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ACA and smoking by RobVG October 25, 2013 8:05 pm

Bad drivers hate that their record is known to their auto insurers too. by alcaray 2013-10-26 19:01:18
What a load of horse shit by Jody 2013-10-26 09:17:49
- Are you and I the only smokers left here by FrankC 2013-10-26 18:40:46
- A lot of employers are asking that now. by ER 2013-10-26 10:54:39
  - BINGO by Jody 2013-10-26 11:07:03
- I don't get the indignation here. by TB 2013-10-26 10:11:43
  - "You don't drink don't smoke, what do ya do?" by RobVG 2013-10-26 11:11:27
    - looks like a trade-off by Robert 2013-10-26 19:55:59
      - It's easy to dump on smokers. by ER 2013-10-26 21:49:36
        
        Single payer, the universal solvent. by Robert 2013-10-27 21:35:42
        
        They cost me money. They harm my health. by alcaray 2013-10-27 16:09:56
        
        They aren't apologetic. Instead they are quite strident. by alcaray 2013-10-27 16:10:38
    - "It’s one thing when your insurance company asks if you smoke. It’s another when it’s a government condition for using the health exchange." by ER 2013-10-26 11:41:09
      - "Shoppers" by RobVG 2013-10-26 12:09:56
        
        It's fraud if you do it directly to an insurance company, too. by alcaray 2013-10-26 14:51:25
        
        The government isn't selling you the insurance. by ER 2013-10-26 13:19:26
        
        EDIT: by ER 2013-10-26 13:43:12
        
        I can't argue with any of that. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-26 18:27:27
        
        Still digging. by RobVG 2013-10-26 13:42:41
  - I didn't say it shouldn't... by Jody 2013-10-26 10:39:31
Cripes, my car insurer asks if we smoke. by TB 2013-10-25 20:37:05
- That was initially a matter of attention to the road . . . by DanS 2013-10-27 11:19:19
  - Not inane. Mostly, it's statistics. by TB 2013-10-27 11:35:26

"Arrival of Obamacare forcing insurers to drop customers with low coverage" by RobVG October 24, 2013 9:32 pm

You do know what would cure that instantly, don't you? by Robert 2013-10-25 09:23:51
- Yup. The ACA is probably just a foot in the door. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-25 16:31:10
  - And that's a good thing. by Robert 2013-10-25 16:43:15
It's a no-brainer--like adopting the metric system. by ER 2013-10-25 04:30:47
You can't make real mayonnaise without breaking a few eggs... by FrankC 2013-10-25 00:21:40

Yes please by Robert October 25, 2013 8:27 am

That's mighty white of him. by ER 2013-10-25 10:04:14

Petition to make the source code for healthcare.gov open source by Robert October 23, 2013 11:27 am

American Democracy has been strengthened by BuckGalaxy October 17, 2013 11:47 am

Listen to the Words by ER 2013-10-17 17:46:03
- Hysterical note by ER 2013-10-17 18:09:10
That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger by Robert 2013-10-17 16:52:53
- Moved the subthread about bowser to Community by Robert 2013-10-23 10:30:20

The war on drugs by Jody October 17, 2013 10:45 am

Rep. Chris Van Hollen on "The GOP's little rule change they hoped you wouldn't notice" by Robert October 15, 2013 11:56 am

They plugged the drain, filled the tub, tried to drown the government. by podrock 2013-10-16 19:59:41
- (snort) by Robert 2013-10-16 21:24:12
Contempt for democracy? by RobVG 2013-10-16 18:12:37
- Seriously? by alcaray 2013-10-16 19:50:47
- Seriously? by Robert 2013-10-16 19:04:03
  - Oops! I see I aped your subject line. by alcaray 2013-10-16 19:51:30
    - I prefer the term "rendered an homage" by Robert 2013-10-16 23:49:31
- What majority? by ER 2013-10-16 19:00:14
The Reichstag is on fire, and they're blaming the Communists. by ER 2013-10-15 12:06:40
- Not to worry. by bowser 2013-10-15 12:30:09

