Posted on 02/03/2015 5:22:15 PM PST by Libloather
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The bill passed as a perfect example of partisan politics. Passing with a vote of 239-186, all but three Republicans and no Democrats pushed the bill through. Based on calculation by CBS News in 2013, following the 33rd repeal, the Daily Kos notes that Republicans had spent an estimated $72.5 million in tax payer money attempting to repeal the law.
Obamacare has resulted in a mix bag, proving to be less destructive than Republicans had warned, but not as effective as Obama and the Democrats had promised. Nearly 10 million more Americans have access to affordable health care, but many have reported a rise in premiums. Those who fail to qualify for an adequate subsidy, yet are mandated to purchase health care, face the tough choice of paying out of pocket expenses they can't afford, or get hit with a penalty when they file their taxes. Up to six million Americans are expected to be hit with a fine when they file in 2015.
While the probability that Republicans get Obamacare repealed is virtually non-existent, the health care law faces new challenges in the months to come. In June, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the King v. Burwell case, which will challenge whether the federal government is allowed to provide financial subsides to citizens to help purchase health care.
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Let’s remember that anyone can write for Examiner - you, your grandma, your gardener and your landlord.
Examiner scribblers are paid about one-quarter of a penny per view. So that provides incentives for these left wing trolls to scribble outrageous articles for hits.
Republicans are fully for it, too.
Period. Full stop. End of story.
Who were the three Republicans?
Pathetic, worrying about 70 million when Odummy care will cost trillions...Some people just need to be beat down with a big ol’ smart stick.
Ok, I am paying 3x more for less health care now, what they are talking about is system based cost, not the suckers like me that are being reamed
“Republicans are fully for it, too.
Period. Full stop. End of story.”
What are you, a surrender monkey? The Republicans in my area have thrown Holder’s goons in state prison. My REPUBLICAN sheriff has driven out two police chiefs from the county.
It sounds like you live in a liberal sh*thole that you blame Republicans for.
No amount of expenditure, fighting the good fight against evil or ignorance, fighting for principle, is never a waste!
Nope.
But take a look at what the Republicans have done and, importantly, what they have refused to do.
In particular:
Is the examiner run by lunatics or by retards? Who ever heard of any serious journalist actually quoting Daily Kos as an authority on anything apart from far left lunacy ?
What universe are you living in?
The one I'm in they think principle
is the head of a school, if that.
You forgot one little detail: Harry Reid. As I understand it, the GOP House passed budgets alright. But then Dingy Harry stopped everything in the senate.
$72.5 million is only chump change compared to the money wasted on the Obamacare website
They should have pushed the issue: because there's no budget, there's no money for the government to spend.
Put a cancel/hold on all government checks and watch how quickly things get done.
What are you, a surrender monkey?
Nope.
Well, hells bells, we can count on you to take the left or right flank, as needed.
OORAHH!!!
Time to rock ‘n roll, good buddy.
One chamber cannot pass a law/budget by themselves. That’s why Obama has hardly had to use the veto pen. Dingy Harry run interference for him from House GOP bills.
If we gave those 10 million free insurance and it cost $3,000 each, the program would have been a bargain....it isn't.
The Common Core crowd says so.
Probably added all 435 members hourly wage and timed it by the number of hours spent on repealing Obamacare. Silly to do that but there you go.
I kind of doubt that vote cost 70 million dollars
If so, they every vote costs millions of dollars. Is that the message?
I’d much rather we “waste” 70 million getting rid of this commie sh*t than wasting trillions trying to make it work.
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