Robert Sobel, Orlando Liberal Examiner
Posted on 02/03/2015 5:22:15 PM PST by Libloather
**SNIP**
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While the probability that Republicans get Obamacare repealed is virtually non-existent, the health care law faces new challenges in the months to come.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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Where does that 70 million number come from?
As of JULY this last year
The Obamas Have Spent Over $44,351,777.12 In Taxpayer Cash On Travel!
Robert Sobel, Orlando Liberal Examiner
Democrats are on the wrong side of history.
Period. Full stop. End of story.
They pulled it from the same place they keep their heads
I call BS on the $70M cost. But whatever ... the blame for the cost of ObamaCare and its repeal resides with Obama and the democrats
$72 million to kill Zero-don’t-care?
What about the $6 trillion that Zero and 0bamunists have squandered in their quest to destroy America?
That $72 million is a mere pittance...
This $70 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the money wasted by Obamacare. Articles from the Examiner are not worth posting.
Looks like he’ll be needing Obozocare coverage for AIDS treatment, hemorrhoidectomy and possibly a chopadichtomy sex change surgery.
Complete BS. It is every bit as destructive and probably more so.
Where is my baseball bat? Some "journalists" need some reeducation. Morons.
This is why 'journalists' should be licensed and reviewed periodically for competence and honesty!
Worried about the millions used to fight it, but does not mention the billions , if not trillions , this blatantly unconstitutional law will waste. Men have fought and died to defend that Constitution this dogmatic fool so casually ignores.
So 3 Republicans voted no. This makes the bill to repeal more bipartisan than the Obamacare bill.
Just think of the TRILLIONS we could save if they kill this monstrous conspiracy to bankrupt our children and grandchildren, enslaving them to the government.
so basically one obama vacation. i still think we got more out of that than an emperor’s vacation.
Apparently the number was calculated by a completely unbiased independent accounting firm called “The Daily Kos”.
Wow! One half of an Obama vacation!
The fag who wrote this is hoping for some “quality time” on the down low with O’Bungboy.
They can’t spend too much to rpeal this disaster.
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