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Cha

(297,655 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 09:36 PM Apr 2014

The President's Speech on ACA in the Rose Garden today~ March 31, 2014~ Pics, too..

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Pres Obama and VP Biden have each others' backs as well as ours..

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President Obama receives an update on Affordable Care Act in the Oval Office, April 1, 2014. With the President, from left, are: Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor; Tara McGuinness, Senior Communications Advisor; Marlon Marshall, Principal Deputy Director of Public Engagement; Jeanne Lambrew, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy; Kristie Canegallo, Advisor to Chief of Staff; and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (Photo by Pete Souza)

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The President's Speech on ACA in the Rose Garden today~ March 31, 2014~ Pics, too.. (Original Post) Cha Apr 2014 OP
Love the video and pics! I posted quite a bit on this today. This is GOOD! n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #1
Me too, fresh.. posted my little heart out.. but, thought all this should be together for Cha Apr 2014 #2
I'm making a number of references to BOG posts today... We have some primo stuff, here! n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #6
Cool! Cha Apr 2014 #7
Thanks for the retrospect. IrishAyes Apr 2014 #28
May this be the day of the start of the 2014 campaign. applegrove Apr 2014 #3
Thanks, applegrove! Your support is greatly appreciated! n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #5
Good thought, apple! You'd have to be an Cha Apr 2014 #9
Yipee!!!!! Yes we did! sheshe2 Apr 2014 #4
Note that he added another 3 million of young people who are on their parents' policies... freshwest Apr 2014 #8
I missed most of the info, worked late shift today. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #10
If that isn't the best wink commentary on this whole ACA/Obamacare thing, she! Cha Apr 2014 #12
I read that too Cha! sheshe2 Apr 2014 #13
Yeah, Rockers! Cha Apr 2014 #14
Both great, but my favorite is the Ferns. Man, did President Obama ever give him what for! IrishAyes Apr 2014 #29
Just a little trip down memory lane on this: freshwest Apr 2014 #11
Thank you so much, fresh.. for these poignant poignant memories~ Cha Apr 2014 #16
Good advice to those who depress the vote, if they really do care about equality. The willfully freshwest Apr 2014 #26
No, they haven't and they haven't bothered to take in exactly what the Koch party stands Cha Apr 2014 #27
Kick & highly recommended. William769 Apr 2014 #15
Mahalo William! Cha Apr 2014 #18
Thanks, Cha, and a hearty K&R! classof56 Apr 2014 #17
What a journey, classof56! Cha Apr 2014 #20
More than TEN million when you throw in the 3 million youngsters who can stay on parents' plans. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #19
An encapsulated history leading up to today, SKP.. Cha Apr 2014 #21
But - but - but I keep hearing the Repugs saying that nobody's actually paying premiums etc IrishAyes Apr 2014 #30
Wait til the average poor workers find hope with ACA and realize they've been lied to. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #31
I'd rather send him to the glue factory - all of 'em in fact. IrishAyes Apr 2014 #32
HUGE KICK AND HUGE REC ! Mahalo Cha ! nt steve2470 Apr 2014 #22
Mahalo to you, steve! Cha Apr 2014 #23
Nice job Cha! ucrdem Apr 2014 #24
Thank you so much, ucr~ Cha Apr 2014 #25

Cha

(297,655 posts)
2. Me too, fresh.. posted my little heart out.. but, thought all this should be together for
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 09:50 PM
Apr 2014

us in the Dreaded BOG!

IrishAyes

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28. Thanks for the retrospect.
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 10:58 PM
Apr 2014

Odd that some people really do consider this the 'dreaded' BOG, isn't it? We don't bite!

applegrove

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3. May this be the day of the start of the 2014 campaign.
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 09:50 PM
Apr 2014
The GOP are being showed as the lying liars they are on this, and pretty much any other policy.

sheshe2

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4. Yipee!!!!! Yes we did!
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 09:53 PM
Apr 2014


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Good timing Cha, I just got home from work a few minutes ago!

Love your great OP, Obamacare is working alrighty then!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
8. Note that he added another 3 million of young people who are on their parents' policies...
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 09:55 PM
Apr 2014

And didn't even add the Medicaid expansion, which has been huge where it was allowed! So there are really more than 10 million!

sheshe2

(83,898 posts)
10. I missed most of the info, worked late shift today.
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 10:01 PM
Apr 2014

So thanks for filling me in. Will catch the video tomorrow!

This is great news!

