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Funny how conservatives are so critical of the individual mandate now when they (and the insurance lobby) were the brain trust behind it.
Funny also how in any other thread many conservatives would be slagging this lady as a dependent class parasite instead of feigning outrage over her plight.
You do know a "surplus" just means they spent less than planned right?
And as everyone knows, when a politicians saves one dollar, he figures he has two to spend.
They're still between 850B-1.1T in the red with no real change in sight.
No it is not. It is revenue exceeding expense.
And no they are not 100s of billion under water. That is a discussion of unfunded liabilities by many CA governments. It is a long term concern by only part to the state.
WFMZ is based in Allentown, PA. So, yes, she lives in the same state I do, with a tea party fanatic of a governor named Tom Corbett who refused to expand Medicaid and still refuses to do so
Why should Gov Corbett have to expand Medicaid in order for this new tax to work?
No I am asking a question, I don't know why she isn't staying with her current plan, but some people do have to change because their current plan doesn't meet the new standards of Obamacare.
That's not true. All plans,new and old, have to meet the new standards, period. There is no such thing as a non-compliant plan.
Funny how conservatives are so critical of the individual mandate now when they (and the insurance lobby) were the brain trust behind it. Funny also how in any other thread many conservatives would be slagging this lady as a dependent class parasite instead of feigning outrage over her plight.
Obviously obamacare is just another huge program meant to make more people dependent on the government.
"Obviously", the right wing is against government until they need it. Most are too stupid to even know which parts they take advantage of every day of their ignorant lives. So amusing to see how many parts of it the right wing was whining about being shut down until piece by piece were re-opened. The righties just need a target to hate so that they are relevant in any discussion, debate or election. The politicians love this malleable base, after all, where would the corporate puppets be without them! They even have these folks believing that the top percent needs more money and corporate welfare shoveled up to them so that a few crumbs trickle down to the masses...if that much. Yeah, that really has made lots of sense.
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That's not true. All plans,new and old, have to meet the new standards, period. There is no such thing as a non-compliant plan.
Right, so i those cases where non-compiiant plans are discontinued (rather than made compliant), people have to change plans.
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