But now we see the source of the wrath against Ted Cruz. The Repub establishment hates a true conserative more than they dislike the Dems. I'm especially disappointed in Rand Paul... but I guess it doesn't take long for the D. C. mindset to take hold...
downward
The truth is that real conservatives are pissed! We have held our nose through two elections and had to pull the lever for a couple of losers who had no business representing American conservatism.
We are now AT WAR with the GOPe. We either will reform it, or we will decimate it and rhetorically burn it to the ground come 2014 elections. You GOP elitists should take note of this because you cannot get re-elected without us much less retain that power you so greedily cling to.
That noted, Rand Paul is unpredictable as to his position on many issues. This has been seen before.
However this part of 0bamaDontCare is a Santa Clause provision not necessarily a provision tied to the most reprehensible part - the individual mandate.
True. This has been a mostly free country for its entire history, with freedom steadily increasing until the last few years. ObamaCare is the key to changing that status and giving those in power greater control over the people they want to rule.
It is a questionable article by the Times. You are assuming that by having a car with transmission issues...that since you have some special card...you show up at Marty’s Transmission Shop....only to find that Marty has enough business and just won’t accept you....and neither will the next dozen transmission shops with twenty miles.
You might have a two-star health care policy in place and think you got the golden-goose...but if no one accepts it or you come to realize you got one-star care instead of two-star care...things go downhill quickly.
I’d be curious to hear Kentucky clinics comment on their future vision, profitability, and how they suspect business will got. It’s getting harder for retirees to find doctors for their medicare situations....with cost limits now a major factor of survival.
Steve Beshear is a small man with a tiny brain. The fact that he is an ardent supporter of 0bama tells you all you need to know about him.
I do NOT see a new Dr Ron Paul on the horizon; there are, however, plenty of lessers of evil out there...these may be said to even include Mr Putin...
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Semper watching!
Dick G
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Something is very rotten in Kentucky.
Someone is buying off the politicians.
Obamacare is not going to help beleaguered families or the elderly. Obamacare takes from Medicare and expands Medicaid leaving the elderly with less care or delayed care, death panels and the like.
We will see if Rand Paul votes for cloture. If he doesn’t, his chance at the presidency will follow that of Rubio.
NYT. Whatta surprise.
STOP!!!!!!
do not read a NY Slimes article to get news.
don’t believe anything they publish.
Address?
What about fix? Uh, not so much, at all.
The McCornhole turd-le is up for re-election and has to walk the tight rope. Paul sees Cruz as the competition for 2016. It’s all about them and not the country.
It would also be nice if the RNC grew a pair and started sanctioning "republicans" that vote as democrats.
States who expand Medicaid to include those that are below the poverty level are being set up for a huge tab when the federal money tapers off leaving the state taxpayers to foot the bill.
It’s not enough they have to run the federal government into the dirt, they insist the states stay on a sinking ship. The water is fine they say.
Missouri hasn’t expanded Medicaid, so if you are below the poverty level, you’re not eligible for federal subsidies, you can’t join medicaid, you have no money for premiums or the co pay, but you will be penalized for not having insurance. (I think)
Ted Cruz is a monkey-wrench in the Republican machine and they don’t like it one bit.
He’s upsetting the apple cart they have spent decades balancing.
The system is thoroughly corrupting. The reward for acquiesence is too great; and the temptation, overwhelming.
Crap... I voted for this guy... TWICE!
Hey Steve?? Where does all that money that’s coming to Kentucky come from??? Oh, right.... from the people.
If we could grow the economy over the long term just with MORE government spending? No country, anywhere, would ever have a recession.
It’s folly... just MORE sucking at the Federal teet. JUST what Kentucky needs.. MORE, of what made this state a shithole to begin with.
For the first time, we will make affordable health insurance available to every single citizen in the state. Right now, 640,000 people in Kentucky are uninsured. That’s almost one in six Kentuckians...Kentucky is the only Southern state both expanding Medicaid and operating a state-based exchange, and we remain on target to meet the Oct. 1 deadline to open Kynect with the support of a call center that is providing some 100 jobs. Having been the first state-based exchange to complete the readiness review with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, we hope to become the first one to be certified. Frankly, we can’t implement the Affordable Care Act fast enough.
As for naysayers, I’m offended by their partisan gamesmanship, as they continue to pour time, money and energy into overturning or defunding the Affordable Care Act. It’s shameful that these critics haven’t invested that same level of energy into trying to improve the health of our citizens.
Ping for later.