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4. I've never heard of OZY or Carlos Watson but all of a sudden Drudge and a bunch of other

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:35 AM

Nov 2013

RW sites have posted a "trimmed up" version of Bill's comments.

Naturally they leave out his other supportive remarks and are just trumpeting this.

http://www.ozy.com/c-notes/assessing-the-healthcare-rollout-with-bill-clinton/3639.article

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Clinton to Obama: Let Americans keep canceled health plans [View all] Mass Nov 2013 OP

In other words: Don't regulate the insurance industry frazzled Nov 2013 #1

+1. Require that the plans cost the same but comply. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #2

They're available. For example, ProSense Nov 2013 #12

Platinum...that figures... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #14

That's cool. No reason to allow the old plans that really covered nothing to be grandfathered, IMHO. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #18

Except the old plans still offered karadax Nov 2013 #20

Not true. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #24

Here is my old plan: Keefer Nov 2013 #38

Please stop comparing apples to oranges taught_me_patience Nov 2013 #56

Mislead and lie? Keefer Nov 2013 #57

That is because they are making poor decisions karynnj Nov 2013 #54

A lot of these plans were good plans Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #21

Wrong, and ProSense Nov 2013 #25

+++ Thankyou, ProSense Whisp Nov 2013 #35

That's true. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #28

Actually, ProSense Nov 2013 #29

Informing them of your opinion is one thing. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #30

"Informing them of your opinion"? ProSense Nov 2013 #31

That's your opinion, and that's all it will ever be. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #33

Wait, ProSense Nov 2013 #34

You don't get to decide what's "nothing" for someone else. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #37

So when the insurance companies drop them for getting sick, they're just SOL? ProSense Nov 2013 #39

The topic is people who lost plans they were perfectly happy with. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #43

So when the insurance companies drop them for getting sick, they're just SOL? ProSense Nov 2013 #44

Not really. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #49

Oh please ProSense Nov 2013 #50

So, when they get sick and discover they are not covered, what do we do? Mass Nov 2013 #48

He's so good with his stiletto Fumesucker Nov 2013 #3

best tune on a pretty good album reddread Nov 2013 #9

I've never heard of OZY or Carlos Watson but all of a sudden Drudge and a bunch of other legcramp Nov 2013 #4

What a stupid thing to say leftstreet Nov 2013 #5

+ Eighty Gazillion Scuba Nov 2013 #11

Right on cue, Mr. Sarah Palin. Whisp Nov 2013 #6

Even smart people Drale Nov 2013 #7

That ship has sailed. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #8

That is so unhelpful and the timing is awful karynnj Nov 2013 #10

with friends like billy boy who needs enemies? madrchsod Nov 2013 #13

I don't think it's that simple, though. That would rely on extensive administrative TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #15

The weak spot there is the reality that most folks don't have a lot of needs. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #71

Nobody's ever going to get excited about health insurance while they're healthy. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #74

Go home, Bill, you're drunk. Hell Hath No Fury Nov 2013 #16

Bill Clinton is so last century. n/t Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #17

The plans being canceled are now unsellable AgingAmerican Nov 2013 #19

Bill Clinton, teller of truths, keeper of committments demwing Nov 2013 #22

selfish asshole, what he did. Whisp Nov 2013 #41

Ahhh, here it comes. Beacool Nov 2013 #59

How would that work? surrealAmerican Nov 2013 #23

He should be upset about all the scam insurance plans out there Lifelong Dem Nov 2013 #26

THIS!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #46

Make thme sign a 25 Year Waver from ObamaCare ... Cigar11 Nov 2013 #27

Some people just aren't capable of making the best choices for themselves mwrguy Nov 2013 #32

Nonsense. People buy what they can afford leftstreet Nov 2013 #40

God I find that man maddening. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #36

Oh,shut up, Bill. nt octoberlib Nov 2013 #42

Right up there with the "wuss"speech about Syria DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #45

yep, or how he defended Romney last election Whisp Nov 2013 #53

Thanks for giving the GOP some ammunition, Big Dog. nt Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #47

No. Those plans suck. Deep13 Nov 2013 #51

Umm, who cancelled them? Didn't insurance companies after babylonsister Nov 2013 #52

What was that I heard? An invitation to dig up video clips of Clinton making promises that blew up winter is coming Nov 2013 #55

Stop with the drama and read this. Beacool Nov 2013 #58

This is media spin. ProSense Nov 2013 #61

What's spin is the media trying to drive a wedge between Obama and Bill. Beacool Nov 2013 #62

Huh? ProSense Nov 2013 #63

Here some more from a different source. Beacool Nov 2013 #60

Is he dedicating his life Spirochete Nov 2013 #64

This is the guy that most of the people on this site (so it seems) want BACK in the white house.... kiawah Nov 2013 #65

Consumer protections were never big on Bills arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #66

Nope, but he did veto bankruptcy "reform" twice. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #68

What exactly was he opposing in the bills? nt arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #69

Don't know, but they made it harder to get a bankruptcy discharge. Deep13 Nov 2013 #70

If Bush signed the same thing into law then it arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #72

Agree on both things. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #75

Here is what the WH is seriously considering: kentuck Nov 2013 #67

Good advice, Mr. President quinnox Nov 2013 #73

Tell the Big Dog to go cheney himself. truebluegreen Nov 2013 #76