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Wed Feb-04-09 04:55 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: Obama about to sign the SCHIP bill |
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:58 PM
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:59 PM
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:59 PM
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He told everyone to take a seat. All at once they sat. He said this is more like it. Then a big applause and cheer.
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:02 PM
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4. lol, so he's having a bad week huh? |
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Certainly doesn't sound like it, does it? ;)
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:10 PM
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13. And it's being paid for with ciggie taxes?!!! |
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:18 PM
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16. LOL Oh yeah, the luster's off! |
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:03 PM
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If we really believe that Obama wants universal health care, doesnt this bill seem to signal he has no intention of trying to get UHC passed?
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:05 PM
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8. He said it's a first step to getting every single American covered. n/t |
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:09 PM
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12. If he really wants UHC this is an unnecessary step |
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UHC cannot be funded with a sin tax, and this legislation will be redundant if UHC is ever passed.
Are we sure he and Congress have any intentions of working to get UHC into law, or is this all there is?
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:16 PM
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15. I'm hoping this is temporary until we have UHC - it's one of my |
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priorities, because I'm self employed and pay for my HC insurance.
But I also know this will be a long, hard battle - the GOP will fight UHC every step of the way. In the meantime, I'm glad children will be covered.
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:07 PM
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11. He said SCHIP would be a downpayment on health insurance for every american n/m |
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Wed Feb-04-09 06:22 PM
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18. No - this is a renewal of a program that was started in 1997 |
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It funds children's health in every state. Children in families too poor to afford health insurance and too well off for medicaid have relied on this for 10 years. Several UHC plans keep and expand the SCHIP plan - so it might be part of the UHC plan. IF the UHC plan makes it unneeded - I'm sure the plan will include the transition needed. It might be over a year before, at the earliest, that UHC is passed. This is needed now.
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:03 PM
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6. LOL. He said it AGAIN. The American people voted for Change |
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Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 05:11 PM by Thrill
Not the same tax cuts that got the country in this mess
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:05 PM
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He's spending that political capital!
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:06 PM
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9. THAT'S MY FUCKING PRESIDENT! |
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:06 PM
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10. yay, showed some backbone nt |
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:14 PM
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14. So Presidential:-) Luv It! |
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Wed Feb-04-09 06:19 PM
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17. Another bad Bush decision, mopped up and fixed by the Obama administration. |
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