Rightwingnutjob
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So you're just refusing to refute it or admit you might not have been 100% correct?
Haven't run anywhere. I'm right here.
You keep repeating the same argument even after it was explained why it doesn't work. How about tweak it a little using the suggested methodology and then we can discuss it.
And you keep repeating your failed attempt to debunk my argument. Explain why a 15 dollar gallon of milk is some how superior to a 5 dollar gallon of milk?
So you're just refusing to refute it or admit you might not have been 100% correct?
I know of nothing I have refused to refute. Please point to what I've missed.
Quote Originally Posted by Boo Radley
Again, with democrats in control pushing, they have said nothing. History. All they do is spread is spread misinforamtion trying to kill it so they don't have to do anything. Show me one thing they did in powere to push reform.
Are your ears and mind closed? Seriously, stop with your partisan lies. I won't provide you with endless links to prove that the GOP did have ideas, but here's one.
Ezra Klein - The six Republican ideas already in the health-care reform bill
Here is your post:
Here is my reply:
I think it's clear that you are incorrect when you say, "Again, with democrats in control pushing, they have said nothing. History. All they do is spread is spread misinforamtion trying to kill it so they don't have to do anything."
No, that does not make me incorrect. Republicans afford to play act now, as they are not in control. So, they can throw things up. And in good faith, democrats took some. But, to really judge them, you have to look at what they did when they had the power. Remember, this issue didn't start with Obama. It goes back decades. Show exactly what they did when in power.
Ooops looks like the Dems were against reform here.In his 1974 State of the Union address, President Richard M. Nixon called for comprehensive health insurance.[8] On February 6, 1974, he introduced the Comprehensive Health Insurance Act. Nixon's plan would have mandated employers to purchase health insurance for their employees, and provided a federal health plan, similar to Medicaid, that any American could join by paying on a sliding scale based on income.[9][10] The New York Daily News wrote that Ted Kennedy rejected the universal health coverage plan offered by Nixon because it wasn't everything he wanted it to be. Kennedy later realized it was a missed opportunity to make major progress toward his goal.[11]
In 2001, a Patients' Bill of Rights was debated in Congress, which would have provided patients with an explicit list of rights concerning their health care. This initiative was essentially taking some of ideas found in the Consumers' Bill of Rights and applying it to the field of health care. It was undertaken in an effort to ensure the quality of care of all patients by preserving the integrity of the processes that occur in the health care industry.[16] Standardizing the nature of health care institutions in this manner proved rather provocative. In fact, many interest groups, including the American Medical Association (AMA) and the pharmaceutical industry came out vehemently against the congressional bill. Basically, providing emergency medical care to anyone, regardless of health insurance status, as well as the right of a patient to hold their health plan accountable for any and all harm done proved to be the biggest stumbling blocks for this bill.[17] As a result of this intense opposition, the Patients' Bill of Rights initiative eventually failed to pass Congress in 2002.
As president, Bush signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act which included a prescription drug plan for elderly and disabled Americans.
Both of the major party presidential candidates offered positions on health care.
John McCain's proposals focused on open-market competition rather than government funding. At the heart of his plan were tax credits - $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families who do not subscribe to or do not have access to health care through their employer. To help people who are denied coverage by insurance companies due to pre-existing conditions, McCain proposed working with states to create what he called a "Guaranteed Access Plan."[34]
It doesn't matter who was in power. They made a contribution.
Either way it's not the first time. Here are some examples, some of which I disagree with what was done, but it was done none the less.
Ooops looks like the Dems were against reform here.
and in 2008 McCain had his ideas as well:
Sourece is wikipedia, sure it's not the best source, but here it should do.
History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No, it does matter. Again, republicans were in charge and did nothing. Nothing. It is about offering, it's about doing. Clinton tried. Bush sr and jr? Where? Reagan? Republican congress? You have to show they did something, pushed it forward. MAde an attempt. You can't show this because factually, they never did.
All of the above I just posted was done under a Republican with the exception of McCain as an example as he was never elected. Did you read anything of what I posted above. They did do something. How was what I posted considered 'nothing'?
None of those tackle anything. They fundamentally avoid actually doing anything on reform. The Bill of Rights didn't tackle cost or access at all. And the prescription drug effort strongly favored drug companies who had more representatives on the floor of congress than congress men. You might recall that huge donut hole thingie. None of that is real reform. Again, republicans have none nothing in terms of making health care accessable, affordable, and not the burden we presently have. Thwere is no reason to believe republicans would ever address health care reform in any meaningful way.
Agreed to disagree, I suppose. I have a feeling that's something you and I will do A LOT if I stick around.
Are your ears and mind closed? Seriously, stop with your partisan lies. I won't provide you with endless links to prove that the GOP did have ideas, but here's one.
Ezra Klein - The six Republican ideas already in the health-care reform bill
On Sunday, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell responded to Barack Obama's summit invitation by demanding Obama scrap the health-care reform bill entirely. This is the context for that demand. What they want isn't a bill that incorporates their ideas. They've already got that. What they want is no bill at all. And that's a hard position for the White House to compromise with.
Did you realize that the last paragraph in the article you link kills your point?
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