The Health Care Reform law that recently passed included a single fatal flaw: instead of being physically installed in our constitution, along with the rights to free abortions and nonstop sodomy, it was merely passed as a “law” that could potentially be repealed. That probably won’t happen so long as Dr. Obama can veto things; but, instead of just giving the new Death Panel Czar the key to the Treasury, the law put Congress in charge of appropriating the money to pay for various important Health Care dealies! And this is not subject to veto, apparently? There was no “Schoolhouse Rock” on the topic, so we wouldn’t know. Anyway, now many Republicans are just running on a “we will not pay for this health care, even though the law requires us to” platform, which should go over great with an electorate that has discovered that it loves the law after all.
The Republican leadership is practically cackling with glee at the prospect of reducing the health care law to “swiss cheese” by not paying for stuff. This will be a big hit with the American people, who hate and have always hated this law, right?
Thus far, Republican efforts to repeal or defund the law have fallen largely on deaf ears. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday found that 35 percent of the public opposes the law, down from 41 percent last month. Those who oppose the law overwhelmingly support repealing it. Support for the health care plan has hovered at about 50 percent.
The administration is capitalizing on this sudden surge in Obamacare-loving by running away from fights with insurers, like little babies. For instance, you know that provision that already went into effect that says insurers have to cover kids with pre-existing conditions? Well, insurance companies threatened to just stop covering any children on individual health care plans, so now it’s totally OK for them to only sign children up during “open enrollment” periods, which can be as short as one month a year. Hope your leukemia doesn’t get worse between now and March, kids! [Politico/NYT]
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I’m here for the non-stop sodomy …is there a co-pay?
Fuck it. Let’s just get it over with. Nuke all the Republicans and insurance lobby. Put them all out of their misery. Looks like it’s all headed that way, anyway.
Juar sayin’.
[re=630988]proudgrampa[/re]: I need to edit more carefully. Or put my glasses on.
I’m waiting for the GOP to pass a “I’ll hold my breath until I turn blue” bill, which I suspect would garner huge bipartisan support.
So the Insurance companies are saving us from socialism? Do they have a political party I can vote for in November?
[re=630987]Limeylizzie[/re]: No it is free and available at your neighborhood penetrateiary.
So they want death panels for kids too. Figures, with all their crying and slobbering and diaper poop they were going to be lumped in with us olds.
Josh, you should listen to your Fox and know that these so-called facts don’t matter. “The American People” oppose everything done by the party they put in charge of Congress and the White House in 2006 and 2008. The results of these polls mean nothing; what matters is the views of the real Americans, that mythical public that lives inside the mind of John Boner.
“The American people tell me they hate health care, and they want to pay more for it.” — Boehner.
Boehner has the American people, and Cantor, too, is in touch with them. The American People tell Cantor that they want the top 1% to get more tax cuts, that this is very important.
Now, no poll has ever agreed with them, but they go on, because health care will be Obama’s Waterloo.
Hey, there is a crescent in that logo! In that standard above “I sined the petishin” there is an ISLAMIC SYMBOL! This proves it!
[re=630994]weejee[/re]: Is that on the same block as the mutual masturbatorium?
[re=630988]proudgrampa[/re]: A grampa after my own heart. There isn’t room for a perky young step-gramma in the picture, is there?
[re=630988]proudgrampa[/re]: Move your left hand one key to the left. Or is it a secret code?
[re=630992]Ruhe[/re]: Insurance companies don’t just have one candidate you can vote for — they have all of them, thanks to Citizen’s United and the Supremes.
[re=630991]actor212[/re]: No kidding, the democrats would add a rider that would order the arrest of all browns and half browns in the u.s. just to make sure the republicans didn’t get their snivelling on too long, as well as offer them hankies.
The Party of Ideas is back, baby! This will fix everything.
I like how Politico mentions “the provision most cited by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio: the ‘army of new IRS agents’” — you know, the provision that exists only in Boehner’s tanning-salon-addled brain.
Meanwhile, Michele Bachmann is fighting the controversial provision that would implant RFID chips in all of us.
[re=631015]V572625694[/re]: It is illegal for citizens to own and operate an enigma machine. Expect a visit from your local CIA guy. Unless you are a CIA guy yourself. If so, expect a visit from a wikileaks guy. Either way, expect a guy. Maybe you shouldn’t answer your doorbell for a day or two.
Petitions are awesome, and immediate cause things to happen.
[re=631015]V572625694[/re]: I LIKE perky!
[re=631015]V572625694[/re]: The thing is, I hadn’t fixed my first martini of the morning, yet. I type much better after that…
[re=631015]V572625694[/re]: [re=631007]Potater[/re]: [re=631041]proudgrampa[/re]:
Man, I am really screwed up this morning. I might as well go back to bed.
If the Republicans win enough seats in the House, they can de-fund anything they want. Just like they did from 1994 ’til 2006. Every dime of the $26,000,000,000,000 of taxpayer money spent from 1994 – 2006 was approved by the Republicans in the House of Representatives. That includes the $4,000,000,000,000 that was added to national debt under their sharp Congressional eyes during those years.
So what exactly changed when the Health reform bill was signed into law?
Oh never mind. Stupid question.
You know I would support requiring anyone who is uninsured to be required to wear a medic alert braclet of that fact and that they signed petition to repeal health care reform. Then the Dr.s and nurses that have to refuse them care because they can’t pay for won’t feel as bad for not treating the ignorant and profane.
[re=631048]just pixels[/re]: Pretty sure the was Bill Clinton’s fault.
“the” equals “that” today.
I’m proud to be on Team Grampa this morning. I can haz my martininini now Grampa?
[re=631040]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: I’m circulating my own petition to repeal health care; all signatories swear in writing that they will refuse to accept treatment or prevention advice from ANY health care program that includes even a single penny of government support, and instead will ONLY accept Jesus-approved miracle cures.
[re=631062]Beowoof[/re]: Free MedAlert bracelet with every signature! Your choice of colors! (Red, White and Blue Weeping Eagle version available for a $1 donation).
[re=631048]just pixels[/re]: butt at leest they didnt double the natniol dett and take over the whole econummy the way obamma did.
Thank God, America will be back on the path to fiscal responsibility after the Republiklans take over the Congress in November!
Re: lack of funds not subject to veto- “There was no “Schoolhouse Rock” on the topic, so we wouldn’t know.”
Sadly, the President can say “no” (or “ni”) to any line item in a spending bill, but only the Appropriations committees can *add* money. So if the President vetoes a spending bill that doesn’t provide enough funds for health insurance reform, it goes right back to the Hill, where more funds will be removed, out of spite. Life in a democracy can be cruel.
Keeping medical costs down and treating people on the Government dime is the Devil’s work. Jeebus smiles every time a health insurance company has to drop a long time paying customer with a pre-existing condition.
[re=630988]proudgrampa[/re]: You’re in a nukey mood today. Cheer up. Soon, it’ll be hot enough that it’ll feel like we nuked everything.
[re=631048]just pixels[/re]: Can we just call them, I don’t know, how about “disingenuous demagogic f*&^ks” and move on? Can we? Please?
Oh no too many brown catholics are becoming citizens, quick lets change the law to keep America, brave, free and aryan.
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