It's the fault of both. Republicans because they were against, and Democrats because not enough were against (as they had the power to pass it regardless of the republican position).
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It's the fault of both. Republicans because they were against, and Democrats because not enough were against (as they had the power to pass it regardless of the republican position).
I dont see it that way.
Most Republicans have been against the govt takeover of health care since I was a kid.
Democrats have been pushing for govt pays for decades.
The democrats had enough votes to create govt pays - yet they chose to screw the taxpayer.
That is not republicans fault. This obamacare debacle is all the dems fault.
They should have done something better. They had the opportunity to be patriots.
Most Republicans have been against the govt takeover of health care since I was a kid.
Democrats have been pushing for govt pays for decades.
The democrats had enough votes to create govt pays - yet they chose to screw the taxpayer.
That is not republicans fault. This obamacare debacle is all the dems fault.
They should have done something better. They had the opportunity to be patriots.
are you implying that the insurance companies and their cronies are republicans?
do I need to refer you to the frontline report from a few pages ago.
do I need to refer you to the frontline report from a few pages ago.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...amasdeal/view/
To navigate the process of health reform, President Obama turned to his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a consummate deal maker, who helped stock the West Wing with an all-star lineup of congressional insiders. But almost immediately, a key member of the team was forced to step down, and the country's greatest champion of health reform, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), was sidelined with incurable brain cancer. The administration's hopes for reform rested with Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the powerful head of the Senate Finance Committee, who also happened to be one of the Senate's top recipients of special interest money from the health care industry.
The White House encouraged Baucus to quietly negotiate deals with the insurance lobby, drug companies and other special interest groups, despite promises to run a different kind of White House. "The president said that having people at the table is better than having them throw stuff at the table," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer tells FRONTLINE.
To navigate the process of health reform, President Obama turned to his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a consummate deal maker, who helped stock the West Wing with an all-star lineup of congressional insiders. But almost immediately, a key member of the team was forced to step down, and the country's greatest champion of health reform, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), was sidelined with incurable brain cancer. The administration's hopes for reform rested with Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the powerful head of the Senate Finance Committee, who also happened to be one of the Senate's top recipients of special interest money from the health care industry.
The White House encouraged Baucus to quietly negotiate deals with the insurance lobby, drug companies and other special interest groups, despite promises to run a different kind of White House. "The president said that having people at the table is better than having them throw stuff at the table," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer tells FRONTLINE.
Jem is on a closed loop. When he can't respond rationally, he just starts over hoping to wear the other out.
you are the one who said republicans were in favor of single payer multiple times.
talk about a loop non of you leftist accept that fact that obama pelosi and reid are responsible for obamacare.
you blame romney and baucus to the republicans who did not vote for it... everyone but not the guy whose name is on it and the woman who said it has to be passed to know whats in it.
you drones lie like dogs.
talk about a loop non of you leftist accept that fact that obama pelosi and reid are responsible for obamacare.
you blame romney and baucus to the republicans who did not vote for it... everyone but not the guy whose name is on it and the woman who said it has to be passed to know whats in it.
you drones lie like dogs.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act consists of a combination of measures to control healthcare costs, and an expansion of coverage through public and private insurance: broader Medicaid eligibility and Medicare coverage, and subsidized, regulated private insurance. An individual mandate coupled with subsidies for private insurance as a means for universal healthcare was considered the best way to win the support of the Senate because it had been included in prior bipartisan reform proposals. The concept goes back to at least 1989, when the conservative Heritage Foundation proposed an individual mandate as an alternative to single-payer health care.[48] It was championed for a time by conservative economists and Republican senators as a market-based approach to healthcare reform on the basis of individual responsibility and avoidance of free rider problems. Specifically, because the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requires any hospital participating in Medicare (which nearly all do) to provide emergency care to anyone who needs it, the government often indirectly bore the cost of those without the ability to pay.[49][50][51]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#Legislative_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#Legislative_history
and I never made such a statement. so it was your assertion.... what did you do with the real dbphoenix. you dead handle posting imposter.