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adirondacker

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32. Insurance, or the politicians they paid for? nt

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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 09:50 AM

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5 Reasons Obama Never, Ever Should Have Trusted the Healthcare Industry [View all] xchrom Nov 2013 OP

Don't you mean "health care insurance industry"? delrem Nov 2013 #1

+1,000,000 GreenPartyVoter Nov 2013 #2

*this* SammyWinstonJack Nov 2013 #3

What power does Obama have to "end" the insurance industry? tridim Nov 2013 #5

As President he certainly did not have to declare that 'Insurance Companies deserve to profit' Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #6

PPACA caps profits. tridim Nov 2013 #9

aca is not a step toward a po or sp Doctor_J Nov 2013 #15

Erm, except due to ACA one state has gone toward single payer. joshcryer Nov 2013 #18

Unless you happen to live in a red state Fumesucker Nov 2013 #20

You didn't cheer the loss of the blue dogs? joshcryer Nov 2013 #24

At least I didn't cheer when Grayson and Kucinich lost their seats Fumesucker Nov 2013 #26

Neither did I. Nor Feingold, who I wanted for President. joshcryer Nov 2013 #30

yup. It worked for Canada, and it will work here... magical thyme Nov 2013 #36

Canada had mandatory for profit health insurance? Doctor_J Nov 2013 #37

Vermont was already going to sp Doctor_J Nov 2013 #39

Don't you know? The US President is a dictator! joshcryer Nov 2013 #19

That meme has been debunked so many times, tiresome to hear it repeated by those who know better Fumesucker Nov 2013 #21

I saw it first hand. joshcryer Nov 2013 #23

Yes, the left is the real impediment to progress in America Fumesucker Nov 2013 #25

Insurance salesmen are peddling hard, aren't they? nt adirondacker Nov 2013 #27

I'm in the same camp as Krugman. joshcryer Nov 2013 #29

Insurance, or the politicians they paid for? nt adirondacker Nov 2013 #32

The demoralized GOTV left is. joshcryer Nov 2013 #28

a public option would have sunk the health insurance industry within 5 years Doctor_J Nov 2013 #38

+1 leftstreet Nov 2013 #10

This, exactly. ^^^ Why did the OP change the title of the article to make it wrong and misleading? magical thyme Nov 2013 #34

ACA - as if insurance companies give a shit about providing health care. KG Nov 2013 #4

+1. jsr Nov 2013 #7

k/r marmar Nov 2013 #8

How could anyone have possibly seen any of these five reasons coming to fruition? indepat Nov 2013 #11

You put the words..."trusted"...and "Healthcare industry" in the same sentence. WRONG! nt Bigmack Nov 2013 #12

trusted them? He works for them Doctor_J Nov 2013 #13

K&R liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #14

it's as if the people who write these things Egnever Nov 2013 #16

The Heritage Foundation's "mandate" was a tax credit, not a penalty. joshcryer Nov 2013 #17

How many ways to say "We Told You So" ? 2banon Nov 2013 #22

Who says he trusted the industry? Orsino Nov 2013 #31

As seen, Insurance corporations are not trustworthy to run healthcare quinnox Nov 2013 #33

1. Obamacare was written by the industry for the GOP. WRONG. magical thyme Nov 2013 #35