Thread: Do you support Obama Care ?

Union Boss Now Wishes That Conservatives Had Saved Him From Himself
By Brian Carey on September 13, 2013

Ed Hill is the president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union. He is also someone who wishes that conservatives had successfully defeated ObamaCare.

Well, that’s his opinion today. Around the 2009-2010 time frame, when ObamaCare was still being debated in Congress and in the media, Mr. Hill and his union buddies were big supporters of the President’s health care plan. http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/19/...ey-helped-pass

The reason that they were supporters of his health care plan is for one unbelievably stupid reason: they actually believed the promises that President Obama made about it.

Of course, as conservatives, we knew that those promises were bunk. We said so repeatedly. But did Mr. Hill listen to us? Nope.

Now, he wishes that he had listened us. Because now he also realizes that those promises that President Obama made were bunk. He said as much to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka’s face.

It’s hard to feel sorry for someone as naive as Mr. Hill. Having been involved in the union movement for 56 years, he should know that Democrats lie on a regular basis, especially when making promises about bolstering the middle class or only raising taxes on the rich.

He was duped because he was an idiot. Now, members of his union are going to lose health care coverage because he was duped.

Honestly, we don’t even shed crocodile tears for the economically pig-ignorant pee-wits who actually believed anything this President tried to say about his health care reform plan. It was never about health care. It was about making the middle class more dependent on government and expanding the welfare state.

People will suffer because Mr. Hill played the fool.

We warned him.

Have a look at the video below.


http://downtrend.com/brian-carey/uni...-from-himself/

LA Times: People who sign up for Obamacare to get health care might have a hard time getting health care
By Doug Powers • September 16, 2013 12:01 PM

A brief flashback just to set the mood: “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor



The latest on that “you can keep your doctor” promise via the L.A. Times: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,2814725.story

The doctor can’t see you now.

Consumers may hear that a lot more often after getting health insurance under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

To hold down premiums, major insurers in California have sharply limited the number of doctors and hospitals available to patients in the state’s new health insurance market opening Oct. 1.

New data reveal the extent of those cuts in California, a crucial test bed for the federal healthcare law.

These diminished medical networks are fueling growing concerns that many patients will still struggle to get care despite the nation’s biggest healthcare expansion in half a century.

Consumers could see long wait times, a scarcity of specialists and loss of a longtime doctor.

So basically the Obamacare law could be little more than a multitrillion dollar waiting room? To your health! :

**Written by Doug Powers http://michellemalkin.com/2013/09/16...g-health-care/

The House just voted to Defund ObamaCare.

"Share" if you think the Senate should join the House and Defund ObamaCare! Call Senate Republicans here: http://bit.ly/1bvHZkL

House passes spending bill to defund Obamacare
By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times - Friday, September 20, 2013

House Republicans passed their stopgap funding bill Friday to keep government open while terminating the new health care law, setting up a final showdown next week with Senate Democrats and President Obama who have firmly rejected the GOP approach.

The 230-189 vote, which split almost exactly along party lines, is the precursor to the big action next week, when the Democratic majority in the Senate is expected to strip out the health care provisions and send the bill back to the House — where Republicans will have to decide whether they can accept it at that point.

All sides are racing to beat a Sept. 30 deadline, which is when current funding for the federal government runs out. The new measure would fund the government through Dec. 15, essentially at last year’s levels, and would leave the budget sequester cuts in place.

But Republicans on Friday also attached two amendments to the final bill — one to direct how government spending is prioritized in the event the Treasury Department bumps up against its borrowing limit in the coming weeks, and another that strips out funding for President Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act, which would effectively stop its implementation.

“The American people don’t want the government shut down, and they don’t want Obamacare,” said House Speaker John A. Boehner, who rallied with fellow Republicans after the vote in a show of unity that seemed designed to quell speculation about a rebellion within the House Republican Conference.

Republicans said the move was designed to put some Democratic senators on the spot. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor named several who are up for re-election next year, including Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu and Alaska Sen. Mark Begich.

Democrats said the bill was an outrage that exposed Republicans’ true intention of trying to force a government shutdown.

“It is a wolf in wolf’s clothing,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. “Either you don’t know what you’re doing or this is one of the most intentional acts of brutality you’ve cooked up.”

Rep. Nita Lowey, the top Democrat on the House spending committee, said limiting government funding now would immediate consequences, such as preventing federal authorities from being able to help out as Colorado recovers from devastating floods.

Democrats urged the GOP to negotiate with them to raise taxes in order to spend more.

Republicans countered that if they’d wanted to shut down government, they wouldn’t have brought any bill to the floor.