Cha

(297,655 posts)
12. If that isn't the best wink commentary on this whole ACA/Obamacare thing, she!
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 10:02 PM
Apr 2014

I read Between Two Ferns and @King James really helped getting the young sprouts @GetCovered.. and Reaching our goal..





White House Innovation, she!

sheshe2

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13. I read that too Cha!
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 10:05 PM
Apr 2014
Obamacare and Our President, all the people that worked so hard to make this happen!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
11. Just a little trip down memory lane on this:
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 10:02 PM
Apr 2014

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Keeping His Promises to the Poor and Vulnerable: Thank You, President Obama!



http://www.democraticunderground.com/11028481

Relaying the story of a woman with cancer in this video was fitting since he lost his own mother to that disease, and wanted better for other women:



"I remember my mother."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/110219099

Obama also mentioned Planned Parenthood, to which he has been a firm supporter against the stunts of Rand Paul, the most vocal on cutting funding and trying to force personhood bills on the nation as a whole.

It is for good reason Obama is called the First Feminist President:



The First Feminist President, Barack Obama

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110212801

Speaking for America in the video:

"In the end, history is not kind to those who deny Americans basic economic security. Nobody remembers well those who stand in the way of America's progress or our people. That's what the Affordable Care Act represents."

That is the change we hoped for and received. Single payer is in the ACA for 2017, to which he alludes by referring to simplifying in the speech. We are moving ahead. I won't go into the numerous talks I am having with all kinds of health providers and patients, and those who work to keep safe the poor, elderly and disabled, who have been breathing and sleeping better since the ACA passed.

And his comments about medical bankruptcies and losing one's home, I can witness to that humiliation, and the feeling being valued as an equal human being again when needed healthcare is no longer in jeopardy from circumstances beyond one's control. When one has lost, and lost big time despite paying for health insurance and 'doing all the right things,' lost to the schemes the for-profits have foisted on us for so long, I know Obama's heart is with the people of this country.

One of the first signs of being kicked out of the middle class is to lose insurance and be unable to pay for that which so many take for granted. A person who has major health issues will be economically disadvantaged in all ways, and the GOP is intent on impoverishing people by obstructing their care. Those who have never been tested in that way, may never need to get a plan through the ACA, but their lives will still be better too.

Cha

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16. Thank you so much, fresh.. for these poignant poignant memories~
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 10:22 PM
Apr 2014

Getting us to this point.. and our journey has miles and miles to go!

And, what did the gop offer?..



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Yeah, Obamacare isn't perfect but what do you think of it and its potential compared to what the sociopaths have to offer?

And, of course, that's not directed at you, fresh

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
26. Good advice to those who depress the vote, if they really do care about equality. The willfully
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 11:45 PM
Apr 2014
ignorant claim they don't know what Democrats stand for! Really?

All they're saying is they never took time to listen to what we stand for:

Democratic National Convention: The DNC Platform



Mayor Cory Booker Lays out Party Platform at the DNC



Elizabeth Warren's Full DNC Speech - Elections 2012



DNC 2012 - Sandra Fluke Address the DNC



DNC 2012 Includes Support For Gay Marriage



Democratic Party Platform from 2012 Democratic National Convention



For readers, here's the link:

The 2012 DNC Platform is available as a pdf at this link:

http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform

Cha

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27. No, they haven't and they haven't bothered to take in exactly what the Koch party stands
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 11:56 PM
Apr 2014

for either!

Thank you for taking the time to post all these precious vids, fresh~

They might want to check out the difference of the two parties' stance on these particular VITAL ISSUES..

Supreme Court

Climate Change

Our Gay Brothers and Sisters

Our Poor, Middle Class People, and Working People!


 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
19. More than TEN million when you throw in the 3 million youngsters who can stay on parents' plans.
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 10:43 PM
Apr 2014

K/R

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
30. But - but - but I keep hearing the Repugs saying that nobody's actually paying premiums etc
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:08 PM
Apr 2014

and that this is all a sham. Do you suppose they might be, um, overcompensating? They're kinda funny/sad to watch. Can't say I have any sympathy, though. They got whupped big time and they deserve it.

 

NYC_SKP

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31. Wait til the average poor workers find hope with ACA and realize they've been lied to.
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:11 PM
Apr 2014

Not to jinx it with optimism, but there could be a whole lot of turnover in the house and senate.

I'm thinking Mitch McConnell will be put out to pasture, for example.

IrishAyes

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32. I'd rather send him to the glue factory - all of 'em in fact.
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 01:35 AM
Apr 2014

But maybe that's just because I'm full blood Irish and a little mean as a result. As my career military dad loved to quote, "No better friend, no worse enemy."

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