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Offline Carl

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Disgusting
« on: November 12, 2013, 08:53:38 AM »
Not sure the best place to put this but this is what our media is reduced to.  :censored:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The underdog of government health care programs is emerging as the rare early success story of President Barack Obama's technologically challenged health overhaul.
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Re: Disgusting
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2013, 09:05:02 AM »
Fewer than 50k people have signed up on the exchanges, and they are probably the people just over the Medicaid limits, but still getting subsidies from the government.

Others are finding sticker shock and may just not get insured until they get sick and need it.




 
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Offline JohnnyReb

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Re: Disgusting
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2013, 08:12:16 AM »
Putting 440,000 more on the government tit is good????????????????? :???: :???: :???:
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Re: Disgusting
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2013, 08:14:33 AM »
And Medicaid already existed... as I have been saying.  WE DIDN'T NEED A WHOLE NEW LAW that ****s the whole country!
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