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kentuck

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9. True.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 09:17 PM

Sep 2013

So many ideas in Obamacare could not be discarded. They would have to be in the next change and update to the system. There may need to be several changes before it is gotten right. But the idea is worth it if we can do it..

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If Obamacare is not working fairly well in 4 or 5 years, should we consider repealing it ?? [View all] kentuck Sep 2013 OP

repeal? no! change and update? yes rurallib Sep 2013 #1

True. kentuck Sep 2013 #9

I agree Andy823 Sep 2013 #10

Something tells me if they leave it the fuck alone NightWatcher Sep 2013 #2

People can't afford 4 or 5 years bigwillq Sep 2013 #3

It will be improved, not repealed. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #4

No, we need to consider amending it. Warpy Sep 2013 #5

yes and go for single payer universal health care gopiscrap Sep 2013 #6

too bad we can't do that now Puzzledtraveller Sep 2013 #14

I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #19

Change it to single payer but to repeal the coverage, etc..... fadedrose Sep 2013 #7

Only if we pass single payer at the same time as we repeal Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #8

Would single payer include everyone? kentuck Sep 2013 #11

It would include everyone Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #12

Amend Medicare by removing the age requirement. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #13

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Sep 2013 #15

I support fixing its problems (yes, it has some) incrementally, always working closer and closer kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #16

But it can't. The ACA is effectively a law against a single payer system. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #20

the only way ACA leads to SP is if it fails. KG Sep 2013 #17

I view ACA, as it stands right now, as just a starting point. Brigid Sep 2013 #18