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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 10:52 PM Nov 2013

I'm Sorry, But What Are We Apologizing For Again?

So let me get this straight, only ONE MONTH into a historic overhaul of the health insurance industry 100 years in the making and OUR side is apologizing for a website?! A F**KING WEBSITE?! Yet after nearly a decade of George W. Bush and the Republican Party trashing the economy, trampling the Constitution, lying us into 2 illegal & unfunded wars, destroying the middle class, blowing up the deficit, deregulating the financial industry into global collapse, ignoring warnings about 9/11, crushing unions, blowing a surplus, slashing safety nets, oppressing minorities, waging war on the poor, botching Hurricane Katrina aftermath, outsourcing jobs, sending my generation to die overseas while starving our country of much needed tax revenue from the wealthy, and overseeing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and NOT ONE SINGLE APOLOGY from THEM?! NOT ONE?! ANY OF THEM?! NONE?! And we're apologizing for A WEBSITE?! Worse yet, there is currently a coordinated whitewashing of George W. Bush's entire presidency, designed to distract you from the atrocity which was his 8 year reign of terror and reinvent him as a simpleton who likes to paint pictures of puppies and self portraits. But I digress.

And about those "millions" of insurance cancellations, WHERE?! All I see is the same 3 already debunked stories circulating the media and news outlets. I mean, if there were MILLIONS of cancelled policies you would think these millions of people would be flooding the Internet, tv shows, newspapers to tell their stories, but nope, the same 3 debunked stories, over and over and over again. I've actually read more positive articles about families saving money than I have of people losing coverage. You would have a hard time finding even 100 such cancellation stories online, or even 10,000, let alone ONE MILLION?! Please. WHERE?! Smells like another Republican manufactured 'crisis'.

Yet here we are, capitulating to unfounded Republican complaints. Don't get me wrong, on one hand, I'm very glad Pres.Obama called a presser today to basically blame any cancellations on the blood gargling psychopaths that inhabit the boardrooms of these insurance companies, on the other hand, we're supposed to be the party that lives in reality, a fact and evidenced based world, unlike our opposition, the mental patient party. And the facts as of now is that there is no evidence that "millions are being cancelled". Actually, these people who signed up for only one year contracts should know they may not be able to get the same plan upon renewal, thats kinda the idea behind these short term contracts, and most of them will actually wind up paying lower costs under the new marketplace anyway. Even with facts and evidence on our side, sometimes I think our side is just too nice for the psychotic game of politics. But good on Pres.Obama, let people keep their crappy insurance, and when they are denied, dropped, and see rising costs, they can't blame the ACA, they can rightfully blame the insurance companies. He gets a "told ya so" and wins the day.

But "Millions of cancellations"?! Please. You mean your shitty insurance expired and the vultures won't renew your plan because they want to squeeze every last dime you're willing to pay from you? Yeah, that's more like it. No need for anyone to apologize, except maybe the entire group of CEOs that make up the for-profit insurance industry in the first place. America pays the most per capita for healthcare and ranks 38th in the world.

I'll let Van Jones finish telling you how I feel right now:

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I'm Sorry, But What Are We Apologizing For Again? (Original Post) JaneyVee Nov 2013 OP
We just get up and start apologizing...There does not have to be a reason. russspeakeasy Nov 2013 #1
Sure seems like that sometimes. nt Lex Nov 2013 #2
Aawwww Baby, I'm feel in' ya! madashelltoo Nov 2013 #3
From what I've noticed is that the insurance companies canceling the policies Iliyah Nov 2013 #4
My thinking is the President took the responsibility to take the heat off of Democratic congress silvershadow Nov 2013 #5
^^^ this flamingdem Nov 2013 #6
I just hope this doesn't backfire on us, though. nt AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #7
Yes..USA! USA! hibbing Nov 2013 #8
Great rant, JaneyVee. And Van Jones is one of the greats of our time. freshwest Nov 2013 #9
Ya'think after 2010 the Pres and Dems - Iliyah Nov 2013 #10
The way I see it Mr. Evil Nov 2013 #11
Righteous. K&R Whisp Nov 2013 #12
"Blood-gargling psychopaths" mac56 Nov 2013 #13
KnR sarchasm Nov 2013 #14
Also, if you want 8 more years of coddling republicans, bankers, CEO's and other fat cats, Mr. Evil Nov 2013 #15
Welcome to DU! Phlem Nov 2013 #16
How about helping America? Iliyah Nov 2013 #18
That's the spirit! nt wiggs Nov 2013 #17
Here's the REAL DC "bi-partisanship:" blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #19

russspeakeasy

(6,539 posts)
1. We just get up and start apologizing...There does not have to be a reason.
Thu Nov 14, 2013, 11:40 PM
Nov 2013

If a dog pisses on a repukes lawn, we are obligated to apologize. If the weather is bad, we must apologize to the baggers.
I think it's in the constitution.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
4. From what I've noticed is that the insurance companies canceling the policies
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:05 AM
Nov 2013

without any alternatives were the dealings of GOP and Health insurance CEOs. Even NFL refused to promote ACA because the GOP threaten them. Therefore, again, an uphill battle.

BUT, although the GOP think they are striking gold, they are not. What is happening is the strengthening of Obamacare. With Pres O throwing it back at the "greedy" insurance companies and the website getting better online, they are fucked.

And yeah, they are effing with the website as well.

As to pleasing the GOP, nope, but sometimes you have to appear to. . . to overcome them.

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
5. My thinking is the President took the responsibility to take the heat off of Democratic congress
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:12 AM
Nov 2013

men and women, especially in an election year, and give them some breathing room. Either that, or it's more nth-dimensional chess, as I am sure that video will be played over and over, ad nauseum in all sorts of political ads. Let's hope the Democrats are quick on the draw with solid rebuttals.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
10. Ya'think after 2010 the Pres and Dems -
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:24 AM
Nov 2013

letting this to happen again. HELL NO.

They are setting the up the we got the gold mine GOPers because the polls say so. Like 2012.

Mr. Evil

(2,749 posts)
11. The way I see it
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:47 AM
Nov 2013

is that health insurance companies are legalized skim operations. And they laugh at every single person insured by them all the way to the bank.

Sarah Palin used to blather on about "death panels." We've actually had them for quite a while. They're call medical review boards and each and every health insurance company has one. They are people that review claims and either approve benefits for treatments or they deny benefits for treatments. And the ones that deny the most claims usually get a bonus. Now someone please tell me, how fucking sick is that?

Mr. Evil

(2,749 posts)
15. Also, if you want 8 more years of coddling republicans, bankers, CEO's and other fat cats,
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:54 AM
Nov 2013

then elect Hillary. I plan on supporting Elizabeth Warren. I would also love to see Van Jones involved in out government in some high ranking capacity. He's rational on a scale rarely seen in Washington, D.C.

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