Posted on 07/11/2017 12:53:59 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
Edited on 07/12/2017 1:49:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
bloomberg
Fairly sure they've succeeded!
Autocorrect killed a threat of mine. I tried to type “rules” but was posted as “cruels.” Moderator killed it thankfully.
Siri is worse. My dictated text messages come out crazy.
These friggin’ Republican morons were given a majority by “we the people” to repeal the goddam thing! We need to give the majority back to the dems. At least the stabbing won’t be in the back!
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It’s on investment income.
NO NO NO...it was a healthcare cost disaster BEFORE Obamacare was passed. Healthcare costs were inflating at double the rate of inflation. Obamacare did nothing to improve that and only made it worse.
A genuine healthcare reform law is direly needed.
Take a look at my profile page to view my idea on how to really reduce healthcare costs.
Why do you believe FAKE NEWS as gospel and get all worked up?
Stay calm until GOP healthcare AND tax reform bills are actually passed.
Voting doesn’t actually make a difference...
It is the reality of the real world political landscape. It is very very very hard to take away ANY entitlements, benefits already given out.
How many conservatives receiving social security and medicare are willing to reduce their benefits?
I rest my case.
They should take ALL the unpaid entitlements away and then when the freeloaders rise up, take them out. They contribute NOTHING to society. They are a cancer.
Social Security is not an entitlement!!!!
This is what happens when you have horses asses like Murkowski and Collins in your party. The stupid party is doing stupid things. Surprise.
There was no way to know that was sarcasm.
I tried to address it as I thought you meant it.
If you didn’t mean it that way, then I’m glad we agree.
My favorite was the call that they were stealing money from the poor to give to the rich. I always asked, what will you do when they call you rich for having a house or a car?
That gets a whole lot of people thinking.
Oh, look, free government cell phones.
WE are witnessing an all out assault on the very core of this nation and its economy, its people, healthy or not..
and both parties seem to be OK with that as they continue their tedious games.. a pox on all of them.
Healthcare costs aren’t the problem...non-payers are....insurance premium costs are rising due to govt. “pool” intervention (non-payers & mandates), but I see $499. MRI’s, $100. Dr. office visits, $400. payment to an ortho surgeon for 4+ hours of hip replacement surgery (Medicare reimbursement)(that is less than my mechanic or a lawyer makes). Hospitals are operating on a 0.52% profit margin (less than grocery stores). And health insurance is making about 4.5% profit.
Doctors are doing pretty well at about 12.8% margin, but still less than lawyers.
My local children’s hospital is currently 78% “no-pay”/Medicaid patients...then they get reimbursed 15-20% by Medicaid...so if they want to recoup their MRI cost (about $499.) they must charge about $3200. for it. That is the cost driver.
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/margin.html
“....it was a healthcare cost disaster BEFORE Obamacare was passed.”
Yes, and you can review healthcare history back to 1965, and specifically Ted Kennedy, and the Democrats for the reason our system of healthcare is all messed up today.
A party with no principles and no courage.
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Fake post...... not a tax hike
The tax is retained
There is a tax bill to take care of taxes
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Sorry, the (R) own it since they did as expected and turned 180 from full repeal to ‘tinkering in place’.
If they repealed, as they said/promised and were elected to do, THAT would have been a cut and the Constitutional solution.
Lastly, if anyone expects the budget/tax bills to’ make up the difference’ is willfully blind, or too stupid, to NOT learn from the above. They couldn’t even hold the line vs. Zero’s last year(s) [they gave away MORE $$$].
Let’s see what happens. This is a bad idea, but if the Senate passes something, there is a chance to correct the error in conference.
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