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8. Thank you.

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 08:44 PM

Jan 2014

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The backroom deal to gut the public option and the mandated entrenchment of parasitic middlemen in the system should have been the first clues.

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No, Obamacare Wasn't a "Republican" Proposal [View all] babylonsister Jan 2014 OP

People can read the original paper and decide for themselves solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #1

This post only strengthens the argument of the OP. tritsofme Jan 2014 #5

Great! You did what I suggested. You decided for yourself. solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #7

They may, but they would be incorrect. tritsofme Jan 2014 #10

Free Rider is a basic economics term. jeff47 Jan 2014 #19

Man, Stuart Butler sure gets around. While working for CATO, he also wrote the seminal document El_Johns Jan 2014 #20

Obama always supported a mandate for children. joshcryer Jan 2014 #39

Wow, interesting treestar Jan 2014 #2

thanks babylonsistah.. Cha Jan 2014 #3

That first snip is spot on ProSense Jan 2014 #33

Yes, thank you! Cha Jan 2014 #49

"it (Obamacare) was a Republican idea". Barack Obama 10.03.2012 pa28 Jan 2014 #4

BANG! solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #6

Thank you. woo me with science Jan 2014 #8

I remember hearing that a robust public option would be a condition of signing the bill. pa28 Jan 2014 #40

It's called negotiation, where you start at the end point and give away from there. ScottyEss Jan 2014 #45

How many Republican votes did we receive in return for these concessions? pa28 Jan 2014 #46

That's my point. ScottyEss Jan 2014 #47

Oops. Misunderstood your point. pa28 Jan 2014 #48

No worries, I'm as clear as milk! ScottyEss Jan 2014 #56

It did start out that way.. iamthebandfanman Jan 2014 #14

Here in MA we just called it Romney Care and after a bumpy start... Little Star Jan 2014 #15

You mean it works great for healthy people. The expensively sick, not so much eridani Jan 2014 #35

KEY COMPONENTS were ESSENTIALLY proposed by R's long ago, and it is very SIMILAR to RomneyCare. RBInMaine Jan 2014 #9

"Romneycare" was also very dissimilar to the Heritage plan. tritsofme Jan 2014 #12

Like 1974 long ago progressoid Jan 2014 #24

Robert Reich disagrees with the OP former9thward Jan 2014 #11

+1 ErikJ Jan 2014 #17

Robert Reich ProSense Jan 2014 #32

"Robert Reich...is free to disagree with the facts." former9thward Jan 2014 #44

ACA is what don't let good be the enemy of the mediocre looks like. ScottyEss Jan 2014 #13

Exactly. sendero Jan 2014 #43

+1 it's a step.. a small one but at least we aren't moving in reverse SomethingFishy Jan 2014 #53

Thank you for welcoming me. ScottyEss Jan 2014 #55

Click-bait junk journalism TekGryphon Jan 2014 #16

I'm baffled ... brett_jv Jan 2014 #18

MM was clear to anyone who listened TekGryphon Jan 2014 #21

It looks like the author is trying to assuage his cognitive dissonance. NOVA_Dem Jan 2014 #22

Actually it's NIXONcare... progressoid Jan 2014 #23

ACA is almost an exact copy of Bob Dole's Republican alternative plan during the 1992-93 JCMach1 Jan 2014 #25

Thanks for posting. I'm tired of hearing that crud too. Republicans wanted nothing. Hoyt Jan 2014 #26

The Heritage Foundation cheerfully attended Romney's signing ceremony for RomneyCare, MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #27

Nope. Smells like he did what was necessary to break logjam. Hoyt Jan 2014 #36

it WAS a republican tactic, not a Republican plan BlueStreak Jan 2014 #28

It's the law of the land, now. 1000words Jan 2014 #29

Propaganda is hard work. last1standing Jan 2014 #30

Not getting your facts straight is easy work. great white snark Jan 2014 #41

Even easier to talk about "facts" without providing any. last1standing Jan 2014 #42

Exactly, gws.. "Not getting your facts straight is Cha Jan 2014 #50

It's Obamacare. ProSense Jan 2014 #31

All I know is this: blue neen Jan 2014 #34

K 'n' R 'n' bookmarking. ucrdem Jan 2014 #37

More importantly, a rebate is not the same thing as a fine. joshcryer Jan 2014 #38

Obama as candidate wildly opposed a mandate, mocked it, characterized it as theft, hung it Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #51

Lot of Lipstick going on the pig for 2014. bvar22 Jan 2014 #52

thin sauce, indeed.... mike_c Jan 2014 #54