[nickcarraway]

Translation: We were always in favor of Obamacare, but we had to wait until after the election to admit it. And even if Romney won, we would have had some excuse to implement it.

[TigersEye]

You’re right. I suspected that all along.

[PraiseTheLord]

OMG ! Have even MORE kneecaps been threatened ???

[Jack Hydrazine]

I have to wonder if the 50 States desiring to secede from the District of Criminals will cause them to re-think their position?

[SoConPubbie]

Time for a recall effort on Governor Scott.

It is time to get almighty tough with these traitors.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Though the feds will pay 100 percent of the cost of the new enrollees, that will drop to 90 percent by 2020. Scott has said the state can't afford the expansion of Medicaid, which state analysts have pegged at about $1 billion but which Scott insists is likely to be higher. Scott also is seeking federal approval to put the state's existing Medicaid patients into managed care — like HMOs — under a cost-cutting proposal passed by the 2011 Legislature. “Statewide Medicaid managed care is one way we can act immediately to encourage more competition.”

Good thing Republicans took over the house so they could make sure that this is funded.

[Axenolith]

Economic illiterates and gutless pansies. Republican politicians hard at work...

[rfp1234]

That's only the beginning. If the Feds can set up a health insurance exchange in any state, what else will they claim to have the authority to set up?

A car insurance exchange (car accidents adversely affect your health); an exchange for federally mandated carbon credits (EPA), because carbon is bad for your health; an exchange for EPA and USDA approved organic food providers; an exchange for federally approved churches that perform 'gay marriages' and dole out free contraceptives; etc...

[driftdiver]

Rick Scott has never been in favor of it, thats absurd.

[windsorknot]

I hope that all of the statists that brought us 0bamacurse choke to death on it.

[ought-six]

Epic cave.

[GnL]

This is going to be a total disaster.

[LibLieSlayer]

It is time to move on from the republican party. By 2016, they will be out of the closet, gay, abortion loving, fudge packing, gun grabbing, big government,high taxing, private property seizing tyrants... they are today but they are going public in 2013.

LLS

[kenmcg]

The Republican Party is the party of spineless, weak kneed politicians who will sell out in a heartbeat.

[kenmcg]

The Republican Party is the party of spineless, weak kneed politicians who will sell out in a heartbeat.

[TomGuy]

They are Pubbies.
They fold.
That is what they do.
It is their nature.
They prefer being the minority, because being the majority is just too much stress.
And as the minority, they still get stuff.

[xzins]

We did not win the Senate, and we did not win the Presidency, and the law was already passed prior to the republican takeover of the House.

Here is what will happen.

First, big business was always the driver for Obamacare. They wanted out from under the huge expense and huge regulatory and man-hour requirements of providing health care for workers. There’s really no reason your employer should be providing your health care any more than they should be providing your car insurance.

They thought they wanted a clean business relationship of employer/employee. They think it will be better in the long run to pay extra taxes, fees, penalties or to find end-runs around Obamacare, such as employees working 29 hours or less and being part-time.

Therefore, with their extensive entanglement with governments local, state, and national, they will bring recalcitrant governments to heel until they get their wish of a European style company. So, expect governors and legislatures to cave.

What they also realize is that the expense is great. Following the European model, they will support calls for a Value Added Tax that will provide additional funds to government.

With all that in the book, they will use Germany as their model government, a government that values business, achievement, and tradition. Germany survives on quality goods with worldwide appeal, with tight labor laws, and with an acceptance of a meritocracy-based class system. It even elects occasion leaders who are “conservative”, meaning finacial conservatives.

So, look to Germany. I’m fairly convinced it’s the model being pursued by insiders, both republican and democratic.

In many ways, it’s a lenient society, but in others it is very restrictive.

[a fool in paradise]

The only way Obamacare will lower medical costs is by imposing rates.

Meanwhile college aid only pushes up the price of higher education at universities with multibillion dollar endowments.

[1010RD]

not counting the startup costs the annual cost average is $74 million. For that money you could provide insurance to 12,000 people for about $500/month. A family of 5 only pays about $1200-1400/month for a top rated plan.

At $250/month/pp you’d give the same policy to 24,000 people. Wouldn’t it just be easier to fix the regulatory side without spending any money at all?

Why is the solution getting insurance, instead of increasing competition and access while lowering prices? We’re looking at the wrong end of the elephant.

[CSM]

The ruling elite are confirming that liberty can be trumped by a clamoring mob.

[Terry Mross]

Whatever happened to the plan to take over the house and defund obamacare? Oh, I remember. That went away just like “fixing the GOP from the inside” went away.