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riversedge

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Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:55 AM Aug 2015

These Aren't Scare Tactics. A Republican President Will Take Away Your Obamacare Protections




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-reifowitz/republican-president-take-away-your-obamacare_b_8033106.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

These Aren't Scare Tactics. A Republican President Will Take Away Your Obamacare Protections



Posted: 08/24/2015 2:23 pm EDT Updated: 08/24/2015 3:59 pm EDT
SCOTT WALKER


It's hard to get 17 people -- especially 17 people with egos big enough to think they should be president of the United States -- to come together on too many things. Even though they share much in terms of political beliefs, the 17 members of the GOP clown car can't all agree, for example, on exactly how high a wall we should build with Mexico, or if Donald Trump should oversee construction -- irrespective of whether he becomes our next president.

On one thing, however, unanimity reigns. Every last blessed one of them has sworn to repeal Obamacare. And they won't go back on it.

My response? Bring it on. Support for Obamacare has been rising as the percentage of Americans who lack insurance has been falling.

For a true apples-to-apples comparison, over the past 13 months the Kaiser Family Foundation's tracking poll has found that the law has gone from a favorable rating of minus-16 (53 percent unfavorable, 37 percent favorable), to a plus 3 rating (44 percent favorable, 41 percent unfavorable). .........
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These Aren't Scare Tactics. A Republican President Will Take Away Your Obamacare Protections (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
A GOP president would try to gut Obamacare Gothmog Aug 2015 #1
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