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In reply to the discussion: Moore and Krugman piss on the ACA decision [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)53. I have been posting criticism not of the entire ACA, but rather the individual mandate.
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There's nothing "Socialist" about having to tithe to insurance corporations
kenny blankenship
Jun 2012
#3
99.99% of the ACA is good. But they both singled out the individual mandate as the flaw in the law.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#25
I have been posting criticism not of the entire ACA, but rather the individual mandate.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#53
The mandate is not the 1% way. It is a mandate in context with a MLR on the premium dollar that cuts
patrice
Jul 2012
#106
I don't want the ACA to fail. I am hoping the new consumer tools work as intended.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#120
Me too. And, yes, we shouldn't underestimate the difficulty of the struggle, but this is it. What
patrice
Jul 2012
#122
The Constitutionality of the mandate is ground to stand on for the constitutionality of Single Payer
patrice
Jul 2012
#101
They both dissed the individual mandate. Most of the DU supports the mandate. VEHEMENTLY.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#8
No. What he's saying is that it's not the best way to cover people, but you need to have it
boxman15
Jun 2012
#32
What the hell else do you think he is referring to besides the individual mandate?
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#26
Everyone agrees about that. The REAL questions are about how to get there with a system that
patrice
Jul 2012
#109
Theoretically, moving the cost of health care off of employers, under certain circumstances
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#119
Dealing with the Tax Code could also result in NEW employers, entrepreneurs, and some of those might
patrice
Jul 2012
#123
That's exactly how I feel. Now, it's a lot easier to amend the legislation to improve it.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#29
"Only damned way the R's would let it pass." - not a single republican voted for the bill.
PoliticAverse
Jul 2012
#127
If you can't see that the bill is seriously flawed, then you're looking at it
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#35
there's a huge difference b/w criticizing the ACA and "piss[ing] on the ACA decision"
fishwax
Jun 2012
#36
So correctly pointing out what is wrong with ACA is pissing on the SCOTUS decision
Chisox08
Jun 2012
#40
Ha! Ha! You're pretty uh. . . un-informed yourself. You have NO idea how qualified The Magistrate is
patrice
Jul 2012
#112
You Know, Sir, It Does Not Bother Me To Keep This Idiocy Up And Current
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#141
but he said; But it’s still a big step toward a better—and by that I mean morally better — society.
dionysus
Jun 2012
#62
You feel good about saying that Michael Moore and Paul Krugman PISS on this decision,
elleng
Jul 2012
#79
Erm, I am a huge mandate supporter here and I've been saying the exact same thing.
joshcryer
Jul 2012
#81