Obama promised health care but gave penalties for not having health care! (death, Kennedy)

[bentlebee]

Originally Posted by James Bond 007

This is truly one of the dumbest thread titles I've seen here.

It would be like saying, "Obama promised speed limits but gave penalties for not obeying speed limits!"

I mean ... DUH! If you want people to buy health insurance, it would be stupid to NOT penalize them for NOT buying health insurance.

Says someone who wish he was James Bond 007

It is funny to see how the stress level of lefties rises up to the boiling level

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by EddieB.Good

It would be if Republicans hadn't sabotaged it.

So, using the leftist mantra...


The left OWNED the house and senate, at that time.......HOW could they not pass what they wanted?

[subaru5555]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

So, using the leftist mantra...


The left OWNED the house and senate, at that time.......HOW could they not pass what they wanted?

False. The Republicans has majority in the senate and house at the time.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by subaru5555

False. The Republicans has majority in the senate and house at the time.

I think Chuck is talking about when the ACA was passed. The Dems had control.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Sounds like you're still waiting for that better, cheaper health care tRump promised everyone he'd put in place, "On day one!"

Mulletman sez...

Carry on.

It was cheaper pre Obama. I want those days back. Liberals completely and totally effed it up and made it hideously expensive.

Nice going.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by T-310

It was cheaper pre Obama. I want those days back. Liberals completely and totally effed it up and made it hideously expensive.

Nice going.

It was cheaper for some people, but not for women, older people and people with pre-existing conditions, and the cost of healthcare has been going up every year for decades and it usually exceeded the inflation rate. The ACA slowed the increase in the cost of healthcare, and provided many people with healthcare who didn't previously have access.

https://www.thebalance.com/causes-of...-costs-4064878

[ambient]

There should be a penalty for not having health care. Only idiots think there shouldn't be.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by ambient

There should be a penalty for not having health care. Only idiots think there shouldn't be.

Well i guess i am one then. I don't have HC and had to work under the table mable the last 4 years.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by TEPLimey

And yet, by and large Republicans love the ACA if it is not called Obamacare. Image that.

Or their voters do. Not willing to kill it so they know their voters don't mind it too much.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

So, using the leftist mantra...


The left OWNED the house and senate, at that time.......HOW could they not pass what they wanted?

With a filibuster proof majority in the Senate (until Scott Brown was seated), something Republicans did not experience after 2016 and will not experience in 2019.