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Pretzel_Warrior

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6. hahaha. you've been pwnd. the Ezra Klein tweet links to an article giving historical perspective

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 07:43 PM

Oct 2013

using Medicare Part D passed under Bush. It was a program that should have been ENORMOUSLY popular among the people it was aimed at (elderly Medicare recipients) but it was wildly unpopular out of the gate with lots of glitches, slow enrollment, etc.

So............past is prologue. They got past it. It was a program that now no one would think of killing. And it is working other than the donut hole of coverage that was filled by Obamacare.

Nice try. not really.

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@ezraklein: Big deal:backroom connection between insurance companies and Feds is a disaster [View all] dkf Oct 2013 OP

Misleading - This is not from Ezra Klein, but from a RW. He completes it just by an other tweet. Mass Oct 2013 #1

Ezra has linked to it via tweet. dkf Oct 2013 #3

And the next tweet explains that he disagrees, something you forget to say. Mass Oct 2013 #4

He does not disagree. Medicare D was also a disaster to set up. dkf Oct 2013 #26

You know what you should do? ProSense Oct 2013 #28

The drivel in the OP should have been a clue ProSense Oct 2013 #5

LOL! 10,000 have already signed up in Kentucky alone... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #7

Is that a healthcare.gov site? dkf Oct 2013 #10

They work in conjunction with one another. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #11

Well the post speaks specifically of the 36 states that declined to create their own exchanges. dkf Oct 2013 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #2

hahaha. you've been pwnd. the Ezra Klein tweet links to an article giving historical perspective Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #6

Hello you are reading the wrong link. dkf Oct 2013 #13

Even better. When I clicked on your actual link...BLOGSPOT?? give me a fucking break lady Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #14

Well if is good enough for Ezra it's good enough for me. dkf Oct 2013 #17

Completely dishonest. Ezra Klein had NOTHING to do with what you claim. bluestate10 Oct 2013 #8

I copied that tweet exactly as he posted. dkf Oct 2013 #15

you insinuated ezraklein posted this...not retweeted Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #16

The title is his tweet abbreviated. dkf Oct 2013 #18

October should be beta testing month with real enrollments starting in November. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #9

then call it that and just say anyone enrolled in October is bonus Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #12

I just hope there aren't any people that think they have health insurance but their applications PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #19

It's obvious there will be some in that circumstance. dkf Oct 2013 #21

I think it's too early to actually sign up both from a technical software perspective and because PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #22

You hit it on the head. dkf Oct 2013 #23

It's starting to seem that their Computer/Online Roll Out..done by Private Contractor KoKo Oct 2013 #24

Anyone who thinks they got through needs to follow up prior to the deadline. dkf Oct 2013 #25

Yes..that would be wise to do...but, is there a Paper Site...where one can apply? KoKo Oct 2013 #27

Washington Post: Federal health exchange sending confusing enrollment information to insurers PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #29

Who is going to fix that? Who is responsible even? dkf Oct 2013 #30

Somebody call the republicans---they'll tell us what to do. Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #31

Mitt Romney. Ugh. dkf Oct 2013 #32