Obama Dings GOP On Obamacare: You Lost The Election
SAHIL KAPUR 1:00 PM EDT, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
In a speech Monday about the financial crisis, President Barack Obama tore into Republicans on Tuesday for their persistence in trying to destroy Obamacare, reminding them that Mitt Romney lost the election.
"It passed both houses of Congress. The Supreme Court ruled it constitutional. It was an issue in last year's election and the candidate who called for repeal lost," he said to applause. "Republicans in the House have tried to repeal or sabotage it about 40 times. They've failed every time."
He went after Republicans for suggesting they might risk a government shutdown or debt default if Obama refuses to defund or delay the implementation Obamacare. "Some Republicans in the House of Representatives who are promising to shut down the government at the end of this month if they can't shut down the Affordable Care Act," he said. "And if that scheme doesn't work, some have suggested they won't pay the very bills Congress has already run up."
"Are they really willing to hurt people just to score political points? I hope not."
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They are so morally offended by the prospect of more people having health insurance and access to health care when they need it that they seem willing to do just about anything to make sure it doesn't happen. Why else would they take 40 votes to repeal/defund the law? It's astounding to me just how much time, money, and energy they have invested to stopping such a law. Too bad they didn't invest half this energy into stopping the invasion of Iraq back in 2002-2003 and/or holding the Bush (mis-)administration accountable for its many abuses- small and large- of power. No, what REALLY gets their goat is the fact that Democrats singlehandedly passed a law overhauling health care access in this country. That should tell you everything that you should know about the kind of people they are and what they would be willing to do. To them, I simply say, please proceed........on your way to oblivion. 
.... didn't stop him from giving them the farm.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Changing a few of the rules that insurance companies have to follow, well that's completely different. The big lie that republicans tell is that the ACA is a "government takeover" of the health-care system. It's a shameless lie.
That being said, I'd rather take greedy insurance companies out of it altogether, and expand Medicare to cover everyone. Government seems to do a decent job with that program 
