Obama Care vs Republicans

[glatt]

I heard some snippet at NPR this morning that said there are tons of people going to the sites to check them out and not actually trying to do anything. Tourists, basically.

They also said that most people disapprove of the sites in some poll they did, but the people who actually have gone to the sites rate them better than the people who haven't been.

For what it's worth, I checked out the site for Virginia, and was amazed at the number of options available. The prices were more than I'm paying now for my portion of my employer provided plan, but I'd need to dig out some paperwork to see if they are more than what I and my employer are paying combined. I think they are comparable. Also, at our income level and family size, we would be eligible for some discount. Not sure how much.

[Griff]

I heard an NPR report, last week maybe, interviewing a code monkey who explained how stupid the government always is on this kind of stuff. Basically they want all the functionality immediately instead a building a little at a time and adding more bells and whistles with each release like everyone else does it.

[Lamplighter]

Cheney is the topic of talking heads this week because he has "authored" a book about his heart.

USA TODAY
Susan Page
October 21, 2013
Cheney book documents his struggles with heart disease

He had the first of five heart attacks in 1978, when he was 37
and running in his first political campaign, for the Republican nomination
for Wyoming's sole seat in the House of Representatives.

Over the 35 years that followed, he has been saved from disability or death
through a series of medical advancements in treating heart disease that
often became widely available just at the time he needed them most.

He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988 and, finally, the heart transplant in March 2012.

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Ummmm.... what are the odds for getting a transplant if you are/were not VP of the US government ?



By the way, Cheney supports the Tea Party assault on Obamacare.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Cheney is the topic of talking heads this week because he has "authored" a book about his heart.

Ooh. That is news.


So Cheney has a heart. Who knew?

[Lamplighter]

Maybe they just slipped the transplant into his chest cavity,
and made stone soup from whatever it was that was there before.

[Adak]

The Republicans couldn't stop or even slow down Obamacare, but not to worry - the Democrats own incompetent website, which starts falling apart with as few as 200 calls at one time, has done it for them!

They can't make a web site that works, but they damn sure want to run our health care industry.

Oh yeah!

[henry quirk]

Adak,

I imagine -- after a little time and whole lotta bucks -- the on-line portal(s) will run just fine.

More's the pity…