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Most Americans Don't Want the Health Care Law That Was Passed and Efforts to Repeal It Must Continue
Fox News ^ | January 21, 2011 | John R. Lott Jr.

Posted on 01/21/2011 3:51:07 PM PST by JohnRLott

Americans are unhappy with ObamaCare. The House’s 245-189 vote to repeal ObamaCare on Wednesday was never really in doubt. In fact, The latest Rasmussen survey shows that 55 percent of Americans want ObamaCare repealed, the same number that showed up in polls when people voted in early November. Seventy five percent of Americans want the law changed.

The repeal measure now goes to the Senate. But despite holding a majority in the Senate, Democrats are refusing to hold a vote and publicly support the law. The public opposition shouldn't come as a surprise as the health care law signed by President Obama bears little resemblance to the one he promised during the 2008 campaign. The law broke multiple different promises on taxes and costs twice as much as what Obama said that it would cost during the campaign. ObamaCare was sold to Americans as an essential law to reduce health care costs.

"Then there's the problem of rising costs. . . . Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing," President Obama warned . . .

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brokenpromises; deficit; healthcare; healthinsurance; johnlott; obama; preexistingcondition; taxes

1 posted on 01/21/2011 3:51:10 PM PST by JohnRLott
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To: JohnRLott

BTTT great read Thanks for posting


2 posted on 01/21/2011 9:29:38 PM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: JohnRLott

After it was passed, and everyone finally was permitted by Queen Pelosi to read it, we discovered a massive pig in the poke. It has to be totally repealed. It is completely in error.


3 posted on 01/22/2011 6:13:15 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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