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Motown_Johnny

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13. Counter with....

Reply to truedelphi (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 08:07 PM

Jun 2012

"Have congress bring me a way to expand coverage without the mandate and I will sign the bill."

Steal their "repeal and replace" bull shit by offering to improve the bill yourself.

As I understand it there were 4 ways to expand coverage:

The far left idea was single payer

The middle left idea was a public option

The middle right idea was an employer mandate

And the far right idea was an individual mandate

Any of the other three are an improvement over what we have. Keep the debate on health care so it stays off the economy. We win on this one every time. Plus Rmoney has issues with his base over this since he did the same thing in MA that Pres. Obama did on a federal level.

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My Two Cents - If Obama wants the ACA to help him win in November - [View all] truedelphi Jun 2012 OP

Help in paying premiums won't be a place you physically go to. That's all part of the kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #1

Thanks, kestrel91316 truedelphi Jun 2012 #2

The exchanges are 18 months away. It might be that dealing with the subsidies will kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #3

Yikes! If it's left to the insurers, I can just imagine the truedelphi Jun 2012 #14

Well, if that's another big flaw that causes major problems then we use THAT kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #19

The subsidies are to be dealt with by the IRS as they are tax credits... PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #27

I couldn't agree more PlanetBev Jun 2012 #4

The speech he gave on Rev Wright truedelphi Jun 2012 #5

I think that those moments should be rare loyalsister Jun 2012 #6

The counter to RMoney is here: EFerrari Jun 2012 #7

Personally I like this sentence truedelphi Jun 2012 #11

Simple and understandable is the key eridani Jun 2012 #8

Not his strong suit Doctor_J Jun 2012 #9

it's only a tax on the free riders. mopinko Jun 2012 #10

And us useless feeders. n/t truedelphi Jun 2012 #12

you asked for a slogan. a bumper sticker. mopinko Jun 2012 #18

Counter with.... Motown_Johnny Jun 2012 #13

In an ideal world, notion one, two or three would fly. truedelphi Jun 2012 #15

Some problems you solve by avoiding them, demwing Jun 2012 #17

Well given this Administration's current enthusiasm for the truedelphi Jun 2012 #20

Very well. So as to not waste each other's time, here's what I suggest you do demwing Jun 2012 #21

It's a sad day, not just in terms of DU, but the truedelphi Jul 2012 #23

This thread began as a call to use the SCOTUS decision to Obama's advantage demwing Jul 2012 #24

Aren't you a ray of sunshine ? russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #28

Obamacare Pros (easy talking points) demwing Jul 2012 #29

Yes, I would love to see a video of him explaining SoutherDem Jun 2012 #16

Mitt ran public service announcements , Shiraz Jun 2012 #22

MSM shills like Gupta intentionally confuse the public about how MOST will benefit flamingdem Jul 2012 #25

He needs to make his case in one syllable words with an easily remembered motto. byeya Jul 2012 #26

Thank you! I suggested this the other day, and Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #30

For that matter, I think healthcare.gov Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #31