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Early on the insurance companies were loving the ACA...millions forced to

buy their product (in theory).

(In response to this post by Exhoolate)

Posted: 11/02/2017 at 07:48AM

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Sabotage Watch: Tracking Efforts to Undermine the ACA -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 04:57AM

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Today’s the day -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 09:48AM

LOL! You really thought that was good? What a bunch of garbage. ** -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 10:11AM

"LOL", the favorite rhetorical device of the stupid ** -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 10:17AM

Haha? Insults, the favorite device when you can't defend something? ** -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 10:23AM

It was a "kiss my ass" response to Iceman, dimwit ** -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 10:25AM

More insults. Guess that's one approach. My thought was he's delusional if -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 10:32AM

That's right. Insult me, then clutch your pearls in righteous indignation -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 10:37AM

That insulted you? Did I call you stupid? A dimwit? I certainly insulted -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 10:41AM

That's right, something special for Iceman, and apparently YOU -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 10:43AM

LOL! Nah, with this board it's more likely to be flummoxed. ** -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 10:51AM

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Who really needs health insurance? - just don't get sick ** -- FfxStationHokie 11/02/2017 09:18AM

"Get Trump 2017." ** -- Hokieesith 11/02/2017 09:02AM

No, the hammer will probably come down in 2018. -- HowieT3 11/02/2017 09:26AM

Fantasy world 2018. ** -- Hokieesith 11/02/2017 10:00AM

It is not viable and will collapse on its own. ** -- ConnHoo 11/02/2017 08:44AM

Ah, the new democrat buzzword - sabotage. Insurance companies bailing on -- Exhoolate 11/02/2017 06:23AM

Well it didn't start with the trump fiascoministration, but it's the faul -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 07:21AM

Ahh yes. Number 1 - if only the mandate were much more punitive it would wo -- RML Hoos 11/02/2017 07:52AM

We pay taxes don't we? We pay into SS, don't we? -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 08:20AM

I agree that we have a moral obligation to provide reasonable care to the s -- RML Hoos 11/02/2017 10:14AM

I consider abortion and other things a Moral issue. -- ConnHoo 11/02/2017 09:43AM

"We" do? Some 45+% pay no federal income taxes and according to -- Hokie5150 11/02/2017 08:56AM

Too many children on SSI -- ConnHoo 11/02/2017 09:44AM

The latter is a bogus interpretation of a stat; but yes -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 08:59AM

Are those not in the labor force paying into SS? No. Perhaps they did at -- Hokie5150 11/02/2017 09:04AM

No, retired people collecting their SS and children are not paying SS. -- WahooRQ 11/02/2017 09:20AM

Children? I see you don't understand the labor force participation rate. ** -- Hokie5150 11/02/2017 09:23AM

I consider high school sophomores children. Dumb hoakies too. ** -- WahooRQ 11/02/2017 09:26AM

You probably consider 25 year olds on their parent's insurance children as -- Hokie5150 11/02/2017 09:52AM

But we can't have those sickly individual buyers in your pool, right? That -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 08:36AM

Medicaid expansions would have covered the most expensive and risky. -- WahooRQ 11/02/2017 09:22AM

Yes because those expansion states have no problems. Isn't Ohio one of the -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 09:51AM

Stupid post, hooda...especially since I just said I favor -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 08:55AM

Nice try but you already exposed yourself on this one. You have no desire -- Hoodafan 11/02/2017 09:07AM

Dude, you can't produce a single thing I have ever said here -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 2:02PM

You really don't read the posts you respond to, do you? ** -- WahooRQ 11/02/2017 09:30AM

The Dems knew the penalty was not enough...but did not want to anger the -- Tuckahokie 11/02/2017 08:06AM

And they lied about it being a tax. ** -- Hokie5150 11/02/2017 09:07AM

I wish one of the sausage makers would write a book -- Stimp 11/02/2017 09:05AM

Knew? No, they did not know, nor did the CBO when -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 08:57AM

Balz...idiots like me knew that the penalty was too small. Surely a man -- Tuckahokie 11/02/2017 09:38AM

For once I agree with you 100%. -- southdenverhoo 11/02/2017 08:12AM

It was a milquetoast attempt at compromising with said unincorns from day 1 -- WahooRQ 11/02/2017 09:34AM

That's why I'm "dissatified" with O'Care. It's not Single Payer. ** -- HowieT3 11/02/2017 09:22AM

I had to read that sentence three times and check my contacts :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 11/02/2017 08:51AM

I've Thot about agreeing with you a time or two, but I didn't want to risk -- Shenhoo 11/02/2017 09:04AM

Not new at all -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 06:40AM

(moved)** -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 07:21AM

That's what he campaigned on. As for the insurance companies, they were -- Exhoolate 11/02/2017 06:46AM

Early on the insurance companies were loving the ACA...millions forced to -- Tuckahokie 11/02/2017 07:48AM

Well, that's what 50 attempts to repeal the law and the cutting off -- 111Balz 11/02/2017 07:26AM

The market was stabilizing. Then Trump happened. -- WahooMatt05 11/02/2017 07:22AM

Rocky? How many states did insurance companies pull out of? -- Exhoolate 11/02/2017 08:00AM

He campaigned on repeal and REPLACE the ACA, not just do everything in his -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 07:22AM

Mere semantics. ** -- Exhoolate 11/02/2017 07:58AM

No its not. Repeal and replace - "with something that will be so much... -- hoolstoptheheels 11/02/2017 08:39AM

To you maybe ** -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 08:13AM

Different words, same intent. ** -- Exhoolate 11/02/2017 09:02AM

Clearly ** -- Hoo TV 11/02/2017 09:27AM

OK, then. Where's the replacement? Is it "NoCare"? ** -- HowieT3 11/02/2017 09:23AM

There was never going to be a "plan", just repeal or in this case, -- Exhoolate 11/02/2017 10:59AM

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