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Old 03-22-2013, 08:09 PM
 
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It's not about contracts. In the past, health care insurance companies would not allow millions of people with pre-existing conditions to even obtain healthcare insurance, at any price. Obamacare is fixing that huge injustice.
You are assuming that these people will have insurance. A better option, imo, would have been to let these people buy into medicare. That wouldn't have solved the problem though. Medicare will be out of money in the next ten years.
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Old 03-22-2013, 08:17 PM
 
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You are assuming that these people will have insurance. A better option, imo, would have been to let these people buy into medicare. That wouldn't have solved the problem though. Medicare will be out of money in the next ten years.
Yes, I am assuming these people who previously could not buy health insurance will be able to obtain it under Obamacare, because that is a crucial part of Obamacare. It may have been a better option to let those people buy into Medicare, but any public option was rapidly blocked by the GOP.
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Old 03-22-2013, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I think the worst part of Obamacare is the test you must take on your 75th birthday to decide if you should be executed or not.
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Old 03-23-2013, 12:50 AM
 
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I never heard of that. I'd like to see a copy (redacted, of course) of the actual questionnaire. Otherwise, my feeling is shenanigans.

Yes, I have heard of this, and it is a part of Obamacare.
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Old 03-23-2013, 12:55 AM
 
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His daughter's school sports participation is voluntary, she can opt out.

If I go to donate blood, and the technician asks me of my sexual activity, I can't sceam violation of my rights. I have the right to stand up and walk out.
How about "I refuse to answer"? Will she be thrown out of doing sports?
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Old 03-23-2013, 04:34 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Very few people know anything about whats' in those hundreds of other pages in the Health Act.
All they concentrate on are the 3 or 4 issues they see as good.

As for any doctors asking for gun information.... single-issue stupidity.
Why not also ask if the parents are drunks or druggies....if they are dangerous drivers ...there is black mold all over the tub surround....if Daddy has sex with his daughter on a regular basis?
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Old 03-23-2013, 04:50 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Talking with a guy in the store today who told me his 13 year old daughter went in for a school sports physical this week. During the Q&A part of the process, he said the nurse asked his daughter if they........
A. had any firearms in their home
B. were they kept locked up
C. and did she ever intend to hurt anyone with a firearm.

Anyone here heard of anything like this? The guy told me that his daughter was told it was part of 0bamacare.
If it is I know a few congress people who are going to get phone calls.
Unfortunately not often enough.
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Old 03-23-2013, 05:37 AM
 
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I've heard of it Proveick, but I don't think anybody knows for sure if it's part of Obamacare. I know it's fairly routine to ask elderly medicaid patients some questions that are similar, so I can see it. I'd have no problem with a general question like "would you ever hurt yourself or others"? But asking if a gun is in the house, no way. Why not ask if Mom has prescription drugs in the medicine cabinet? I'd advise the kid to put N/A, if that's what it takes.
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Old 03-23-2013, 06:05 AM
 
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I think the worst part of Obamacare is the test you must take on your 75th birthday to decide if you should be executed or not.
My cousin's neighbor's father went through that recently. Or so I was told.
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Old 03-23-2013, 06:22 AM
 
Location: Columbus, OH
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Yes, I am assuming these people who previously could not buy health insurance will be able to obtain it under Obamacare, because that is a crucial part of Obamacare. It may have been a better option to let those people buy into Medicare, but any public option was rapidly blocked by the GOP.
No one in the GOP voted for Obamacare and it passed anyway.

But you spread these lies that the GOP was blocking things? And you expect people to take you seriously? lols.
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