Politics What'll happen to Health Care Reform now that Dem's have lost the 60-vote supermajority? (Read 1803 times)

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yeah i couldn't even pay attention to obama's announcement the bill had been passed it was so boring. 'we have realised the dreams of the american people and fulfilled the promise of 3 generations and gazed sharply at the horizons and spread our big wings, soared into the sky and done a poop on the nose of the status-quo'

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some of the comments on there are plain dumb
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so what was the final revision of the bill? I'm guessing that it was total bullshit and now the regular folks pockets are gonna hurt because of it?

I quit paying attention to this shit because it won't effect me and I'm sick of hearing about fucking teabaggers. Plus politics were riling me up and pissing me off alot and I needed to chill out a lil bit.
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Heh. The US? It's just gonna be a chinese landfill soon anyway. Your cheap health care plan gonna cover THAT eventuality? Yeah, Thought not.
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No, Skelly, we'll cover that. Save your energy for action, not for snarky comments.
Last Edit: March 23, 2010, 03:21:49 am by Terrorantula
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so what was the final revision of the bill? I'm guessing that it was total bullshit and now the regular folks pockets are gonna hurt because of it?
Nah it contains a bunch of good things. you'll also be required to get insurance if you don't have it already. and if you don't have the skills to pay the bills they've got a subsidy for you.
It sucks that this basically means the insurance industry will get a ton of extra clients on a platter but in spite of that it's still for the best.

I should stress that it's not over yet. It's worth watching to see how the reconciliation round will change things over the next few days.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOnG9a1Pzw

even though the description is wrong and they obviously weren't calling the dude in front of them a communist (pr sure that was directed at obama), this video is still pretty awesome
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I'm getting the impression from many Americans that you either have to be communist or not have health care. This means pretty much the entire continent I live on is communist, which I find a shocking fact.
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I'm getting the impression from many Americans that you either have to be communist or not have health care. This means pretty much the entire continent I live on is communist, which I find a shocking fact.
You would be shocked how accurate this statement is, actually.
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Oh how I love dumb Americans whining about this all. Sweet drama.
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not super important, an interactive graphic showing how the bill will affect you as an american http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/us/health-care-reform.html
under uninsured -> penalties they use American Indian which is kinda suprising. but then again so did Jack on 30 rock
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOnG9a1Pzw

even though the description is wrong and they obviously weren't calling the dude in front of them a communist (pr sure that was directed at obama), this video is still pretty awesome
I saw this video before, it's absolutely disgusting to see them THROW MONEY at the guy. Really, it's painful to even watch the full video.
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I'LL DECIDE WHEN TO GIVE YOU MONEY!!!!
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yeah i couldn't even pay attention to obama's announcement the bill had been passed it was so boring. 'we have realised the dreams of the american people and fulfilled the promise of 3 generations and gazed sharply at the horizons and spread our big wings, soared into the sky and done a poop on the nose of the status-quo'



it was probably the best speech of his presidency yo. ironic though considering the bill is pretty worthless (for the most part, it does have some very basic, completely obvious fixes)

but yeah, not cheering for any bill that essentially just shoves money up corporations asses
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it was probably the best speech of his presidency yo

eh...how? he just talked alot of bullshit about how this is what everyone has been waiting for when it obviously isn't. i don't care how good his metaphors were this time or how believable his story about the construction worker who lost his livelihood when a stray brick broke his back and he didn't have insurance. if it's all lies, what does it matter how well he is saying it? i really couldn't care less about political theatre anymore.

like i said i didn't watch it all, so maybe he wrapped it up by saying all of this is just the first steps to proper reform but i am pretty sure he didn't. am i missing something here that you think makes his announcement particularly special?
Last Edit: March 23, 2010, 05:24:46 pm by jamie
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oh

so I guess obama finally did what he said he'd do then

still fuck him it should be free
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*binge drinks into a coma, is taken care of by the nanny state*

If I had MY way we'd scrap it all and have a national HEARSE service. Let 'em all rot. Rot in a grave.
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this bill was worth it for that article title alone
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good old joey-b. we need guys like him in the government. there should just be a white house mascot who's only job is to warm up for the president and say funny stuff.