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Fumesucker

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2. Health Care Law's flaws were deliberately built in..

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 10:57 PM

Jul 2012

And those flaws will be changed over the shrieking last ditch efforts of Big Medicine, Big Pharma and Big Insurance.

This _is_ the hill that they will choose to die on and they'll have no problem taking the rest of us with them if they think they are going to lose.

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Health Law's Flaws Will Spur Drive for Single-Payer Reform [View all] eridani Jul 2012 OP

+1000 dkf Jul 2012 #1

Health Care Law's flaws were deliberately built in.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #2

I have been saying this since ACA passed. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #3

So Obama did fight for single mzmolly Jul 2012 #4

He fought to postpone it as long as possible n/t eridani Jul 2012 #5

Either the legislation wil lead to single mzmolly Jul 2012 #9

If by 'for' you mean 'against', then sure. Edweird Jul 2012 #6

The article must be wrong, mzmolly Jul 2012 #10

"Because of this sweetheart deal with the insurance industry, the ACA offers no relief Edweird Jul 2012 #12

The authors are aware that rebate mzmolly Jul 2012 #13

The ACA has one thing that Massachusetts' law doesn't have: the 85% rule. Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #7

All increases this year average 9.9% eridani Jul 2012 #8

No, I'm not fine with a 10% increase. But it's better than the 29% increases before 2009. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #11

It is no more sustainable than a 29% increase, which was allowed because eridani Jul 2012 #15

Why do you refuse to admit an advancement, a good thing, an improvement? Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #17

When did I say there were no improvements? What I said was that-- eridani Jul 2012 #19

What happens when all of the states that refuse to implement state exchanges LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #14

Single payer will happen because the plan that exchanges become self-sustaining-- eridani Jul 2012 #16

Seems to me that we likely will end up with what many want. LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #18

Only if we fight for it eridani Jul 2012 #20

On that level LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #21