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JD_Bugs asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

Why are cons so afraid of ObamaCare?

If they really thought it would fail I believe they would want it to continue. Afterall, I say "go Sarah and Ted, go" because I know for certain that they damage the GOP. Is this too complicated?

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  • Katz22
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Maybe they are afraid that once Obamacare is fully implemented people will love it. That outcome would be good for the American people but not for the naysayers in the GOP.

  • 8 years ago

    Like any government program, it will need funding. We are already spending billions more than we have coming in in taxes so should we raise taxes? Or will they find ways to cut the spending for the care?

    How about you get an old fashioned (cheap) open gallbladder operation instead of the new (expensive) gallbladder operation using small instruments and a camera?

    How about you get the old (cheap) medications with a lot of side effects for your heart and blood pressure instead of the new (expensive) medications with no side effects?

    How about you get told you can not get your total hip or knee because your BMI is too high and you have to lose a bunch of weight before you can even get on the list for surgery?

    Obama care will turn medical care into a sham where cheap beats best. You want cheap care, fine, I want the best.

  • 8 years ago

    I'm not afraid of Obamacare.

    It's just that I can't afford it.

    My premium is set to go up $312 per month in January.

    With my income and current obligations, I cannot possibly come up with an extra $312 each month.

    And, I have a feeling that I am not the only one.

    I suppose that Obama does not understand that some of us are not privy to the same deficit spending as government.

    Forward?

  • R J
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    it takes half a trillion out of the private sector in the form of penalties and look at the 'cost comparison' here in the CBOs own site who are depending on it to help pay. That is an astronomical amount to pull out of the private sector.

    Business mandate pushed back to 2015, first anyone making over 30 hours that is on the books will be considered full time as of March 2014 and since the bill was signed businesses have been only hiring part time 90% of the time.

    People paying for something they didn't need. seems people got along before for decades and now the government is going to sell them something that is way more expensive in 45 of the states than they had before.

    http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527...

    http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44176

    http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/27/3-years-of-oba...

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Everyone is afraid of Obama Care. Even he no longer calls it Obama Care. It has affected all of us to the point where it's really going to be hard for a Democrat to be elected next go around.

    If you aren't afraid of Obama Care, you must be one of the people that qualified for Medicaid.

  • Di
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Interestingly, it would appear that Democrats are afraid of Obamacare to the extent that they feel they must change parts of it or, delay implementation.

    The beast Democrats created will meet them in the mid term elections.

  • 8 years ago

    Perhaps their fears are being realized. In Louisiana, a recent election was won by the REPUBLICAN who was for expanding Medicaid, which their Republican governor refused to do. The Tea Party anti-ACA candidate lost!

  • 8 years ago

    Because obama and the IRS have already proved they do not like conservatives.

    I do not want a democrat obamacrare administrator making my medical decisions

  • 8 years ago

    Who's afraid of it. We don't like it because WE can see the flaws and the trouble it will and is causing. I guess you are a big supporter of 'Pass it, then read it." Pelosi.

  • 8 years ago

    You don't make any sense.

    They think it's a bad and harmful law, and that's why they want to get rid of it. Why would they want it to continue?

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