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Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 | 9:25 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Its place assured alongside Medicare and Medicaid, President Barack Obama's health care law is now in a sprint to the finish line, with just 11 months to go before millions of uninsured people can start signing up for coverage. But there are hurdles in the way. Republican governors who derided "Obamacare" will now have to decide whether they somehow can join the team. And the administration could stumble under the sheer strain of carrying out the complex legislation, or get tripped up if budget talks with Congress lead to scaling back the plan. "The clarity brought about by ...
What's so confusing? The US Supreme Court ruled Obama Care a constitutional tax and Tuesday 60 million agreed to pay it.
Its a tax. Simple as that. I sincerly hope everyone is happy.
"On Capitol Hill, Republicans say if a budget deal is going to include tax increases, it must also come with cuts to the health care law, or money-saving delays in its implementation."
This is where President Obama needs to take a harder line. Shut down government the way Clinton did, that woke up the Republicans before and will again. Republicans do not know how to negotiate unless the populace applies pressure...call there bluff and shut down government if they do not reasonably negotiate.
Trying to use non-germane 'trades' is standard for Republicans. They are famous for attaching abortion amendments to any legislation they do not like causing Democrats to vote against the legislation because of their ridiculous amendments they KNOW will kill legislation...commonly called 'poison pill' amendments.
Their is a big wave of drop coverages and co-pay increases and drop benefits that are about to hit the country in about 3 to 9 months.
A wave of layoffs will occur too.
There is going to be a lot pain and regret.
Book money on it.
It will happen.
And big business rushes to cut all full time employees to part time status to avoid having to offer them insurance. (loophole, he he he)
The best part of ObamaCare is that people will no longer be denied a plan based on the bogus "pre-existing" rules that insurance companies used as a wet blanket to deny coverage. You've got people out there free and clear from cancer for 10 years being called "pre-existing" by the insurance industry. Even Romney called it a farce.
Obama is already going to get a tax rise in the largest taxpayer group Jan 1, those making under $34,000, from 10 to 15% and a decrease for the child deduction from $1000 to $500 per kid, a tax on the working poor if you will. That isn't enough? He needs more taxes? Starting Jan 1 all working people will see their paychecks shrink. That is just a fact. All this "we'll only raise taxes on those who make over 250K a year" was a lie.
Love the ACA! Thank you Mr. President.
Love the ACA! Thank you Mr. President
Read MickeyA's comment. Nothing more need be said.
Did I mention: I AM HAPPY!!!! My happiness goes beyond happy. I am thrilled, euphoric, and completely overjoyed that the president won and that ACA will NOT be repealed by the big bad wolf.
Did I say that I AM EXTREMELY excited and cannot wait until implementation!
Oops, I forgot to mention how elated I am that 31 Million Americans will receive healthcare!
Oh yes, I wanted to say how ecstatic I am that poor women will be able to obtain necessary cancer screenings and preventive care!
Darn, I am beyond thrilled that people with pre-existing conditions will have access to healthcare coverage! Or people who had a pre-existing condition years ago will not be denied healthcare coverage!
Yippee, I am so so happy that people who have fallen on hard times will receive healthcare coverage!!
Yep I am HAPPY! AND, I thank President Barack Obama and will for as long as I live for fighting for the majority of the American People.
Am I happy yes, because Healthcare Reform was a BFD!
Oh, did I say "Yes We Can" "Yes We Will" "Yes We Did it Again" for 4 more years!"
Thank you President Barack Obama and everyone who fought so hard for Healthcare Reform!
Oh, but yes there is always more to be said.
Thank You to every elected official that fought so hard for ACA!
I'm happy about ACA too Kepi.
@MickeyA is so bizarre that people don't understand this fact. Perhaps it was the rhetoric from Obama stating that he would not raise taxes. Correct, he isn't technically raising taxes, he's letting the tax rates expire which in turn raise the taxes for the low midddle and upper taxes.
Mickey has it--we must eliminate all those credits for chucking out more kids than a family can support. The tax code should not be a welfare system where we send people $10,000 without having any income tax withheld from pay--actually had a credit with each pay check.
What I find so bizarre, it one's assumption of another person's understanding :)
"Starting Jan 1 all working people will see their paychecks shrink. That is just a fact."
No, this is not a "fact." It's your assumption that Congress will do absolutely nothing to extend the Bush tax cuts in avoidance of the fiscal cliff.
You can call that a guess, a prognostication, an assumption, a hypothesis... but it is not a fact.
Finally, a reality check from a voice of reason. Thank you, Kevin for your comment.
We need a single payer system. Let's hope we get one.
The middle class is going to pay for this fiasco. They will put in a surcharge on the medicare tax. You elected Obama and you are going to pay for it.
Taxes go up on jan first because bush tax reduction sunsets. GOPers love tax sunsets. If the GOP wants to keep these tax reductions for the under 250k crowd, they can pass the bill by Reid to do so. Actually it is the GOP who is raising taxes for the under 250k set by their intransigence to keep tax cuts for the rich, Romney crowd.
Btw, the part time ploy is used by domino pizza and others today to get around current laws like ERISA.
This is a direct response to Dumb-for-life who posted earlier. Let me place your comment in perspective....
Once we clean the halls of the Jews, once we banish the inferior races, once we; as the Intelligent, have thrown out and displaced the people in society who wish only prosperity and not equality; then and only then we can make the Fatherland what it rightly should become.....
Adolf Hitler (May of 1938)
Sounds like I have heard this before.....
Now is the time to tweak the law, which was passed by innumerable little blackmails by both sides.
Maybe the kids in congress can play nice for a day?
I am sure Obama will sign good sense legislation that improves the law, as authored by r's and d's. (lower case with purpose)
Should Congress have the same healthcare plan as ordinary Americans like you and me? If you believe this is fair... PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN... SIGN THIS PETITION.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio...