Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)

[Radbird]

/turns on Fox News to get the fair and balanced view of this (and the latest on Benghazi)

See? They only made it 3/8 of the way to their goal. It's refreshing when the liberal media elite are smacked down.

[pioneer98]

House Republicans Are Quietly Giving In To Obamacare

A week and a half ago, when House Republican leaders realized that their own conservative members might align to defeat legislation protecting Medicare physicians from a big automatic pay cut, they took the unusual step of cutting them out of the tangle altogether.

While negotiations were ongoing, the Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, darted on to the House floor and, after brief consultation with Democratic leaders, cleared the Medicare "doc fix" by voice vote—a procedure that's typically reserved for fast tracking uncontroversial legislation. The yeahs and nays were not recorded. A bill that divided the GOP conference, and might very well have failed in front of God and everyone under the leadership's own rules, had passed the House before many Republicans even knew what Cantor was up to.

He and other Republican leaders have been busily making amends with conservative rank and file members ever since. Those members were understandably furious about the breach of protocol, but some were privately grateful that the bill had passed—even if they would have voted against it had Cantor not done a shady end run around them. Everyone wants to play the fiscally responsible part but nobody wants to answer to the doctors and the Medicare beneficiary when the bill fails, which helps explain the recent thaw.

Pretty slimy! Must be an election year. They'll be able to pass all these things making Obamacare better for their constituents, but then at the same time still posture that they hate it and want to repeal it. In other words, it will end up being like their stance on most other parts of the Federal government.

[Mary1966]

If it becomes as entrenched as Medicare, the Republicans will live to regret calling it Obamacare. It will go down in history with Obama's name on it.

[IMADreamer]

If it becomes as entrenched as Medicare, the Republicans will live to regret calling it Obamacare. It will go down in history with Obama's name on it.

haha, I never thought of that, but it's awesome.

[wart57]

I think it is the biggest crock of [expletive] ever to come out of Washington, but not for the reasons you guys probably think.

I don't think health care should be based on your bank account. This is the [expletive] 21st century. If you get sick, it should't bankrupt you.

Medical insurance and hospitals are a huge money making racket, and there should be sweeping changes made to the whole thing. But nobody in Washington has the balls to do what is ethically right, Universal health care for all.

I am still paying for my daughters broken elbow from a year and a half ago, and I gave pretty good insurance through my job, god forbid one of us gets a serious illness, I would lose my house.

[Socnorb11]

I think it is the biggest crock of [expletive] ever to come out of Washington, but not for the reasons you guys probably think.

I don't think health care should be based on your bank account. This is the [expletive] 21st century. If you get sick, it should't bankrupt you.

Medical insurance and hospitals are a huge money making racket, and there should be sweeping changes made to the whole thing. But nobody in Washington has the balls to do what is ethically right, Universal health care for all.

I am still paying for my daughters broken elbow from a year and a half ago, and I gave pretty good insurance through my job, god forbid one of us gets a serious illness, I would lose my house.

I agree.......

The transparency that Obamacare requires is a step in the right direction, with regards to reeling in the medical industry.

Also, as I mentioned previously, my insurance company is taking the medical industry to task (only agreeing to pay a fair amount for medical costs), and I suspect other insurance companies will follow.


Most insurance providers have a maximum out-of-pocket amount that you pay annually. Doesn't yours? It not, then it's not very good insurance.

[wart57]

I think it is the biggest crock of [expletive] ever to come out of Washington, but not for the reasons you guys probably think.

I don't think health care should be based on your bank account. This is the [expletive] 21st century. If you get sick, it should't bankrupt you.

Medical insurance and hospitals are a huge money making racket, and there should be sweeping changes made to the whole thing. But nobody in Washington has the balls to do what is ethically right, Universal health care for all.

I am still paying for my daughters broken elbow from a year and a half ago, and I gave pretty good insurance through my job, god forbid one of us gets a serious illness, I would lose my house.

I agree.......

The transparency that Obamacare requires is a step in the right direction, with regards to reeling in the medical industry.

Also, as I mentioned previously, my insurance company is taking the medical industry to task (only agreeing to pay a fair amount for medical costs), and I suspect other insurance companies will follow.


Most insurance providers have a maximum out-of-pocket amount that you pay annually. Doesn't yours? It not, then it's not very good insurance.

It does, but we are broke. 4 kids on 1 income.

[Radbird]

But what's the alternative? Turn to a socialist system where insurance companies, drug companies and doctors don't make a fortune? Sounds downright Unamerican.

[pioneer98]

This is where this is heading in 10 years:

THE GOVMINT BETTER KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF MY OBAMACARE!

[wart57]

But what's the alternative? Turn to a socialist system where insurance companies, drug companies and doctors don't make a fortune? Sounds downright Unamerican.

Yep. I am sure there will be enough corruption in a socialist system all the rich folks will make more money.