Pic Of The Moment: Some Facts On Obamacare

[EarlG]

BOOM: New Poll Shows Voters in Red States Want to Expand Medicaid

Killing America: Rate of Uninsured FIFTY PERCENT Higher in GOP-Controlled Red States

Report: States Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion Will Lose Billions

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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Spot On!

[tosh]

2. K&R.

[lark]

3. I live in FL, and no, there is not much we can do at this time.

There are waaaay too many idiot inbred rednecks in the state that want the government to keep their hands off their Medicare. They get their news from Faux Snooze exclusively and vote against their own economic interests for fear that those lazy welfare types (read minorities) will get some help. They are equally stupid and mean spirited. Any state that would have Rick Scott, lying criminal who's kept FL high in the unemployment ranks, running even with Charlie Crist - sane person - is in serious trouble. Jeb drove down our educational system by favoring corrupt failing to education Charter Schools, then Scott sealed the deal with drastically cutting teacher pay and changing the system so teachers don't get any extra pay when they earn advanced degrees. My daughter was on track to be a teacher when this happened, but is now in real estate instead. All of her friends switched their degrees due to Scott's punitive actions.

Dems in FL run scared campaigns, apologizing for being Democratic, and guess what - they don't win. We need some strong progressive populist Dems to make inroads on the strong R majority in the state legislature. Hasn't happened yet.

[rhett o rick]

4. Maybe the $35 billion not spent on Medicaid can be used on a down payment for a new nuclear carrier.

I think we are down to only 10. Which is 10 more than the rest of the world put together.

Health care for the poor or more aircraft carriers, hmmm?

[LiberalArkie]

5. In reference to point #2

It is only the poor that die early. What's the big deal.

God that goes so far back to the feudal system. Maybe one day we will become a civilized country.

[mc51tc]

6. More good news/facts on ACA

Final Exchange QHP Projection: 7.7M - 7.9M (possible 8M after all???)

http://acasignups.net/14/04/10/final-exchange-qhp-projection-77m-79m-possible-8m-after-all

[IronLionZion]

7. Virginia is fighting over the medicaid expansion for no apparent reason

The Dem controlled senate and Dem governor want it. The GOP controlled house of delegates are blocking it and don't have any excuse.


Obama should take a stand against punching puppies, just to have some teabagger argue his right to punch puppies is protected in the constitution.

[Bill USA]

8. I wish the Democrats would challenge the Repugnants to have a debate for 2014 mid-terms on Obamacare

Rather than just let the Koch bros. keep running their ad-lies on Obamacare - dare the Repugnants to meet for a town - hall or debate on Obamacare. LEt's have a cage match between those who offer nothing but lies and criticism and those who have accomplished something with Obamacare. This would give a Democratic Party representative a chance to cite facts for people, and for the GOP to respond to - and to shoot down Koch-speak lies.

This would be better than letting Koch -speak be heard unchallenged and just count on Corporate media to inform people of the truth.


recommended.

[SunSeeker]

9. Republican governors will literally kill10,000 Americans this year.

THEY'RE the ones who should be in GITMO.

[mostlyconfused]

10. The only logical argument against expansion that I've heard...

is that the federal government will cover 100% of the cost of newly enrolled people for a couple of years, then will step back that funding. But they only are set to step it back to cover 90%. That only leaves 10% for the states to cover. Don't these states have enough surplus in their budgets, or other areas they can cut, to cover that 10%. How much are we talking about anyway?

[Cha]

11. Something else we can thank the Extreme Court 5 for..

thanks EarlG