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Hortensis

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35. Should have said "the ACA provides." These great

Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:14 PM

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blessings are very far from meaningless--even for those who don't have them right now. Coverage is one state house vote away for you at this point, possibly the better part of a generation away if it all has to be rebuilt some day.

Perhaps you can redirect some of your well-deserved anger to explaining to those around you what they have so that they can respond properly when their leaders try to take it away. Unbelievable, but most people really don't know. Fox doesn't hit those points.

In fact, just the other morning in passing through I heard a former-Fox/now-CNN anchor lie flat out to viewers, telling them that "bare-bones coverage" under a Republican plan would mean that older people wouldn't have to pay for young women to have babies. Appealing to boundless ignorance, as in "They're cheating me. Why should I have to pay for maternity care I don't need?"

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GOP Says Blue States Can Keep Their Health Care. Red State Deplorables Are on Their Own (WOW) [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP

so it's optional ACA? WTF? Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #1

Thank God I live in California where we take care of our own. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #2

Damn straight. nbsmom Jan 2017 #15

CA should take the money and set up statewide single payor. roamer65 Jan 2017 #19

We'll get flooded ... aggiesal Jan 2017 #23

Red Staters can't afford to move here. tinrobot Jan 2017 #33

They'll come here on vacation and get sick ... aggiesal Jan 2017 #36

Will Blue States get federal funding lapfog_1 Jan 2017 #3

They would get the same funding as they did under the ACA. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #4

Well, a lot of us red state dwellers techinically don't have it, anyway. GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #5

That's wrong. The cheapest plan for a single person is not $1500/month. CreekDog Jan 2017 #13

Regardless, it's still far more than I can afford. n/t GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #26

Regardless? You post a false number and you say "regardless"? CreekDog Jan 2017 #29

I changed it. Are you happy now? GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #34

GoCubs, you have automatic unlimited lifetime coverage Hortensis Jan 2017 #21

I have no health insurance, so the limits, etc. are meaningless. GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #25

Should have said "the ACA provides." These great Hortensis Jan 2017 #35

Regrets cilla4progress Jan 2017 #28

Don't spend too much time trying to assess what she said. That was Susan Collins, and most of the napi21 Jan 2017 #6

So do those making over 250K get their large tax cut with the partial ACA repeal plan?? Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #7

Glad I'm from a NORTHERN cilla4progress Jan 2017 #8

I can just imagine who gets insured and who doesn't in a Red state. Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #9

Umhm. And most of the highest-profit hospitals are in poorer Hortensis Jan 2017 #22

The results of this experiment could make "blue states" of these "red states," in rather short order tritsofme Jan 2017 #10

Not if they give the tax cuts and take away all or part of the subsidies. Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #11

Refundable tax credits and subsidies are essentially the same thing Azathoth Jan 2017 #31

Agree with you but I was referring to the tax cuts that those making over 250k/year Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #32

Come On - We're Dealing With The Repugs Here..... global1 Jan 2017 #12

Yes, indeed. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #14

This will not work lou ky dem Jan 2017 #16

Correct. How to do it is how OHIP does it in Ontario, Canada. roamer65 Jan 2017 #20

Sounds like a trap meant to minimize the blowback. SaschaHM Jan 2017 #17

I am planning on them fucking it up royally. roamer65 Jan 2017 #18

I thought this might happen. Motown_Johnny Jan 2017 #24

AR gov wants a block grant WhiteTara Jan 2017 #27

That's really the best we can hope for Azathoth Jan 2017 #30

Then if they allow you to shop across states...everyone could still get ACA. cbdo2007 Jan 2017 #37