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rsexaminer

(321 posts) Tue Aug 18, 2015, 05:50 PM Aug 2015

Scott Walker is one of the first Republicans to release an actual alternative to "Obamacare." To the surprise of almost nobody, it's pretty awful.

http://www.examiner.com/article/scott-walker-releases-obamacare-alternative-raises-costs-on-middle-class

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Scott Walker's "Obamacare" alternative; it raises costs for low and middle class Americans (Original Post) rsexaminer Aug 2015 OP

Well, of course. The whole point of all GOPer "programs" The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #1

In 2011 COBRA premiums for me would have been $2000/m rickford66 Aug 2015 #2

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1. Well, of course. The whole point of all GOPer "programs"

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 05:53 PM

Aug 2015

is to make life for the poor suck even more than it already does.

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2. In 2011 COBRA premiums for me would have been $2000/m

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 06:13 PM

Aug 2015

As luck would have it, my wife and I turned 65 just when I got laid off. How would Walker's plan help someone younger than me?