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Obama calls for 'public option' for Obamacare
CNN ^ | July 11, 2016 | Tami Luhby

Posted on 07/12/2016 10:44:25 AM PDT by PROCON

President Obama joined the chorus of Democrats calling for the creation of a government run health insurance program as Obamacare is facing growing problems.

In an article published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the president called for Congress to revisit the "public option" for Obamacare in areas where few insurers offer coverage.

"Some parts of the country have struggled with limited insurance market competition for many years, which is one reason that, in the original debate over health reform, Congress considered and I supported including a Medicare-like public plan," Obama wrote in the piece.

A public option would mean a government run health insurance plan.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; aca; heathcare; obama; obamacare; publicoption; singlepayer; socialism; socializedmedicine; tyranny
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To: PROCON

France Greece Spain and all other bankrupt countries Obama’s socialism to ensue.


41 posted on 07/12/2016 11:27:45 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: PROCON
Shrillary: "Did someone say PUBLIC OPTION???"


42 posted on 07/12/2016 11:28:06 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: cynicalman
Every time if visit Canada (5 so far) I ask everyone who I am talking to, (bar, B&B, winery, anywhere) how do you, as a Canadian citizen like your health care system. Everyone, I repeat everyone, loves their healthcare system. They admit they pay for it in taxes, but they love it.
I'm sure it's great for the young and middle aged. If you get cable, watch the program "Emergency" on Discovery Health.

Not sure if they intend this, but you get a glimpse into the soft underbelly of the Canadian Health Care system. "Emergency" is filmed in Vancouver. One episode which was quite interesting had to do with a 74-year old diabetic. He had sores on his foot, and had been trying to get an appointment with his Primary Care Physician. Because of the wait times imposed due to his age, his first available appointment to see his doctor was in 3 months. By that time, his foot had become gangrenous, and now he was in the ER.

He had to get the foot amputated.

43 posted on 07/12/2016 11:30:48 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: PROCON

Told ya! That’s what this was all about. That’s why there was no need to read what was in it. The point was to break the system, so as to bring about Single-Payer.


44 posted on 07/12/2016 11:31:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PROCON

Thanks again, Chief Judas Roberts.


45 posted on 07/12/2016 11:32:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Buckeye McFrog

A lot of Canadians come here for treatment.


46 posted on 07/12/2016 11:33:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PROCON

Just get rid of the damn thing and let us go back to what we had.
Our health insurance was fine before all this Marxist medical rationing.


47 posted on 07/12/2016 11:33:57 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yes he is. Full on past Mussolini.


48 posted on 07/12/2016 11:35:05 AM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: cynicalman

Medicare is going bankrupt


49 posted on 07/12/2016 11:35:33 AM PDT by CottonBall
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To: PROCON

Bait and switch.


50 posted on 07/12/2016 11:37:07 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Cementjungle

Many doctors in the DFW area do not accept Obamacare policies. I cannot see doctors in other areas of the country accepting these useless policies either. That is why this jug-eared Marxist is trying to push this stupidity.


51 posted on 07/12/2016 11:43:20 AM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: PROCON

I believe the government track record of intrusion into things none of its business is so exemplary they should think big - why stop at medical care? Why don’t they design women’s fashion? How about they start a record label and get the really good tunes were missing out there? Why not interior design? It’s just as stupid...


52 posted on 07/12/2016 11:43:49 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: COBOL2Java

I guess that’s the secret to high approval ratings for the Canadian Health Care System. Anyone who has had a bad experience with it is dead.


53 posted on 07/12/2016 11:50:22 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PROCON

Oh man...just when we thought it couldn’t get worse.


54 posted on 07/12/2016 11:52:14 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: PROCON
The liberal dogma of governance...

Create a problem which creates a demand for an even greater problem to mask the problem without an iota of thought in doing so...

...Then blame the opposition for the hell they have created.

55 posted on 07/12/2016 11:55:53 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; cynicalman
Another huge difference is the Demographics in Canada. Namely:
76.7% European
14.2% Asian
4.3% Aboriginal
2.9% Black
1.2% Latin American
0.5% multiracial
0.3% other

Namely, a better than 9-1 ratio of groups which are mainly wagon pullers to groups which are mainly wagon riders. And even those inclined to be wagon riders tend to be better educated and more apt to pull than their south of the border counterparts. The Blacks, for instance, are mostly descendants of escaped slaves or Carribbean-African stock who value rather than disparage education. Canada has little problem with illegal immigration because they mostly enforce their borders whereas we prioritize border crashers over citizens and those legally here.

Huge difference.

Plus, we subsidize Canadian drug prices by prohibiting re-importation. And, if they get tired of the queue, they can always pay cash and come here.

So, in many ways, they get the best of both worlds.

56 posted on 07/12/2016 11:56:32 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: PROCON

Democrats: we screwed up, please accept our alternative plan.


57 posted on 07/12/2016 11:57:46 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: PROCON

Yeah and i call for obammy to jump off a very tall building.


58 posted on 07/12/2016 11:59:04 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Go Trump, Give em hell BABY.)
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To: PROCON

Why not? All we have to do is print more paper dollars to fund it.

There is not even one wise person in government.


59 posted on 07/12/2016 12:02:50 PM PDT by lurk (T)
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To: cynicalman

I lived in Canada for 3 years...for colds, flu, broken bones their system works...just don’t get cancer or have a heart attack...
OR HIT YOUR HEAD Skiing AND NEED A MRI


60 posted on 07/12/2016 12:03:50 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner: with Cloward Piven for Dessert)
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