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Some middle-class Americans worry Trump health subsidies cut will hurt
Reuters ^ | October 19, 2017 | by Tim Reid, Yasmeen Abutaleb

Posted on 10/19/2017 7:43:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: EDINVA

Reagan used to call them “The Poor Sucker from South Succotash.” The one guy claiming to be hurt by a policy decision, turned-up after the media went out and turned over every rock looking for him.


41 posted on 10/19/2017 9:07:17 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

All I’m saying is I don’t like people who whine when their ILLEGAL payoffs are stopped. ILLEGAL payoffs set up by Democrats. Obamacare is an abomination and there was no way it could ever work. Obama illegally paid these subsidies to insurance companies. The money was never authorized or appropriated by Congress where spending bills start (actually, they start on K Street).

It’s the worst of the worst to have people sobbing and gnashing teeth that their ILLEGAL subsidies are being cut off.


42 posted on 10/19/2017 9:11:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: reformedliberal

A trained Veterinarian can’t find a Job?

Is his name Michael Vick or something?


43 posted on 10/19/2017 9:25:45 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.Does the Government)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
For sure the media looked for a guy who would fit their story but there are also a lot of people who are not complainers who are in desperate straits through no fault of their own. It is for the benefit of those people that I can see the value in a short run market stabilization while the Republicans can put together an alternative that benefits everybody. And in the long run, the biggest element that benefits everybody is stimulation of the supply side.
44 posted on 10/19/2017 9:48:00 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: robroys woman

That’s what I told friends who were shocked at what he said. They’re not inviting him to dinner! Churchill wasn’t real classy either, but look what he did for all of western civilization.


45 posted on 10/19/2017 12:35:02 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: pfflier

“...middle-class Democrats and Republicans that their health insurance costs will soar as Trump weakens former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, which extended insurance to more than 20 million Americans.”

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And they call this “unbiased journalism”??
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No they call this never took economics 101


46 posted on 10/19/2017 12:45:37 PM PDT by Datom (Still runnin' "Against the Wind.")
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To: kingu

I believe the cost savings reduction premium is to remain the same, even though insurance companies are no longer getting the subsidy. Therefore the tax credits will still be issued. Insurance companies are going to have to raise rates on everybody else to cover the cost.


47 posted on 10/19/2017 1:13:18 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: Grampa Dave; Ruy Dias de Bivar; reformedliberal

I think those that wanted Obamacare were excited because they thought they were getting free medical. So a premium of $309 a month seems excessive to them.

However the story doesn’t ring true. And I know people lose jobs all the time, but veterinarians make very good money. And have to be extremely intelligent and work hard to make it through veterinary school, which I hear is harder to get into than medical school.This guy has to realize that $300 a month is nothing for medical insurance.

These people these articles find out of the woodwork remind me of the stories about illegal aliens when Bush’s (the traitor, IMO) amnesty was considered. There were stories of illegal aliens that were doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects, biologist, you name it. It’s in how they couldn’t find work in their homeland. And they had to scurry across our border, where of course their licenses would be invalid to practice their supposed profession here.

It’s all reeks of fabrication.


48 posted on 10/19/2017 1:21:28 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

“while the Republicans can put together an alternative”

Sorry, I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe for a while....and you were saying..?


49 posted on 10/19/2017 1:37:06 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: CottonBall

“And have to be extremely intelligent and work hard to make it through veterinary school, which I hear is harder to get into than medical school.This guy has to realize that $300 a month is nothing for medical insurance.”

A young woman who grew up across the street wanted to be a vet and got turned down at UC Davis. So, she became an excellent dentist and raises through bred dogs and does 99% of their care. She jokes about not getting admitted to the Vet program and was still smart enough to become a dentist.


50 posted on 10/19/2017 3:31:08 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Trump is kicking their a$$es, they, ______________, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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