“We are pragmatists. We know we have to pass bills to fund government. Thus this bill,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, Kentucky Republican.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...#ixzz2fTDBxS6R

You mad, bro? @BarackObama throws snicker-worthy tantrum over defund Obamacare vote
Posted at 11:55 am on September 20, 2013

Chad Pergram ✔ @ChadPergram

House approves CR to avert gov't shutdown & defund Obamacare 230-189.
1 R voted no: Rep Scott Rigell (R-VA).

10:22 AM - 20 Sep 2013

Boom! The Republican-led House passed a continuing resolution Friday that aims to fund government operations through mid-December and — bam! — defund Obamacare. The OFA-run “Barack Obama” Twitter account went full-on petulant.

Barack Obama ✔ @BarackObama

They actually did it: The House just passed a resolution that risks a government shutdown to defund Obamacare. #EnoughAlready

10:28 AM - 20 Sep 2013

El. Oh. El. Schadenfreudelicious!

Philip Klein @philipaklein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbYx6hevoQ … MT @BarackObama:
They actually did it: House passed resolution that risks a government shutdown to defund Obamacare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=CsbYx6hevoQ

10:33 AM - 20 Sep 2013

After the vote, the official White House account retweeted this:

Jordan Burke ✔ @Jordan44

GOP obsessions to sabotage #Obamacare (23% approve in Pew)
and shutdown govt to defund it (27% approve in WaPo/ABC)
had brutal polling week

10:45 AM - 20 Sep 2013
Retweeted by The White House

Charlie Spiering @charliespiering

Audience applauding GOP leaders as they take the podium to promote defund Obamacare vote

10:28 AM - 20 Sep 2013

Chad Pergram ✔ @ChadPergram

Heritage Action: Today’s vote is a victory for the American people,
who should not be forced to spend another dime on Obamacare.

10:28 AM - 20 Sep 2013

http://twitchy.com/2013/09/20/you-ma...bamacare-vote/


The House didn’t threaten to shut down the government or default on its debts. They sent a bill over with everything the Democrats wanted, except Obamacare. It is the president and Harry Read that are screaming about shutting down the government if Obama doesn’t get everything they want. Everything.

Bachmann: Shut Down Obamacare, Not the Government
Sep 20, 2013

Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Michele Bachmann released the following statement after voting for a continuing resolution to defund Obamacare and keep the government open.

“Today the House of Representatives listened to the will of the American people and voted to keep the government open while defunding Obamacare. The President’s health care law is hurting economic growth, causing cutbacks in jobs and hours, and jacking up insurance premiums. We must save the American people from these disastrous consequences of Obamacare while still keeping the government open. Even President Obama’s Big Labor allies are trying to exempt themselves from Obamacare, declaring it will hurt the middle class and erase the 40-hour work week. Obamacare is completely unworkable and deeply unpopular, and I will continue fighting until this train wreck is defunded once and for all so we can start over with free market, patient-centered health care reforms."

http://bachmann.house.gov/press-rele...not-government

“It is a wolf in wolf’s clothing,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. “Either you don’t know what you’re doing or this is one of the most intentional acts of brutality you’ve cooked up.”

Funny from the person who said you must pass it to see what's in it...she either wanted us to swallow something that she was also blind to or knew what was in it and wanted us to swallow it anyway...either way you look at is...she's an ass.

Originally Posted by pepperpot

“It is a wolf in wolf’s clothing,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. “Either you don’t know what you’re doing or this is one of the most intentional acts of brutality you’ve cooked up.”

Funny from the person who said you must pass it to see what's in it...she either wanted us to swallow something that she was also blind to or knew what was in it and wanted us to swallow it anyway...either way you look at is...she's an ass.

An excellent point !

Liberals gleefully berate ‘whining losers’ forced to switch health plans

As Twitchy reported earlier today, http://twitchy.com/2013/09/21/health...-youre-screwed many people who buy insurance in the individual market are learning that they will soon be herded into Obamacare-compatible HMOs, giving lie to President Obama’s repeated promise that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_215699.html


Of course, liberals were alarmed to learn that Obama lied to the American people on an issue of national importance, and they were deeply concerned for people whose plans are about to be canceled.

Just kidding! Actually, they were practically breaking out the champagne: http://twitchy.com/2013/09/21/libera...-health-plans/

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Hey, know what you get to ‘keep’ with Obamacare? Cancellation notices

Michelle Malkin ✔ @michellemalkin

Many others reporting they've gotten You Can't Keep It Because of Obamacare health insurance cancellation notices ==> http://twitchy.com/2013/09/21/health...mpaign=twitter …

C2 @corrcomm

,@michellemalkin I got that notice in the summer, learned the new rates two days ago.
Increase is 74%. Washington state. #ObamaCare

10:55 AM - 21 Sep 2013

As Twitchy reported, that whole “you can keep your plan” thing? Psych! Insurers are sending out letters letting y’all know what is “in the bill.” Guess what? The coverage that you had for you and your family is not.

http://twitchy.com/2013/09/22/hey-kn...ation-notices/