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Old 02-05-2015, 01:49 PM
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The Plot Against The ACA and America

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/op...ourt.html?_r=0


Looks like a cabal wants to run roughshod over our newly insured Americans.
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Old 02-05-2015, 02:09 PM
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Because we are not dying off fast enough I guess.
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Old 02-05-2015, 02:42 PM
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I'll be really surprised if the Supreme court finds those subsidies unlawful.

Because all that subsidy money is winding up in the coffers of the Insurance companies and I figure they've given Roberts and company their marching orders to let them stand.
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Old 02-05-2015, 02:44 PM
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If the SCOTUS guts the ACA, I think the GOP will ultimately be the loser. Millions will lose their insurance as Boehner tries to herd cats in the House in a futile, ugly effort to get them their insurance back. I bet the GOP establishment is actually hoping the SCOTUS will rule in favor of retaining the ACA as it will preclude the ugly, and perhaps futile, sausage-making that will follow.
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Old 02-05-2015, 03:28 PM
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If the SCOTUS guts the ACA, I think the GOP will ultimately be the loser.
Yeah, but how many times before have we all said similar things yet the GOPers continue to roll right along.

"It's okay if I can't afford medical insurance for myself or for my wife and kids because, you know, FREEDOM!

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Old 02-09-2015, 11:47 PM
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Yeah, but how many times before have we all said similar things yet the GOPers continue to roll right along.

"It's okay if I can't afford medical insurance for myself or for my wife and kids because, you know, FREEDOM!

John
Free to be strapped to the yoke for life, if they don't at least support Medicare.
Why in the hell ANYONE would favor a system that cuts you off because you've lost your job or grown too old to work is beyond me.

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Old 02-13-2015, 08:29 AM
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Free to be strapped to the yoke for life, if they don't at least support Medicare.
Why in the hell ANYONE would favor a system that cuts you off because you've lost your job or grown too old to work is beyond me.

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In some ways it really does not affect us because our supplemental health insurance is not via ACA. But it takes a really cold hearted SOB to cut the ground out from under the folks in the ACA.
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Old 02-05-2015, 06:04 PM
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I have $100 that says the Supreme Court rules for the government position in this case.
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Old 02-05-2015, 06:23 PM
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I have $100 that says the Supreme Court rules for the government position in this case.
I think you're probably right.

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Old 02-05-2015, 06:28 PM
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I have $100 that says the Supreme Court rules for the government position in this case.
Is that the amount of your subsidy? JK

Many republicans don't want the ACA overturned any more than they want Roe v. Wade overturned. It gives the base something to rally around and remain distracted from other important governmental matters. They would miss having Obamacare to rail against.

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