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oberliner
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:49 AM Original message |
More Americans than not want health law repeal: poll |
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RC
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:52 AM Original message |
That is one of the danger of Push Polls. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Or even a meaningful public option. Oh, well, maybe in 2055. |
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Tesha
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Change requires that a political party be willing to lose an election for it. |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. Show that this was a push poll. |
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dotymed
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
28. That is true. This poll indicates what many of us have been |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. In a related story, Republicans excel at propaganda and are persistent at it. |
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no_hypocrisy
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. What subset of the repeal group wants Single Payer? |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Not really a fair question. |
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SkyDaddy7
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. It will take massive $ campaign & lots of TIME... |
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Laelth
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The American people don't have to be "taught." That's not how the U.K got the NHS. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. It's not how the American people got Medicare, either. Or Social Security before that. |
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jwirr
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Agreed - as to time we have been waiting since Harry Truman. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Not really. Truman didn't push it Nixon would have passed it if Kennedy hadn't blocked him. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. I disagree. A health care law that is a bailout for companies that don't need bailouts |
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Laelth
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Count me amongst those who favor repeal and would prefer single payer. n/t |
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jwirr
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I have worked and lobbied for single payer for years. But I want to |
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Laelth
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Wed Nov-16-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Not sure I understand what you're asking, but here goes. |
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jwirr
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Wed Nov-16-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I see - I know that MN wanted to start their own single payer but |
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Laelth
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I think California is in a holding pattern. |
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dkf
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. That isn't a contradiction. They don't like the way Obama tried to cover everyone. |
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emulatorloo
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No, the Republican Propaganda Machine was very effective. |
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dkf
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Well I don't like it. It doesn't even fix the long run numbers. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. True, but the combination of no public option plus a mandate is ve unpopular. Both things are true. |
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CBHagman
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I think you're on the mark. |
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emulatorloo
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. Contradictions = the success of the rightwing noise machine in poisoning the well. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Yep, plus an unpopular law. Really deadly combo. |
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JustAnotherGen
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm perfectly okay with the results |
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William Seger
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. They should have a poll... |
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emulatorloo
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It includes Death Panels and free healthcare for illegal aliens. That's what I heard. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Anothrer good point! |
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Ship of Fools
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Wed Nov-16-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Absolutely ... I've heard it described that |
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ProSense
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. First |
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joanbarnes
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. Repeal and replace with Medicare for all. |
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CountAllVotes
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Willing to pay $100 a month plus the cost of supplemental insurance? |
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jwirr
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Wed Nov-16-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Good point - few people understand that recipients pay for Medicare |
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Yo_Mama
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. It's far worse than that |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Please see Reply 43. And Medicare is like Democracy. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I think most people know that, either because they are on it or know someone who is, |
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CountAllVotes
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Thu Nov-17-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. some people I know believe that Medicare is free |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Couple of things. |
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jwirr
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. unfortunately that was not an option on the poll and probably not |
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Scuba
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm OK with that if it's replaced with Medicare for All. n/t |
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emulatorloo
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Remember, Joe Liebermann would not allow Medicare for over 55. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Sorry, the automatic Joe Lieberman alibi doesn't make it. |
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Laelth
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. I also favor its repeal. n/t |
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Old and In the Way
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
25. Private Insurance mandates = fail. Single payer healthcare = win |
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NorthCarolina
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That is exactly correct, however the Dems are just as "owned" by corporate elites as the GOP. nt |
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area51
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Thu Nov-17-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. +1 n/t |
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stockholmer
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. until the US gets single-payer,universal health care,it's doomed,the Obama plan is corporatist shite |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Which is precisely why Uygur is no longer on MSNBC. |
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CRK7376
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. They didn't poll me. |
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VaYallaDawg
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Wed Nov-16-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. Saddest part about losing HC coverage |
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No Elephants
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. They won't be repealing it any time soon. And if they do repeal it, |
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
52. Yeah, contradiction indeed. |
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