Thu Nov 15, 2012, 07:14 PM

Jimbo S (1,891 posts)

Walker hints that he won’t form state insurance exchange

The decision is pitting Walker between siding with corporate interests or Tea Party interests on the far right of the political spectrum.
Several groups, including the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce; the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans, the Wisconsin Hospitals Association and the Wisconsin Medical Society, have been urging Walker to form a state-run exchange, rather than leaving it all up to the federal government.

http://www.biztimes.com/article/20121115/BREAKINGNEWS/121119880/-1/daily_enews/Walker-hints-that-he-won’t-form-state-insurance-exchange

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Walker hints that he won’t form state insurance exchange (Original post)	Jimbo S	Nov 2012	OP
Walker loves brinksmanship, this ain't over until Eric Cantor sues the state for compliance	HereSince1628	Nov 2012	#1
I don't think such a lawsuit would work. My understanding is that the Affordable Health Care Act	razorman	Nov 2012	#12
He'll do what his Koch puppetmasters tell him to do.	charmay	Nov 2012	#2
A number of those groups--WMC being a good example--	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#3
Yes!	Jimbo S	Nov 2012	#8
This illustrates the split in the Republican Party between	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#9
Doesn't Matter - Feds Will Implement the Exchange in These Situations Which Might Be Better IMO	Indykatie	Nov 2012	#4
Walker will propose something that will be easy to steal.	Scuba	Nov 2012	#5
Under the guise of incompetent employees.	charmay	Nov 2012	#6
His MO has gotten pretty obvious, hasn't it?	Scuba	Nov 2012	#7
Exchange	Big Tent	Nov 2012	#10
so he will no longer be able to complain about the outcome????????	dembotoz	Nov 2012	#11

Response to Jimbo S (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 07:19 PM

HereSince1628 (26,670 posts)

1. Walker loves brinksmanship, this ain't over until Eric Cantor sues the state for compliance

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Thu Nov 29, 2012, 08:54 AM

razorman (1,250 posts)

12. I don't think such a lawsuit would work. My understanding is that the Affordable Health Care Act

gives the states a choice: 1) Set up their own exchange 2) Partner with the feds on an exchange or 3) Allow the federal government to set up an exchange for the state.
It seems to me that any error here was in allowing this loophole for the individual states to opt out of doing anything. If the federal government isn't ready to do the work, it should not have been left as an option, and they should have been ready for it.

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Thu Nov 15, 2012, 07:42 PM

charmay (372 posts)

2. He'll do what his Koch puppetmasters tell him to do.

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Thu Nov 15, 2012, 07:47 PM

Jackpine Radical (36,575 posts)

3. A number of those groups--WMC being a good example--

are big $$ supporters of the Republicans.

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Thu Nov 15, 2012, 11:24 PM

Jimbo S (1,891 posts)

8. Yes!

That's why I included that specific paragraph. Politics makes for strange bedfellows.

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Response to Jimbo S (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 08:44 AM

Jackpine Radical (36,575 posts)

9. This illustrates the split in the Republican Party between

the greedheads and the nutcases.

The greedheads, who remain sufficiently grounded in reality to know when their ox is about to be gored, understand the financial consequences to them of Walker not putting together a plan.

The nutcases, on the other hand…are nutcases. Sadly, the Wisconsin legislature has infestations of both greedheads and nutcases. It's nice to see them get into snarling matches with each other once in a while.

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Thu Nov 15, 2012, 07:59 PM

Indykatie (725 posts)