Republicans want to kill Obamacare so much, they refuse to try to fix it

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You really think it would be that simple? You poor, deluded fool.

Didn't say it'd be simple to convert the system over to a single payer but it could be done if they wanted to do it. Wanna repeal Obamacare? Offer a more attractive replacement. That's the only path to repeal Obamacare. Any vote on anything short of that is nothing but political theater and grandstanding.

[Pooky 3,786]

Didn't say it'd be simple to convert the system over to a single payer but it could be done if they wanted to do it. Wanna repeal Obamacare? Offer a more attractive replacement. That's the only path to repeal Obamacare. Any vote on anything short of that is nothing but political theater and grandstanding.

Democrats polluted the original bill with a ton of #######. Do you honestly believe a replacement bill, proposed by Republicans, stands a cat-in-hell's chance of passing without ten times as much garbage twisting it into something unrecognisable?

The money train will not let it happen.

[Boiler 45,525]

Democrats polluted the original bill with a ton of #######. Do you honestly believe a replacement bill, proposed by Republicans, stands a cat-in-hell's chance of passing without ten times as much garbage twisting it into something unrecognisable?

The money train will not let it happen.

Seconded.

One other solution for small business that over 50 would be split into two or more operations. Say you have two offices, total 70, hive of one of the offices into a new Company, problem solved.

[GandD 5,966]

"because it wont"....???

what happened to the grassroots effort ?????

Oh, I agree, it won't... But I do think that is where we need to be.

Grass roots efforts just give the White House to the other of the two sides. Add in a third party and you just hurt the one of the two parties that was closest to your agenda.

[GandD 5,966]

you are assuming that people vote for the lesser of 2 evils....

maybe people vote for the person they believe in..

You've seen a presidential candidate you didn't consider the lesser of two evils?

[RGinWA 816]

my point ... is that.... well

!) why do you say it can not pass either house.??

2) National healthcare is a better alternative to Obamacare.....

why should we spend time fixing this flawed plan??

the Democrats should have been more thoughtful when they wrote the bill... over 1000 pages..... They said this bill was their mandate from the people..... so.. people... President Obama gave you his version of what he thought you wanted... then he was reelected... and so there it is... Obamacare... ENJOY.!!

Any program this far reaching and that had so many different medical situations and business challenges would be in many ways flawed. There is no perfect plan that's this large and sweeping.

We were surprised by WWII and had NO ability to just turn on the war machine...that was also filled with many challenges and it was wrought with obstacles; but we made it work because it was for our common good.

Just like this idea of universal health coverage for all. The ACA is LONG overdue for a health care system that's broken and out of control.

I know three hard working, law-abiding people that have lost everything to medical bills.; just because they got sick? In the 21^st century that's simply unacceptable in this country.

We ought to stop waiting for perfection and stop talking about repeal and freaking implement what was already passed. Challenging a law 38 times that’s already went before the Supreme Court is PURELY political and its also completely ridicules for grown adults to be attempting yet again.

We started a little war in Iraq that was a complete disaster and I haven't seen anyone voting or screaming over that snafu.

The most hypocritical part is in the case of Iraq, which by the way killed thousands of American's and probably a few hundred thousand Iraqi's, the ACA only just offers universal health coverage? So of course, be enraged over saving live?

I no longer understand these politicians or their stingy self centered constituents.

Yes, vote again...waste some more of our money while you complain about big government and its waste...it all makes perfect sense to me.

Edited May 20, 2013 by RGinWA

[Darnell 8,478]

Kill ObamaCare.

Kill it now !

Please? Purty Please?

[lostinblue 1,989]

The one thing they could do is remove the IRS from the health care bill. We have seen the abuse .... This is all about control of the people on a massive level..... Think bloomberg and his war on soda size. It is the backdoor way to deal with gun control.....

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/dsm-5-will-millions-more-americans-be-diagnosed-mental-illness

DSM-5: Will millions more Americans be diagnosed with mental illness? A Disease Called Childhood"

One of the most controversial new childhood disorders is called disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), which requires kids to have at least three tantrums a week and frequent irritability for a year to be diagnosed. The Task Force came up with this diagnosis in a bid to address concerns about overdiagnosis of childhood bipolar disorder—a once rare condition that has skyrocketed by 40-fold during the past 15 years.

“The major problem with DMDD is that there is very little scientific data to support this diagnosis,” says child psychologist Tom Frazier, Ph.D., who heads the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Center for Autism. “The only data I’ve seen suggests that it will have a high overlap with existing conditions like ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder, so I honestly don’t know why it was included, except that a few people with influence pushed for it.”

Dr. Frances has another name for the temper-tantrum disorder. “These kids have a disease called childhood,” he says, admitting that the DSM-IV Task Force he headed in the 1990s inadvertently created an “epidemic of overdiagnosis” by adding two then-new mental disorders to the manual, autism and bipolar disorder II (an adult disorder sometimes applied to children).

Any one taking any drug well no gun for you.....And you anti gunners jump for joy. Perhaps in the future to cut down on smog from cars. You take a drug well we will revoke your ability to drive. The USSR jailed millions of people under the guise of a mental health .law......It would never happen here correct.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Democrats polluted the original bill with a ton of #######. Do you honestly believe a replacement bill, proposed by Republicans, stands a cat-in-hell's chance of passing without ten times as much garbage twisting it into something unrecognisable?

The money train will not let it happen.

Okay, so then Republicans should acknowledge that the "replace" part of their propaganda is just that.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I don't know a lot about Obamacare since we are covered under Tri-care, but I do have a question. What is the alternative? If Obamacare provides for everyone, if you get rid of it, what about the folks who can't afford health insurance?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I don't know a lot about Obamacare since we are covered under Tri-care, but I do have a question. What is the alternative? If Obamacare provides for everyone, if you get rid of it, what about the folks who can't afford health insurance?

They die. And Republicans will stand there cheering while they suffer.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

They die. And Republicans will stand there cheering while they suffer.

I think that Obamacare should be optional, since I am going to take a guess and say that folks that can afford private health care don't want it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I don't know a lot about Obamacare since we are covered under Tri-care, but I do have a question. What is the alternative? If Obamacare provides for everyone, if you get rid of it, what about the folks who can't afford health insurance?

It doesn't cover everyone, and the number of uninsured actually increases under Obamacare. If that was its stated purpose, it fails. However, as far as my HMO coverage, it has cost me less money out of pocket so far, although the premium increase we have to pay makes that a wash. So the cost of our coverage has gone up, but more stuff is covered at no cost, like birth control pills and annual physicals.

Edited May 20, 2013 by The Patriot

[Teddy B 17,252]

I think that Obamacare should be optional, since I am going to take a guess and say that folks that can afford private health care don't want it.

The downfall there is, the only people who will be opting in are the ones that can't afford healthcare. So who's gonna pay for it? The people that can afford healthcare will be paying for it twice.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

The downfall there is, the only people who will be opting in are the ones that can't afford healthcare. So who's gonna pay for it? The people that can afford healthcare will be paying for it twice.

So Obamacare is funded by the people? Sorry for the questions, since I am removed from this situation I have very little knowlede of it.