Posted on 12/31/2014 8:39:31 AM PST by bestintxas
There’s no candy-coating the truth: Obamacare has had a very terrible, horrible, crappy, none-too-happy year. What it really means is that the victims of Obamacare — taxpayers, health-care consumers, health-care providers, employers, and employees — have had a hellish, nightmarish 2014.
Let’s start with premiums. President Candy Land promised that he’d “lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year.” But premiums for people in the individual market for health insurance have spiked over the past year. In fact, Forbes health policy journalist Avik Roy and the Manhattan Institute analyzed 3,137 counties and found that individual-market premiums rose an average of 49 percent.
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I thought annus referred to something else (which is kind of horrible as well).
Can we discuss this in a family forum ;-?
President Candy Land.
Got to love it.
The Democrats COULD have been beaten if the GOP hadn't put up a Mormon for presidency. The Mormons STILL believe that Jesus and Lucifer were brothers. Romney was a practicing Mormon.
How IN THE WORLD could I have voted for a Mormon? I wrote someone in...threw away my vote. Voting for a Mormon would be voting against Jesus.
There is a small rodentlike like animal in Tasmania called the Annus...is that what you are talking about?
Thats my favorite line also
No. :^)
Every time someone voted for Obama an angel cried
Annus horribilis
Latin meaning “horrible year”.
Me too, except I did not read close enough and thought she was dong a story about Dear Leader’s loose or ruptured sphincter muscle.
No doubt!
I would say the same about voting for Romney as Mormons still believe that Jesus and Lucifer were BROTHERS.
From the Anus Horribilis hisself...........
That’s not what Reggie Love says...
This law has been a p-o-s from the git-go. How it was written, how it was not debated and discussed, how it was
The longer they try to “fix” Obamacare(at taxpayer expense,of course)the more they will break it(& the taxpayer,of course).
“This law has been a p-o-s from the git-go. How it was written, how it was not debated and discussed, how it was “
Yeah, but just remember that Boehner strong-armed the GOP and had to use lib votes too in order to fund this monstrosity for 2015.
Boehner is doing this in spite of the majority of Americans clearly against it.
GOP is dead to me, and I already told my GOP representative who voted with Boehner and keeping him as Speaker the same thing
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