Dan,

"Do you blame Republicans for repealing it, or Democrats?"

Technically, the mandate wasn't repealed.

Just the penalty was changed to zero.

But repealed works.

Dan,

If Trump gets the green light to work on this, and if he applies himself with the same energy and drive he has shown this term, I hope and pray people work together and not pull political stunts to sabotage things.

That's a real possibility.

Dan,

"NO ONE ever left without admitting the need for a mandate."

Maybe...maybe not...additional money would always help fuel the engine.

But...saying it must happen for healthcare to work??

To me, the single most important thing that MUST be done is implementing cost controls. And that smacks in the face of capitalism, free enterprise, etc. That's what makes it so difficult, and probably why most efforts haven't lasted.

The temporary extension will not be addressing anything about healthcare, from what I've heard.
I seriously doubt, if this temporary extension is thru Jan, there won't be a people number crunching hard and fast.

Snoofy,

"If you don't like the system, then come up with a better system."

I think they're working on it now.

Hopefully money will be opening up at least thru end of Jan.

Trump said he wants to "fix" Healthcare, which would be a LOT more than just ACA if done right.

Laura,

"I thought you were going to bed. Hmmmmmmm"

What makes you think I'm not in bed?

Some of my best work is in bed.

Dan,

"Every honest broker has admitted plans like the ACA won't work without a mandate."

A mandate without offsetting cost controls, nothing is solved.

Costs will rise to match and you'll be right back here again asking for more money to feed the greedy system.

#49 is fake quotes

Good night all..
Yea..for real

Redial,

I figured it out.

Redial,

Hmmm...I'll have to figure it out.

Clown,

"Prejudice towards Jews..."

That's all I read.

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Clown,

"I'm proud to say I started that snowball."

Good for you.

Everyone should take note.

The moderator should list their posting names.

Clown,

"Conservatives will create newer battles to fight?"

You don't see it and I don't expect you ever would but, some of what you're seeing today coming from conservatives is defensive, not offensive.

Liberals have been on the offense about many worthy good causes, they fought and won.

That's a good thing.

But, I think they're running out worthy causes.

Immigration and handling the border was poorly thought out.

Transgender stuff was really botched.

And ACA, they are severely screwing the pooch.

ACA wasn't planned well and in fact was pushed through by Democrats.

Now, they're really in a mess.

They're scraping bottom and their ship is headed for the rocks.

Thankfully there are some level headed Democrats, who might be the future of the Democratic Party, grabbing hold of the wheel.

Maybe they can steer the ship back to sanity.