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JoePhilly

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12. Exactly. Not happening.

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Thu Nov 7, 2013, 11:05 PM

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Bills in House & Senate would make 'you can keep it' a matter of law [View all] hooverville29 Nov 2013 OP

not. happening. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #1

Because -----------------? hooverville29 Nov 2013 #2

wont pass senate, prez would not sign it ... JoePhilly Nov 2013 #3

Indications are D+R votes are there in Senate. Prez follows up on apology, and hooverville29 Nov 2013 #6

Reid does not have to bring it to a vote JoePhilly Nov 2013 #8

These are Reid's *own people* who are running for re-election, with Dem control hooverville29 Nov 2013 #13

Is that how you think it works? Mary gets to tell Harry which bills he JoePhilly Nov 2013 #18

It's control of the Senate in 2014 that's at stake. If you think Reid will hooverville29 Nov 2013 #20

Now Reids control over the senate is at stake ... unless he ... JoePhilly Nov 2013 #30

Yep, and that shifts the problem from the Senate Dems to the White House hooverville29 Nov 2013 #33

You mean Obama might not get a 3rd term if he vetoes the bill that ... JoePhilly Nov 2013 #35

It's control of the Senate in 2014 that's at stake. If you think Reid will djnicadress Nov 2013 #47

Eff Mary Landrieu. She's a DINO. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #42

The plans people are "losing" are pieces of shit... Barack_America Nov 2013 #5

But it was *their* choice as to what they wanted and could afford. Tonight's apology hooverville29 Nov 2013 #9

People are now required to have health insurance. These policies insured nothing. Barack_America Nov 2013 #31

It's the deductible levels & premiums for perfectly fine policies that's the killer hooverville29 Nov 2013 #34

Yup, and you can hear him say almost exactly that in the interview. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #38

You're not coughing up blood little Timmy, you're coughing up FREEDUMB!!! JaneyVee Nov 2013 #43

yea, but FREEDUMB!!!!!! JoePhilly Nov 2013 #10

Well let them keep it and see who comes out on the short end of the GOP stick. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #4

Won't work. Insurance companies cancel various policies every year... Tx4obama Nov 2013 #7

Well, he apologized tonight for saying incorrectly that they could keep them. If he hooverville29 Nov 2013 #11

Hes sorry that the insurers are getting another chance to screw these folks JoePhilly Nov 2013 #14

Exactly. Not happening. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #12

And. BTW, California Insurance Comm. working out that very thing with BCBS now hooverville29 Nov 2013 #16

what ever they work out has to comply withthe ACA JoePhilly Nov 2013 #39

Nope. Obama's poor choice of wording aside. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #15

Right. Let's be sure to play dictator & go down the tubes in 2014 hooverville29 Nov 2013 #19

No, I have to disagree. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #22

You'd better stay tuned in on this one. It's going the other way hooverville29 Nov 2013 #24

Not without a fight. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #26

And I served in Korea (I'm 84) & have a Purple Heart. Stick to the subject. hooverville29 Nov 2013 #29

I am Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #46

Stop ProSense Nov 2013 #23

All of which explains, of course, how KC closed fast when he really hit the ACA. Facts hooverville29 Nov 2013 #27

"Cooky Cooch" lost, and only a fool would advocate keeping junk insurance plans. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #28

Nobody's advocating anything but letting people keep what they have till they want hooverville29 Nov 2013 #32

You are ProSense Nov 2013 #36

other than the libertarian losing about 4% to crazy cooch JoePhilly Nov 2013 #40

Landrieu will probably lose (like that odious Blanche Lincoln) SoCalDem Nov 2013 #17

Decide what others should do all you wish, but this one's not going away hooverville29 Nov 2013 #21

I'll be phone bombing my representation. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #25

I have a thought sobenji Nov 2013 #37

That would have prevented the insurers from one last chance to screw these folks some more. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #41

You all can keep it , but you alls gots to find it... Historic NY Nov 2013 #44

Allowing people to keep junk insurance defeats the entire purpose of the law Azathoth Nov 2013 #45