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51. sorry noam i love ya

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Sat Sep 16, 2017, 08:05 AM

Sep 2017

but that cite doesn't seem to be worth very much right now. nothing else to say though - cheers

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General lack of concern over the latest GOP ACA senate repeal [View all] brokephibroke Sep 2017 OP

I'm supporting Bernie's Medicare for All bill. ZX86 Sep 2017 #1

Raising the alarm brokephibroke Sep 2017 #3

will that stop them from killing the ACA now? nini Sep 2017 #5

I'm laser focused on single payer Medicare for All. ZX86 Sep 2017 #7

Actually the uninsured rate is down to a historic low, and millions Ninsianna Sep 2017 #11

To be clear the ACA is what millions upon millions of people don't have NOW. ZX86 Sep 2017 #14

To be clear, removing what people have right now, by failing to stop the GOP Ninsianna Sep 2017 #15

Reducing millions upon millions of Americans sick and dying right now ZX86 Sep 2017 #19

Actually ignoring millions upon millions of sick and dying Americans who are Ninsianna Sep 2017 #22

Ah, yes. The old, "Sacrifice the well being of millions who benefit from the current plan Squinch Sep 2017 #34

They think if the do this ...that the people will rise up...and the single payer revolution Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #46

Pretty damn entitled, and/or the motivation is simply to get the ACA repealed. Squinch Sep 2017 #106

I can think of no other explanation for putting out this bill at this moment. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #108

Well that is not true..and nothing is certainly not better. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #67

The ACA is more likely to help now that a new plan that will take a lot of time nini Sep 2017 #12

Then you're shooting that laser at your own head. pnwmom Sep 2017 #18

Medicaid would be block granted under this bill. And money taken from sates that Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #47

My daughter won't live for Medicare for All. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #24

The ACA saved my daughter's life too. I am so angry with those who thought a single payer Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #73

It won't happen...maybe ever. And if the ACA goes the only vehicle that could have made it possible Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #42

It's hard to understand the illogic WhiteTara Sep 2017 #80

I know it. You don't know what you have until you lose it. If this bill passes we lose Medicaid Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #93

It seems impossible to reach beyond that ignorance WhiteTara Sep 2017 #99

I have no idea how ideology trumps living breathing people. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #101

Your heart has to be very hard. nt WhiteTara Sep 2017 #104

Nothing is what you will get. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #55

Please explain how sitting back and allowing the GOP to repeal the ACA Tanuki Sep 2017 #65

Are you in Congress? WhiteTara Sep 2017 #79

What are you doing to get Medicare for all passed? yardwork Sep 2017 #91

It is impossible to pass Medicare for all at the moment...a better question is who is trying to Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #102

I know that. That's why I'm asking the poster what they're doing. yardwork Sep 2017 #103

How's that helping to fight the GOP who are working to take away the ACA Ninsianna Sep 2017 #10

Yep...these folks don't seem to care. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #43

That's what they want -- for us to be distracted with Bernie's bill while they kill the ACA. pnwmom Sep 2017 #17

Off they go ucrdem Sep 2017 #20

Dumbest thing on the internet. moda253 Sep 2017 #82

Yes we had this same "conversation" in 2015-16. ucrdem Sep 2017 #97

Fighting to save the ACA is unrealistic. ZX86 Sep 2017 #21

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? The person who is "laser focused" on single payer says fighting to save pnwmom Sep 2017 #23

The ACA is here, now. We need one or two votes - at most - Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #25

If fighting was unrealistic then we would Doreen Sep 2017 #31

Wow. Squinch Sep 2017 #35

Unlike single payer even red state voters like the ACA. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #45

Did you mean to say ACA? MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #70

Because of what happened in 2016, Medicare for all is off the table for at least four still_one Sep 2017 #44

If the ACA goes down Sen. Sanders and maybe even some Dems who supported the single payer bill Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #48

I won't go that far. What I will say though is it has the potential to distract people from calling still_one Sep 2017 #54

I will be calling and calling...but it was McCain who saved us last time...and he is voting for the Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #63

Hopefully, most of us will follow your lead and call our Senators to prevent the ACA from being still_one Sep 2017 #68

The DC number has been posted..but bribery is involved... Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #75

There is also a real possibility that the medical organizaions are going to be lobbying very hard still_one Sep 2017 #89

I am sure they will but, don't know how effective it will be...consider we won by one Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #92

Good to make a phone call! Gov keeps track of phone calls and calls make a HUGE difference. Sunlei Sep 2017 #71

I agree...we don't know how many would have vote against the bill last time since McCain Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #77

+1000000000 treestar Sep 2017 #74

I see...support a bill that can't pass while thousands lose their healthcare when the only Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #41

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #56

This LyndaG Sep 2017 #100

That won't pass and will be vetoed if it does WhiteTara Sep 2017 #78

Put it on hold for now. lastlib Sep 2017 #86

We talked about it in Dianne Feinstein's office when our Indivisible group held our meeting there calimary Sep 2017 #2

I have posted it over 5 times on DU since Tues night. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #4

Yeah sneaky is what they do best. ucrdem Sep 2017 #6

Thank you for doing the actual damned work to fight the GOP and help Ninsianna Sep 2017 #9

Thank you for all your hard work! smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #33

I didn't see your posts. Hubs is looking for a job and we have been in and out. But I heard it Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #59

Sen. and Sanders and the Democrats should have advanced a bill to save the ACA. I hope we can save. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #49

It's not a lack of concern, it's just distraction with another bill which has Ninsianna Sep 2017 #8

We need to recognize killing the ACA is political suicide for these heartless jackals Hulk Sep 2017 #13

You can't kill the undead. ucrdem Sep 2017 #16

Nobody is accepting defeat of the ACA to gain control of the Senate Hulk Sep 2017 #32

That is completely heartless and probably won't work. And even if we got the Senate without Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #57

Thanks so much for being willing to sacrifice my daughter for political gain. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #26

Like that's at all what I said. Hulk Sep 2017 #30

Now we see who they are....and I have to say it is an abomination. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #58

Yep...and we must fight. They came within one vote last. And word is they have the votes. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #52

+1000000000 treestar Sep 2017 #76

And the media is COMPLETELY ignoring it. CousinIT Sep 2017 #27

It was on Chris Hayes show yesterday... Portman is my guy, and he promised not to support it last Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #53

ACA soaks a lot of well-to-do single ppl clu Sep 2017 #28

Quite the crock of rancid shit right there. Squinch Sep 2017 #36

may be a bit a conclusion to jump on clu Sep 2017 #50

I am sure'nothing' will be so much better if you are young and entitled probably with workplace Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #66

Could you say that again, but make it make sense this time? Squinch Sep 2017 #105

It is vulnerable because enough self-identifed progressives who refused to vote for the Democratic still_one Sep 2017 #38

sorry noam i love ya clu Sep 2017 #51

Bullshit. Those folks who call themselves progressives who refused to vote for the Democratic still_one Sep 2017 #64

Such folks cost us the courts and it appears we may also lose Medicaid and the ACA... Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #94

This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #72

No it doesn't soak anyone- don't get insurance and pay the fine if "well to do" & feel soaked! Sunlei Sep 2017 #40

Nonsense...all those who thought it was a good idea to put forth single payer which Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #60

Poor dears... I am so sad for them...her is hoping some get a pre-existing and find out what Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #81

Thanks for keeping people aware of that. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #29

I wonder how many will die if the ACA goes down...and if all the talk had been about saving Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #83

I support the ACA. Playing chicken with people's healthcare is sickening to me. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #37

It makes me sick too. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #62

re enrollment is in 2 months. doubt Insurance Corps will allow Rs to do anything to Subsidies.$$$$$ Sunlei Sep 2017 #39

I would not count on that...the bill will be completely repealed. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #61

never trust a 'party' Republican. They usually get what they want eventually. Sunlei Sep 2017 #69

Yes, but the great irony is that in this case we kind of helped them by the single payer stuff...so Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #85

The repeal is still behind closed doors being crafted at this point. crosinski Sep 2017 #84

Some of it has been leaked. They will block grant medicaid. which means Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #87

Let's NAIL that door SHUT!! lastlib Sep 2017 #90

Damn right...going to Cleveland next week to protest at Portman's office. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #95

I like the way you think! crosinski Sep 2017 #107

again...text RESIST to 50409 to send a free fax to your.... samnsara Sep 2017 #88

Done!!! Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #96

Thanks for that brokephibroke Sep 2017 #98