The aftermath by alcaray October 16, 2013 2:48 pm

At least we kept our bond rating intact this time. by alcaray 2013-10-16 17:16:41
"Incredible victory" says Sen Cruz by Tony 2013-10-16 17:10:11
Not to mention the costs due to lost efficiencies, economies of scale, adjustments, etc. by ER 2013-10-16 15:30:21

Klein: Baby Boomers Ruined The Government by ER October 15, 2013 10:20 pm

Emergency rooms by TB October 14, 2013 8:14 pm

hmmm by alcaray 2013-10-14 21:45:34
- "I never heard of this either." by TB 2013-10-15 08:02:26
  - I heard your guys say over and over that we didn't need to worry about the uninsured... by alcaray 2013-10-15 12:00:54
  - Have you ever been in an inner city ER? by Tony 2013-10-15 08:39:36
    - Probably Medicaid. by TB 2013-10-15 09:16:29
    - Maybe there's reason that over a third of ERs closed down by Tony 2013-10-15 09:09:56
      - No matter. Those PEEPLE don't matter. by ER 2013-10-15 09:22:20
        
        What were your objections to the article? Be specific. by TB 2013-10-15 09:35:15
        
        None whatsoever. by ER 2013-10-15 10:10:04
        
        In short, you got nothing except "siddown and shut the f**k up!" by TB 2013-10-15 11:25:53
        
        Lock and load. He's coming back. by ER 2013-10-15 11:32:37
        
        And, he underlines it. by TB 2013-10-15 11:44:00

Dave Ramsey on the Affordable Care Act. by Jody October 14, 2013 7:11 pm

The math tells us... by FrankC 2013-10-15 01:12:08
- Anything that is subsidized becomes expensive. by TB 2013-10-15 07:43:55

Half a billion dollars by TB October 13, 2013 11:20 am

Republicans have done all they could to block, confuse, disrupt and interfere with this process. by bowser 2013-10-13 21:36:26
- They have no shame. by DanS 2013-10-14 04:32:22
He doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground by Robert 2013-10-13 19:14:45
- There's a lot more stories where that one came from. by TB 2013-10-13 19:56:26
- better critiques by Robert 2013-10-13 19:47:40
  - Thanks. We crossed posts, but we're obviously reading the same stuff. by TB 2013-10-13 20:01:11
    - Oh? by Robert 2013-10-14 10:28:51
      - It ain't paranoia if you've watched it happen for years. by TB 2013-10-14 15:13:11
        
        But then, you would think that, wouldn't you? by Robert 2013-10-14 23:18:07
Just think, TB. by ER 2013-10-13 12:01:21
- If you think the politics is the most important takeaway, yeah. by TB 2013-10-13 12:10:19
  - I gladly pay school taxes and I never had kids. by ER 2013-10-13 13:04:16
    - You won't be contributing to Obamacare by RobVG 2013-10-13 14:45:27
      - That's not true. by alcaray 2013-10-13 19:30:17
        
        At this point in history I think you can just tack any new spending onto the debt. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-14 07:09:58
        
        income - spending = debt or surplus. how profound. by alcaray 2013-10-14 16:16:36
      - So who will be contributing to Obamacare? by ER 2013-10-13 16:08:02
        
        Why don't you actually find out? by TB 2013-10-13 16:49:35
    - Nobody said anything about taxes. by TB 2013-10-13 14:24:26
      - Somebody's taxes will pay for at least part of it. by ER 2013-10-13 16:21:15
You try creating 30 or so new and exceedingly complicated websites without any of them having trouble at launch. by alcaray 2013-10-13 11:40:11
- There lays the problem by SteveS 2013-10-14 08:36:53
- Do they really have to interact . . . ? by DanS 2013-10-14 04:37:25
30 million. by TB 2013-10-13 11:33:27

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