_The GOP has tried to stop this fiasco from day one. _The real fiasco was 50 million uninsured Americans. There were better ways to fix the problem, but the GOP was opposed to ALL of them.
Well, I’d laugh too if it wasn’t so pathetically, desperately bad. As it, Obama pushed himself down those stairs, not the Republicans. Obama and the Democrats have NO ONE to blame but themselves for the disaster called Obamacare.
Yes, Iraq and Afghanistan wars lasting only three weeks each, and paid for by the invaded countries: Republicans never “sell” a bad plan.
Most of the “problems” with PPACA are a result of efforts in the legislation to accommodate REPUBLICAN request to get it passed. The contractors’ screwups on the computer program, ARE a problem, that can be fixed, but the law is better than what we’ve had at any time since T.R. tried to get something in 1912!!
Please delineate your poor charge, Uncle Joe. What were the better ways Obama had to fix the problem (other than his further lying). You and 1opinion aren’t too bad at lying either.Single Payer is the obvious answer, but entrenched interests made it out of the question.We could have expanded Medicaid to the uninsured. It would have been far, far simpler. Medicaid isn’t perfect, but delivers care at a lower cost per person than private insurance. For 50 million uninsured people, that would have been better than the nothing they had. We’d still have wound up taxing those who were uninsured out of choice rather than economic necessity, but it would have been straightforward.Aside from the screams over giving more to the “takers”, funding it would have been impossible, thanks to the GOP & the Blue Dogs. I’ve gone on ad-nauseum that the ACA was the conservative plan. I’ve also agreed that the botched rollout is entirely Obama’s failure.There is zero interest from most Republicans in Congress to actually improve the ACA. They want it gone before it takes hold.
this is working well in most Blue stats. Washington state, Kentucky, and others. I live in a red state where the governor turned down a huge amount of money for medicaid, tossed people off Medicaid and has making it hard for people to sign up.Even so, some are doing just that! By the way, the Glitches on the site have gone down to around 1%
Single payer is a good idea, but how about this way of doing it — at the Federal level have a simple set of universal principles — including universal coverage and portability — and then leave it up to each state to figure out the details. Different states could come up with different systems — all public, a mix of private and public, what have you — so long as the state plans meet the federal standard. This way everyone gets covered, but the system is in the hands of the states rather than the federal government.
echoraven over 10 years ago
Not much they could do except laugh (since they are exempt).
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 10 years ago
_The GOP has tried to stop this fiasco from day one. _The real fiasco was 50 million uninsured Americans. There were better ways to fix the problem, but the GOP was opposed to ALL of them.
Enoki over 10 years ago
Well, I’d laugh too if it wasn’t so pathetically, desperately bad. As it, Obama pushed himself down those stairs, not the Republicans. Obama and the Democrats have NO ONE to blame but themselves for the disaster called Obamacare.
Dtroutma over 10 years ago
Yes, Iraq and Afghanistan wars lasting only three weeks each, and paid for by the invaded countries: Republicans never “sell” a bad plan.
Most of the “problems” with PPACA are a result of efforts in the legislation to accommodate REPUBLICAN request to get it passed. The contractors’ screwups on the computer program, ARE a problem, that can be fixed, but the law is better than what we’ve had at any time since T.R. tried to get something in 1912!!
Motivemagus over 10 years ago
No, Tigger. Obama started with a Republican plan, then the GOP added a host of required alterations — and then still didn’t vote for it.
Uncle Joe Premium Member over 10 years ago
Please delineate your poor charge, Uncle Joe. What were the better ways Obama had to fix the problem (other than his further lying). You and 1opinion aren’t too bad at lying either.Single Payer is the obvious answer, but entrenched interests made it out of the question.We could have expanded Medicaid to the uninsured. It would have been far, far simpler. Medicaid isn’t perfect, but delivers care at a lower cost per person than private insurance. For 50 million uninsured people, that would have been better than the nothing they had. We’d still have wound up taxing those who were uninsured out of choice rather than economic necessity, but it would have been straightforward.Aside from the screams over giving more to the “takers”, funding it would have been impossible, thanks to the GOP & the Blue Dogs. I’ve gone on ad-nauseum that the ACA was the conservative plan. I’ve also agreed that the botched rollout is entirely Obama’s failure.There is zero interest from most Republicans in Congress to actually improve the ACA. They want it gone before it takes hold.
pam Miner over 10 years ago
this is working well in most Blue stats. Washington state, Kentucky, and others. I live in a red state where the governor turned down a huge amount of money for medicaid, tossed people off Medicaid and has making it hard for people to sign up.Even so, some are doing just that! By the way, the Glitches on the site have gone down to around 1%
lonecat over 10 years ago
Single payer is a good idea, but how about this way of doing it — at the Federal level have a simple set of universal principles — including universal coverage and portability — and then leave it up to each state to figure out the details. Different states could come up with different systems — all public, a mix of private and public, what have you — so long as the state plans meet the federal standard. This way everyone gets covered, but the system is in the hands of the states rather than the federal government.
lonecat over 10 years ago
People on both sides too often seem to want to score points rather than solve problems.