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In reply to the discussion: The spinelessness leads to everything else... [View all]Ace Acme
(1,464 posts)26. I'll suppose that you can not conceive of the idea
of previously-uninsured people applying for the ACA benefits, and that you don't know that many people working as contractors or temporaries don't have health coverage.
Otherwise, your analysis makes no sense. Enjoy your irrationality. I'm sure it's oodles of amusement for your friends and family!
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I don't think he could do that since ACA requires you to purchase from those very companies.
progressoid
Nov 2013
#3
If the govment wont let us buy sleazy insurance, what next? Wont be able to use PayDay Loan Sharks?
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#6
Very True but it is to be expected when 'Democrats' try to implement GOP Policies
Morphia
Nov 2013
#44
What if the ACA is just an opportunity for the NSA to hoover up all our confidential medical info
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#12
Contractors and Temporaries and Unemployed and UnderEmployed all live outside the healthcare system.
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#35
Don't they answer the same questions when they are treated for tear-gas inhalation or taser burns
jtuck004
Nov 2013
#43
You're confusing "ACA" with Social Security and "NSA" with The Trilateral Commission.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#58
Obama's promise, unfortunately, was caused by dumbing down an over simplified talking point
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2013
#29
This legislation will stop ripoff insurance policies and allow you to get better affordable coverage
Armstead
Nov 2013
#42
because he knows he can both serve Big Insurance and have everyone claim "he's protecting us from
MisterP
Nov 2013
#31
That would have only worked if he could have increased subsidies. One of the problems with
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#38
He's not allowed to diss insurance companies. They're supposed to be "good" business. You know, like
valerief
Nov 2013
#49
"The U.S. is currently facing a severe shortage of doctors." This may even be a worse situation.
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#64