressive, racist policies on everyone else.
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    dzw3030 said, 5 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    Our political system is an affirmation of Parkinson’s Laws. Worse, I think the majority of voters don’t care unless they suffer directly. As long as the entitlements keep getting easier to grab, it will be business as usual until the house of cards collapses.
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    Adrian Snare said, 5 months ago

    @Clark Kent

    Reiterate, Clark.
    As written , no sense .
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    Adrian Snare said, 5 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    Let Halloween be…..its for the children…
    It must be a time for people to gather together and know each other..
    We have too many strangers….
    Do NOT let the status quo be.
    Election reform
    Election finance reform.Maybe even outlawing lobbyists….
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