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In reply to the discussion: I can't believe some Libs/Progressives here would rather see the ACA struck down [View all]crunch60
(1,412 posts)159. Scott Walker's famous words, "Divide and Conquer"
Can you imagine how many of us would be living our lives differently if we didn't have to worry about health insurance, and there was a system in place that we could all afford.
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I can't believe some Libs/Progressives here would rather see the ACA struck down [View all]
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
OP
Exactly. If there is one defining thing that separates us from conservatives it is
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#5
Universal health care would help everyone and rid us of the for-profit nightmare
just1voice
Jun 2012
#2
And the fight continues. Doesn't mean we should punish those benefitting because we
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#6
No, throwing out the republicans will give us the framework through which we get single-payer.
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#133
Why won't it happen? A great message is all that is needed. Besides, we don't need ALL of them to be
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#166
The problem is that ACA gets in the way of that single payer revolution...
shaayecanaan
Jun 2012
#164
Excellent points, all completely ignored by those pushing their false paradigm
just1voice
Jun 2012
#78
Why any one really believes that Congress is going to fund the subsidies is beyond me. It's really
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2012
#115
You sound like someone who talks a lot and accomplishes absolutely nothing.
MjolnirTime
Jun 2012
#113
I agree, and I am absolutely thrilled. I don't like the mandate either, but
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#40
Wow. No more discrimination? Really? So families of all sorts will be treated equally under the
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2012
#13
What is the phone number of the last lady you spoke to who said call back in six months
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
#32
That's a different issue in that the cost should not be different depending on how it gets paid for
treestar
Jun 2012
#148
That's the spirit. But a public option needs a bill to attach itself to in the first place.
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#41
The ACA is not great. It is barely better than the system previously in place.
Bette Noir
Jun 2012
#21
They are worse than the Teabaggers with their ideological purity. They'd rather people suffer
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2012
#22
did you take a poll or something that shows a significant portion of DUers want that?
yurbud
Jun 2012
#24
even if there WAS a significant portion of people who wanted that, you don't persuade anyone through
yurbud
Jun 2012
#25
that's just of people who want the individual mandate struck down NOT the whole law as the OP said
yurbud
Jun 2012
#89
The argument that judicial nullification would pave the way for single payer is laughable
bluestateguy
Jun 2012
#26
yes, as soon as ACA is struck down the republicans will vote for single payer.
dionysus
Jun 2012
#71
DOES NOTHING??! Do you know how many of those 50 million will now be covered by medicaid??
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#43
While I agree that what we currently have is not what I had wished for the American people that need
lonestarnot
Jun 2012
#35
The Real Health Care Debate and why the ACA is Not a good policy. We lose if this reform passes
crunch60
Jun 2012
#38
Agreed. Also, it will be easier to fix as an existing law than to start from scratch.
DCBob
Jun 2012
#45
Fixing it later is more likely to happen than starting over and getting public option.
DCBob
Jun 2012
#48
It probably would have been if we GOTV in 2010 and the Tea Baggers didn't sabatoge it.
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#67
Striving for perfection is a noble cause but even the Constitution has been amended 27x
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#56
And no mention of the Democrat Baucus having single payer advocates arrested
hempoilworks
Jun 2012
#95
This bill was written by the insurance companies. It is only insurance reform, which was needed,but
still_one
Jun 2012
#88
I was very disapointed with ACA, but I would never want it to go away without a
ZombieHorde
Jun 2012
#91
Remember, you are talking about non-reality purists, or IOW, the left's version of the TeaRadicals.
RBInMaine
Jun 2012
#98
If the corporatists deem their own solution unconstitutional, all that's left is Single Payer.
Marr
Jun 2012
#103
My twin boys are covered because of the ACA. Without it they aren't. Any questions?
MjolnirTime
Jun 2012
#112
Some people can't see past their own selfishness, Democrat and Republican.
MjolnirTime
Jun 2012
#107
Ah yes, let us embrace a Republican policy, since it was pushed by a Democratic president
MadHound
Jun 2012
#121
I agree. The mis-info IS mind-boggling. You are not forced to purchase anything like some believe
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#136
I can't believe that some Dems are cheering for the success of a Republican policy,
MadHound
Jun 2012
#134
I hardly think contributing taxes to a healthcare fund is a republican policy. Also...
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#135
I don't see it that way. I think if struck down people will feel we failed morally as a society.
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#139
B.I.N.G.O. Why such a cavalier attitude about death from those who purport to supprt revolution in
patrice
Jun 2012
#146
Defeating the MANDATE and keeping the rest of the reforms is IDEAL, besides
grahamhgreen
Jun 2012
#149