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To: Alighieri who wrote (871716)	7/10/2015 1:54:02 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1578588

>> Are you really so naive as to think that this is the first time a law has passed without bipartisan support? Have you forgotten Part D's midnight vote? Were you really born yesterday and be so pigheaded as to continue to be the useful idiot or are you going to support politicians who want to be constructive? Part D wasn't the most sweeping piece of legislation in the nation's history. And Obamacare destroyed it, more than doubling the deficit it caused. There is no equivalence at ALL here. Part D didn't uproot and discard the best health care system in the world (and until it was destroyed by Obamacare, was the first piece of health care legislation EVER to come in consistently under budget in this country). And let's get down to it: Dems were willing to forego the benefit for Seniors altogether just because it wasn't single payer and involved private insurance; which, at the end of the day, saved 50% over the pre-ACA life of the program.

To: Alighieri who wrote (871716)	7/10/2015 3:15:29 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By gamesmistress TideGlider Respond to of 1578588

But then a questioner had the temerity to ask Obama about massive rate hikes in the state: “I don’t know if you’re aware,” the questioner said, “that BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has announced a significant increase after the one that they gave from 2014 to 2015.” BCBS is asking for a 36.3% hike in premiums this year, on top of the 18%-plus increase they got last year, because “claims significantly exceed the premiums collected.” Obama’s response was to tell her to “stay on your insurance commissioner, pay attention to what they’re doing.” Those insurance companies, he said, always ask for sky-high rate increases, and if the commissioner “does their job in not just passively reviewing the rates” then rates will “come in significantly lower than what’s being requested.” Translation: Obama said, "We totally wrecked the system. We thought we could just TELL insurance companies they don't need to break even, let alone turn a profit, and that would handle the problem. In short, you're fucked, and it is the Republicans' (who didn't vote for the law) fault.