I'm trying to figure out whose alias you are, and I'm probably not the only one. For the record, I'm going to say Tarder666.
Goodbye, have a good life!
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Obamacare 2015 looks like another success
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Goodbye, have a good life!
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I don't have to guess which alias you are, Davexoxoxoxo
What a pussy you are!
What a pussy you are!
It's called the Affordable Care Act. As many problems as it has, it is at least an effort, particularly with regard to caring for the poor. Repubs, on the other hand, have nothing and couldn't care less about the poor, the latter being one of the distinguishing differences between conservatives and progressives.
A lot of people hold some sort of "he's just an ideologue with bad ideas" view of him. You, apparently, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Krauthammer, others. I don't think that's it. I see him as more evil and acting with intent. (Waiting to see him start doing things to force me to change my mind... not holding my breath.)
What's more American than "working hard, achieving success, being responsible for how you live your life"? Isn't that a major principle of America's founding and history (at least until the Progressives got their fangs into us)? Isn't anti-that, anti-American? What is such a man doing in the WH?
A lot of people hold some sort of "he's just an ideologue with bad ideas" view of him. You, apparently, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Krauthammer, others. I don't think that's it. I see him as more evil and acting with intent. (Waiting to see him start doing things to force me to change my mind... not holding my breath.)
It was announced two days ago that isis and al qaeda joined forces to fight in Syria.
And now Obama's team is telling us that job one in Syria, for America, is to get rid of Bashir Al Assad's regime in Syria. They're telling us this is the right way to fight isis and al qaeda. By fighting isis and al qaeda's enemy and defeating him.
It's just like telling us the best way to fight ebola is bringing it into the country.
The guy is a psychopath or he hates the US. One or the other.
Perry-Appointed Board Backs Medicaid Expansion
The Texas Tribune | By Edgar Walters
Posted: 11/14/2014 10:57 am EST Updated: 11/14/2014 11:00 am EST
A board of medical professionals appointed by Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that the state should provide health coverage to low-income Texans under the Affordable Care Act — a move the Republican-led Legislature has opposed.
The 15-member Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency recommended that the state’s health commissioner be authorized to negotiate a Texas-specific agreement with the federal government to expand health coverage to the poor, “using available federal funds.”
“We’re trying to look at actions whereby more Texans can be covered,” said board chairman Steve Berkowitz, the president and founder 0f SMB Health Consulting. “We’re trying to take the politics out of it.”
Under the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature health law, the federal government has offered to foot more than 90 percent of the bill for states that expand their Medicaid programs to cover adults living in poverty. Perry and other Republican leaders have criticized the program, which could insure more than 1 million currently uncovered Texans, as inefficient.
Lawmakers considered an alternative “Texas solution” to Medicaid expansion during the 2013 legislative session — an initiative that would have called on the state's health agency to seek a waiver from the federal government to draw down funds to cover the uninsured. That proposal failed."
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The Texas Tribune | By Edgar Walters
Posted: 11/14/2014 10:57 am EST Updated: 11/14/2014 11:00 am EST
A board of medical professionals appointed by Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that the state should provide health coverage to low-income Texans under the Affordable Care Act — a move the Republican-led Legislature has opposed.
The 15-member Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency recommended that the state’s health commissioner be authorized to negotiate a Texas-specific agreement with the federal government to expand health coverage to the poor, “using available federal funds.”
“We’re trying to look at actions whereby more Texans can be covered,” said board chairman Steve Berkowitz, the president and founder 0f SMB Health Consulting. “We’re trying to take the politics out of it.”
Under the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature health law, the federal government has offered to foot more than 90 percent of the bill for states that expand their Medicaid programs to cover adults living in poverty. Perry and other Republican leaders have criticized the program, which could insure more than 1 million currently uncovered Texans, as inefficient.
Lawmakers considered an alternative “Texas solution” to Medicaid expansion during the 2013 legislative session — an initiative that would have called on the state's health agency to seek a waiver from the federal government to draw down funds to cover the uninsured. That proposal failed."
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I will have to agree... if most states looked at Medicaid expansion simply from a dollars & benefits perspective then implementing Medicaid expansion is the best path. However the reality is that Medicaid expansion is tied up in the broader political debate about ACA and the federal level deficit spending.
Speaking of "federal level deficit spending" . . .
The F-35 Fighter Jet Is A Historic $1 Trillion Disaster
PAUL SZOLDRA AND ROBERT JOHNSON
This [July] was supposed to be the F-35's big month.
The troubled next-generation fighter jet was going to make its international debut at the Farnborough Air Show in England. The U.S. and its partners would have something to show for their years of delays, setbacks, and cost overruns.
They would have nothing less than a functioning version of the most advanced warplane in history.
This potential breakthrough has hit an all-too-typical stumbling block.
The Air Force temporarily suspended all F-35 flights after one of the planes caught on fire before takeoff at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Even if the plane does debut later this month, it still has some serious issues, and a long way to go before it can be rolled out for combat missions. Already, the plane is expected to be delayed for over a year beyond its projected mid-2015 delivery date.
Despite this, it's not likely that the F-35 will ever be scrapped. As we reported back in November of 2012, there are simply too many countries that have invested time and money into the program.
It is, quite literally, an aircraft that is "too big to fail" despite facing lifetime operating costs for the U.S. Fleet of $1 trillion, and cost overruns of $167 billion before a single plane has flown a single mission. . . .
The F-35 Fighter Jet Is A Historic $1 Trillion Disaster
PAUL SZOLDRA AND ROBERT JOHNSON
This [July] was supposed to be the F-35's big month.
The troubled next-generation fighter jet was going to make its international debut at the Farnborough Air Show in England. The U.S. and its partners would have something to show for their years of delays, setbacks, and cost overruns.
They would have nothing less than a functioning version of the most advanced warplane in history.
This potential breakthrough has hit an all-too-typical stumbling block.
The Air Force temporarily suspended all F-35 flights after one of the planes caught on fire before takeoff at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Even if the plane does debut later this month, it still has some serious issues, and a long way to go before it can be rolled out for combat missions. Already, the plane is expected to be delayed for over a year beyond its projected mid-2015 delivery date.
Despite this, it's not likely that the F-35 will ever be scrapped. As we reported back in November of 2012, there are simply too many countries that have invested time and money into the program.
It is, quite literally, an aircraft that is "too big to fail" despite facing lifetime operating costs for the U.S. Fleet of $1 trillion, and cost overruns of $167 billion before a single plane has flown a single mission. . . .
I will agree that the F-35 program has been a complete boondoggle. Part of the reason is that they tried to create a fighter that could be used by every service, effectively meeting the requirements of no service. They also had a bunch of international partners - each with their own expectations and constraints. Now a number of those partners such as Canada are thinking of pulling out and using other fighters... which would leave the U.S. with the bill and limited international sales.