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Bigmack

(8,020 posts) Sun Sep 15, 2013, 08:19 PM Sep 2013

Can anybody explain to me the outrage... [View all]

... from the RW about Obamacare.

I have - foolishly - tried to answer FB posts and newspaper LTTE comments about Obamacare.

They use words like "freedom" and "socialized medicine"... so I know they are idiots.

But... what are the reasonably sane opponents of Obamacare saying is the problem? Lower premiums? Coverage for kids..?

I don't get it.

For the record, I'm a single-payer fan, and I'm on Medicare, so I don't personally have a dog in this fight... except that I want health care for Americans.

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Can anybody explain to me the outrage... [View all] Bigmack Sep 2013 OP

"reaonably sane"? Link Speed Sep 2013 #1

RW is deathly afraid that Obmacare will catch on and make the gopiscrap Sep 2013 #2

^^^This^^^ truebluegreen Sep 2013 #16

much better said than I, thank you! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #17

They're pro-life, so naturally they want people dead. JaneyVee Sep 2013 #3

First, most of their objections are outright lies- ie you'll lose your choice of doctor... NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #4

Stole this one... thanks. nt Bigmack Sep 2013 #5

The Other 98. I think you'll like their Facebook feed. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7

My argument is simple. safeinOhio Sep 2013 #6

It gives them something to talk about while their boat slowly sinks. Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #8

they are people who see nothing wrong with healthcare in America now Skittles Sep 2013 #9

They are scared shitless of how well it might work Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #10

I'm reasonably sane, LWolf Sep 2013 #11

Maybe they're jealous? DJ13 Sep 2013 #12

Any gov't program that works and is seen to work undermines anti-"big government" ideology JHB Sep 2013 #13

This is what I don't understand. MrsKirkley Sep 2013 #14

Uh, because Obama might do something people like, because they don't understand how Health Insurance Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #15

An old fellow I know listens to a lot of talk radio Vanje Sep 2013 #18