Quote (Goomshill @ Jun 26 2015 02:38am)

Clearly its because Santara is actually a closeted republican who secretly voted for mitt romney when it came to the moment of truth in '12, he even went through the incredibly elaborate steps of getting himself seen actively campaigning, crusading at length and even photoshopping pictures of his ballot in attempt to live with himself for not casting a vote for some crazy dirty old man who was going to steal votes away from vanilla cheesecake. I think after this many years he's even repressed the memory and convinced himself he's a libertarian at heart. We should stage an intervention and bring out all that latent homophobia, jingooism and ignorant rejection of science he doesn't display publicly.

Quote (Pollster @ Jun 30 2015 09:12am)

What I appreciate most about Obamacare is that it's directly responsible for the creation of another Republican reality. The reform is obviously succeeding by every single socio-economic metric we use to evaluate healthcare reforms, and even reform more broadly, but yet these people are still herpin' and derpin' about the reform not working or even more hilarious, making things worse.

The ACA really did cause an avalanche of unintended comedy . It's a gold mine.

Quote (Santara @ Jun 30 2015 10:08am)

The ACA did nothing to address the soaring costs of healthcare in general. Healthcare spending per capita and as a share of GDP are still rising and still outstripping inflation + population growth. It changed who pays for whom, on the back of massive taxing & spending.

Quote (Skinned @ 2 Jul 2015 15:39)

Have to do a policy paper on the ACA. The biggest problem I've seen so far is that while there is increased funding for people with behavioral problems, the puritan ethic that keeps funding from chemical dependency research and practice still exists and shows in the legislation.



Hard to achieve universal coverage without raising the costs some as long as thieves are stealing profit between health service providers and the individuals they serve.

The health insurance industry should be nationalized and made non-profit. Or private non-profit at least.

Quote (IgoSoHard @ Jul 2 2015 04:05pm)

*Obama - your premiums will not go up!

*Real life - premiums go up

Quote (Skinned @ Jul 2 2015 03:39pm)

Hard to achieve universal coverage without raising the costs some as long as thieves are stealing profit between health service providers and the individuals they serve.

The health insurance industry should be nationalized and made non-profit. Or private non-profit at least.

Quote (Skinned @ Jul 2 2015 05:20pm)

Holy shit, are you actually saying that a politician broke a promise?

I just don't believe it.

Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ 2 Jul 2015 16:47)

But it is quite hilarious when you get people claiming that they didn't go up.

Quote (IgoSoHard @ 2 Jul 2015 16:05)

*Obama - your premiums will not go up!

*Real life - premiums go up

Quote (Santara @ Jul 2 2015 04:43pm)