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Still bothered that "99%-ers" celebrate the victory of corporations over people. This is a defeat, folks. A bad one.
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@lnxwalt280 <snarky-commentary-about-the-99%ers-deleted> Let me say I agree with you and leave it at that. ;-)
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@lnxwalt280 corporations over people?
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@douglasawh "mandatory purchase" == extract funds from lower-wage workers and give them to insurance companies.
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@lnxwalt280 http://ur1.ca/9l1h7 | it was a fail *either* way #whichkindashitdoyawant
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Exactly. It'll be a generation or longer before USsians see civilized health care. #squandered_opportunity
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@r7 http://is.gd/kaR48d Parallel discussion
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@lnxwalt280 for many, whether you see it as victory or not will depend on your personal circumstances | big picture: #bigbusinesswins
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@lnxwalt280 kind of like the UK referendum on voting reform, made me sick watching it from across the pond.
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@lnxwalt280 thanks, i'd not caught onto that one
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@kevingranade from europe this *whole* scenario looks totally insane and incomprehensible
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@r7 it looks the same from this side too :P
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@lnxwalt280 lowest wage earners don't pay anything though and most states will comply with Medicaid expansion. It might…
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@lnxwalt280 also, it leaves in place a view of universal coverage which is a stepping stone to universal healthcare
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@douglasawh Yeah, experience shows that such subsidies are never fully-funded (ref: Pell Grants), so lowest-wage people…
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@douglasawh How do you think it'll be repealed? Do you expect Pres. Obama to sign a repeal? Romney or whoever is not going to win.
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@douglasawh What it leaves in place is a strong, well-connected financial industry's hold on personal health spending.
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@lnxwalt280 there's no mandate to go to school though. The whole premise of the legislation is that healthcare is diffe…
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@douglasawh Also, most states are broke. They have spent the last few years cutting the federal-state program that cove…
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@lnxwalt280 never say never with Romney in post citizens united world.
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repeal? ha! when was the last time a law was actually repealed? SCOTUS didn’t strike it so we’re stuck with it
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@douglasawh perhaps; equal/better chance they can use it s the example of why universal heath care is bad.
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@douglasawh True, no mandatory college. I draw on experiences with California's auto insurance system "reform" (mandatory purchase).
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and does POTUS even have the power to repeal? I don’t believe so. Rmoney is as full if poop as Obama
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I'd guess the Volstead Act, @whistlewright @lnxwalt280
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@lnxwalt280 law goes into effect in 2014. I don't pretend to know what the economy will be like then
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@douglasawh Does that mean you left your wizard hat in New Hampshire? ;-)
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well, in the 90s banking regulations were relaxed. whether you want to call that a repeal or not, I'll leave up to you.
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