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Tom Cotton just admitted on CBS (Original Post) superpatriotman Mar 2017 OP
If it could have been fixed by HHS Secretary, Obama could have fixed it himself. crazylikafox Mar 2017 #1
It takes fighting with public companies superpatriotman Mar 2017 #5
+1000 dchill Mar 2017 #11
Republican government motto: ananda Mar 2017 #23
haha.....perfect.... dhill926 Mar 2017 #33
yes, it depends on what the definition of "fixed" is LakeArenal Mar 2017 #26
That is exactly what he means fox. He is going to cut funding from underneath it. Hopefully, we still_one Mar 2017 #27
That town hall must have really shook him. gordianot Mar 2017 #2
Democrats need to lay out how it can be fixed and how easy it would be to do so Justice Mar 2017 #3
Define "fixed." MrScorpio Mar 2017 #4
Disarming the 'explosion' superpatriotman Mar 2017 #6
Somehow I doubt that Mr Cotton and his Repub colleagues agree with that... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #9
Too easy. OilemFirchen Mar 2017 #7
this mopinko Mar 2017 #17
"I'll let my local grocery store decide..." LanternWaste Mar 2017 #36
GOPee: "We had to *fix* Obamacare in order to destroy it"...... lastlib Mar 2017 #29
Price will do everything he can to cause damage dalton99a Mar 2017 #8
Obamacare isn't "broken" in the first place. dawg Mar 2017 #10
an excellent opinion on fixes for obamacare and what democrats should do beachbum bob Mar 2017 #12
Interesting link. wcast Mar 2017 #15
go ahead, I am on a smart phone it becomes difficult to do that beachbum bob Mar 2017 #16
I'll repost. Thanks! wcast Mar 2017 #28
It seems like the meds that Sen Cotton are starting to work as I use to consider him beachbum bob Mar 2017 #13
He can defund parts of it and change WhiteTara Mar 2017 #14
"Fixed" Scoopster Mar 2017 #18
The fundamental problem is that many GOP think that healthcare is a privilege QED Mar 2017 #19
What does he mean by "fixed"? as in neutered? ehrnst Mar 2017 #20
Or destroyed. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #21
SINGLE PAYER FOR ALL..IT'S THE ONLY WAY secondwind Mar 2017 #22
Price's "fix" would be to destroy it. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #24
Cotton's maintaining this Decent Human Being act longer than I thought he would. Paladin Mar 2017 #25
Tommy Price opposes Obamacare. Heck, he has opposed Medicare and Medicaid for decades. Hoyt Mar 2017 #30
I assume by "fixing" he means truebluegreen Mar 2017 #31
Fixed, as in neutered. Historic NY Mar 2017 #32
I know how to fix it FakeNoose Mar 2017 #34
Meaning....the fix is in. Couldn't repeal,then just bleed it. n/t Bengus81 Mar 2017 #35

crazylikafox

(2,762 posts)
1. If it could have been fixed by HHS Secretary, Obama could have fixed it himself.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:43 AM
Mar 2017

So I don't believe him. I think he means that it can be sabotaged by Prince. That's his definition of "fixed".

superpatriotman

(6,252 posts)
5. It takes fighting with public companies
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:45 AM
Mar 2017

Insurance, pharmaceutical and hospitals.

Time to start pulling business licenses and threatening bottom lines.

still_one

(92,433 posts)
27. That is exactly what he means fox. He is going to cut funding from underneath it. Hopefully, we
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 12:26 PM
Mar 2017

wil at least take back the House in 2018, and maintain at least filibuster strength in the Senate. Boy would that be something if we took back both houses

It would be a complete repudiation of trump and the republicans



superpatriotman

(6,252 posts)
6. Disarming the 'explosion'
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:46 AM
Mar 2017

Making changes that benefit the public and not the for profit Health Industrial Complex.

Wounded Bear

(58,726 posts)
9. Somehow I doubt that Mr Cotton and his Repub colleagues agree with that...
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:55 AM
Mar 2017

I think their idea of "fixing" Obamacare is dismantling it from the inside.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
36. "I'll let my local grocery store decide..."
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 02:58 PM
Mar 2017

"I'll let my local grocery store decide..."

As they are the experts when convenient to a creepy position...

dalton99a

(81,635 posts)
8. Price will do everything he can to cause damage
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:55 AM
Mar 2017

Trump chose Price because Price is a greedy sociopath who takes glee in making people suffer and die

dawg

(10,624 posts)
10. Obamacare isn't "broken" in the first place.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:58 AM
Mar 2017

The Republicans can continue to try and sabotage it. They might even succeed.

But absent their efforts to the contrary, the plan is working and 20 million people have health insurance who didn't have it before.

Did it solve all our problems and make health care easily affordable for all? Of course not.

But it *is* working.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
12. an excellent opinion on fixes for obamacare and what democrats should do
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 11:01 AM
Mar 2017

"If Democrats truly care about making this country better for the vast majority of its population, now that most people are finally of the opinion that health care ought to be reasonably available to everybody, not just if their employer offers it, Democrats should respond to the GOP's deplorable "repeal and replace" efforts with a promise to "reform and improve" Obamacare should they gain a Congressional majority.
How would a plan to "reform and improve" Obamacare work? There is renewed talk of "Medicare for All" and if the public can be sold on that, I certainly have no problem. But I suspect the public is not interested in "Medicare for All." So what is a viable Plan B?"


http://bonddad.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-thought-for-sunday-thank-you-freedom.html

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
13. It seems like the meds that Sen Cotton are starting to work as I use to consider him
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 11:05 AM
Mar 2017

to be on the batshit side of crazy and the past month or so...he actually comes across as a reasonable senator. If Cotton is talking this way can we assume many other conservatives in the Senate are seeing this way too?...I know trumpcare had zero chance in the senate because of 2018

and this talk may because of 2018

WhiteTara

(29,728 posts)
14. He can defund parts of it and change
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 11:17 AM
Mar 2017

some of the requirements and rules. There was an incredible post on this yesterday morning and I can't find it anywhere. Basically they can keep f*king with it until it does implode.

QED

(2,749 posts)
19. The fundamental problem is that many GOP think that healthcare is a privilege
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 11:41 AM
Mar 2017

and not a right. I heard the bug man Delay say this on npr Thursday.

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