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Healthcare policy

2012-07-11 22:46:40.860723+02 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

Whatever you're opinion of the Affordable Care Act, it's pretty obvious that the politics here have gone way the hell off the rails: Republicans are completely dividing along partisan lines and ignoring actual policy positions.

"...Only in America could a Democratic president pass Mitt Romney’s health plan and fund it partly through John McCain’s best idea from the last campaign (taxing some employer-provided plans) and be branded a “socialist.” "

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#Comment Re: made: 2012-07-12 12:53:07.233513+02 by: TheSHAD0W

That's because Romney and McCain are also socialists.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-07-12 21:44:32.1836+02 by: Dan Lyke

That's an argument I can get behind. Among the more rabid GOP proponents I'm exposed to, it isn't an argument I hear.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-07-14 01:17:28.13864+02 by: TheSHAD0W

And BTW... http://dailycaller.com/2012/07...trillion-over-first-full-decade/

#Comment Re: made: 2012-07-16 05:09:52.210444+02 by: Dan Lyke

The CBO says 1.1 trillion here http://cbo.gov/publication/43080

Of course the hope is that those costs will be more than made up for by reduced emergency room use.

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