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Obamacare is upheld by the Supreme Court

By iwog   Follow   Thu, 28 Jun 2012, 7:18am   17,851 views   298 comments
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Whoops.......so much for Shrek's predictive ability. I'm beginning to like Roberts. First he throws out the Arizona law, now he upholds health care reform.

I'm actually pretty amazed by this decision. I hope it represents a real evolution in the thinking of John Roberts and not just a couple of instances of temporary sanity.

Liberal chief justice John Roberts........I like the sound of that!

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1. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 171 threads 4,222 comments Premium

   1   9:18am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (6)   Dislike   The primary care exodus started 10-15 years ago. My sister's lost three since the mid-1990s. Same story. Can't spend half their time screaming at insurance drones on the phone and call it a life. This will just finish off the entire system. The rich will fly to private clinics pay cash. The poor will buy hunting rifles and blow their own brains out when they can't take the pain any more. It's the only reasonable outcome.

2. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   2   9:45am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (5)   Dislike   HEY YOU says For those that wants to leave this country, I'm immediately ready to help you move. Can you get me citizenship in Canada?

3. Andy S Follow Befriend 6 threads 17 comments Seattle, WA

   3   9:52am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (6)   Dislike (2)   The ruling today by Scotus is a step forward for all citizens. How can America be proud when they currently stand at #37 in the WHO World Health Crea Rankings. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems That is only two places in front of Cuba, who have been subjected to economic sanctions for years. And considering that the USA spends the most on healthcare of any nation, you should be #1 in the rankings. I grew up in England as a child, and was used to our single payer system with the NHS, and it is so much better than what I currently have in the USA under an employer based private system. Realistically, all Americans should be appalled that their country is at #37. Coincidently, even the CIA has the USA on the Life Expectancy rankings at #51. Which is one place behind Cuba. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy#List_by_the_CIA_World_Factbook_.282011_estimates.29 Come this July 4th, Americans really have little to celebrate in real terms of quality of life, affordable healthcare, Life expectancy, as in reality someone in Monaco is going to enjoy life by a whole 11.36 more years. But hey, atleast you have the Worlds best military that is 13 times larger than its nearest rival, but cannot defeat a group of rags heads in a underdeveloped country.

4. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   4   10:41am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike   Andy S says But hey, atleast you have the Worlds best military that is 13 times larger than its nearest rival, but cannot defeat a group of rags heads in a underdeveloped country. Pathetic isn't it? But as we all know, military spending is primarily for enriching the top 0.1%, not for actual defense.

5. tatupu70 Follow Befriend (3) 15 threads 5,653 comments

   5   11:00am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike   StoutFiles says The cost should then be heavily weighted based on your age and conditions. If they can still afford it, perfect. As long as my payments are not affected by other people. lol--I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that your above opinion will change as you get older...

6. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 171 threads 4,222 comments Premium

   6   8:11am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   The civil suits and campaigns at doctor's office level will begin immediately, as well as offshore funding of political disruption campaigns to get rid of Obama, seat Romney, and begin dismantling of Obamacare, medicare, medicade, social security and, of course, establishment of helicopter hunting licenses for 'illegals' on the premise that wetbacks are the Real Reason health care is not half as cheap as it could be, even though it is the best in the world, none better, etc.

7. AverageBear Follow Befriend (1) 13 threads 345 comments Boston, MA

   7   9:14am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike (1)   Get ready for ALOT of primary care doctors retiring early, leaving the profession. Get ready to wait a LONG time to get a hold of a primary doctor. Get ready for a shortage of doctors in general.

8. FortWayne Follow Befriend (13) 103 threads 3,768 comments

   8   9:52am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   StoutFiles says Exactly. My rates will increase dramatically because less than 1% of the population will game the system with their insane conditions. Absolutely agree. Yet the left, that chooses to stay uninformed thinks this will not make insurance more prohibitively expensive. The penalty of $95 or whatever it is, isn't going to be anywhere close to the huge surgery bills that will result from people getting insurance post trauma because they cannot be declined. And since with this law pre existing conditions cannot be used to determine individual risk, that risk has to be assumed across the board... Healthcare costs will skyrocket and so will insurance since they are a pass through system.

9. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,983 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   9   1:55pm Fri 29 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   I leave ya'll for three days - and you can't get along?

10. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,576 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    10   8:13am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Ruki says In other words, what YOU were prepared to do to him if he didn't backstab the Constitution the way that he did. Wow seriously? There isn't anyone on the left with the hatred for this country that the right exhibits every day. I think Roberts was an ass for Citizen's United but maybe he's coming around. I've never called him a traitor, burned him in effigy, or sent him a death threat.

11. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,576 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    11   8:16am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike (1)   Ruki says Obama and the Dems needed this to tanked by the court...now, they are in real trouble. I'll chalk this up to the same quality as all your other predictions. "I'll make sure health care corporations can deny coverage for your child!" ~ Romney 2012

12. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,576 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    12   8:19am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says Which means rates go up. A lot. There's no free lunch. And now I MUST pay whatever rate the insurnace companie demand, or I pay a penalty. How is this a victory for anyone? Because your premise is flawed. EVERYONE IS ALREADY COVERED. Anyone having a heart attack drives to the nearest hospital regardless of insurance and is treated immediately. We might see costs drop instead of increase because poor people will be able to get medication instead of suffering the very expensive results of having none.

13. StoutFiles Follow Befriend (1) 24 threads 557 comments

    13   8:36am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Ruki says And the fix for that is to let them die on the street instead of forcing the rest of us to pay for it. Exactly. My rates will increase dramatically because less than 1% of the population will game the system with their insane conditions. Then again, I'm somewhat of a heartless bastard who approves of releasing the elderly from the community similar to the The Giver or Logan's Run.

14. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 250 threads 4,758 comments

    14   9:02am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike (1)   iwog says You mean my insurance premiums will go up 15% every year like they have for the last 10 years? OH NOES!!! Fact in 2010 a family of 4 anual premium was $3,997 and now under obamacare it will be $12,500 Which I find hard to belive it already is 20K a year.

15. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    15   9:10am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike (2)   No one ever accused the teabaggers of being sane.

16. bdrasin Follow Befriend 6 threads 490 comments Alameda, CA

    16   9:28am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   People who want to move to Canada to escape a government-run health care industry: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-moving-to-canada-because-of-obamacare

17. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    17   9:29am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike (2)   StoutFiles says People might be electing Romney just to get Obamacare nixed. Which would be stupid. What about RomneyCare in MA? But then again, no one ever accused the teabaggers of acting on facts.

18. swebb Follow Befriend (3) 29 threads 490 comments Denver, CO

    18   10:09am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Andy S says Realistically, all Americans should be appalled that their country is at #37. It is shocking, but I think there are two sides to this coin. I think Americans tend to have less healthy lifestyles than many benchmark countries. It would be interesting to see data on the average BMI, for example, of the countries in that ranking. It's absolutely shocking to return to the United States after traveling abroad for a week or so. FAT FAT FAT people everywhere you look. God help you if you fly into Cincinnati. I wonder how our health care system would rank if fat Americans weren't so fat.

19. Andy S Follow Befriend 6 threads 17 comments Seattle, WA

    19   10:26am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike

20. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 171 threads 4,222 comments Premium

    20   10:33am Thu 28 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   If President and Plenipotentiary for Life Sarah Palin had been able to place David Koch and Dick Cheney on the Supreme Court, this catastrophe of marxist adventurism would never have happened! Death Panels assemble in 15 minutes! Kiss grandma and grandpa goodbye before they get the hatchet!