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Has GOP Already Defeated Obamacare? State Opt-Outs Leave Millions of Poor Without Insurance 2 of 2 (Original Post)
geefloyd46
Oct 2013
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I don't think so, and I expect those problems will be fixed in due time. In my own case
GreenPartyVoter
Oct 2013
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Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)1. noe
Try again. Whenvthe rubes realize that Republican politics hane cost them thousnads/ yr for decades...they are goona be pissed.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)2. I don't think so, and I expect those problems will be fixed in due time. In my own case
I am hoping that we vote out our Teapublican governor and his supporters in the state house, thereby leaving the door open for accepting the expansion. *crossing fingers*
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)3. No, because when
people in those states realize they are getting screwed while their federal tax dollars are going to other states, the ACA will be amended to open a new window for Medicaid expansion, and they will take it.
brush
(53,778 posts)4. Just the opposite
The installation of Obamacare will defeat the GOP (along with their right wing, radical government shutdofn) once those in the opt-out states realize how much in insurance savings they are losing out on.
Good try with the post though.