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Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: We need more positive Obama news on the homepage [View all]ucrdem
(15,720 posts)125. Thanks.  We in the BOG have our ways.
        Kidding. Click the number and it shows the names.
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        True, but NONE of what you said makes it progressive.  And, that was the point in the OP. n/t
        Dawgs
        Jul 2013
        #145
      
        
        I am not a kid, this is the same plan it was when Dole and Gingrich were pimping it.
        Dragonfli
        Jul 2013
        #16
      
        
        Yes, it will help an entire vulture business model to flourish and leave actual care unaffordable
        Dragonfli
        Jul 2013
        #74
      
        
        So, we went from "the most progressive in my lifetime" to "better than nothing"?
        Dawgs
        Jul 2013
        #146
      
        
        The Heritage Foundation never intended to cover people with expensive pre-existing conditions
        BenzoDia
        Jul 2013
        #62
      
        
        Thanks, I updated it with an interview with Mark Pauly who came up with the idea for Republicans.
        BenzoDia
        Jul 2013
        #68
      
        
        Well, you can join the Heritage Foundation if you find their views and history rewrites great stuff
        Dragonfli
        Jul 2013
        #78
      
        
        See post 81.  The Republican proposal allows insurers to set lifetime caps, thus denying coverage to
        BenzoDia
        Jul 2013
        #94
      
        
        Or we can join the Dutch and Swiss since they have private insurance mandates as well.
        BenzoDia
        Jul 2013
        #97
      
        
        right wing trash, I posted the summery of the bill they are trying to disavow now.
        Dragonfli
        Jul 2013
        #71
      
        
        That is just pure misinformation put out by a right wing site trying to rewrite history
        Dragonfli
        Jul 2013
        #69
      
        
        Well the employers are being left off the hook for now, maybe forever, Medicaid expansion
        Dragonfli
        Jul 2013
        #99
      
        
        My father, husband and other friends and family members would have been alive today with the ACA.
        freshwest
        Jul 2013
        #12
      
        
        So gun nuts can't post in the Gun Reform group, but Obama haters can post in BOG?  WTF?  nt
        SunSeeker
        Jul 2013
        #14
      
        
        How do you alert a host?  By hitting the alert button at the bottom of the post?  nt
        SunSeeker
        Jul 2013
        #22
      
        
        If someone came in your house uninvited and unwanted, off the public street,
        IrishAyes
        Jul 2013
        #103
      
        
        We have a zero tolerance policy however sometimes, as happened today, someone
        grantcart
        Jul 2013
        #121
      
        
        Politicubs post is on Homepage, general discussion, trending now, right now.
        xtraxritical
        Jul 2013
        #100
      
        
        PBO had big job to do when he arrived, dont think he is finished but i will stick with him.
        Thinkingabout
        Jul 2013
        #49
      
        
        Then the President needs to close Gitmo, clear out of Afghanistan, avoid Syria....
        marble falls
        Jul 2013
        #73
      
        
        As for your first link, I live in FL.  As for the second link, I admit he has good intentions.
        reusrename
        Jul 2013
        #138
      
  