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[VictoriaVeil]

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[trish]

As one famous libertarian has recently done on three separate occasions, I shall recite from Wikipedia:

“ A crash (or system crash) in computing is an event in which a computer or a program (such as a software application or an operating system) ceases to function properly, often exiting after encountering errors. The program responsible may appear to freeze or hang until a crash reporting service documents details of the crash. If the program is a critical part of the operating system kernel, the entire computer may crash, often resulting in a fatal system error.” ___(Crash (computing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%28computing%29))

Both the famous libertarian who “plagiarized” Wikipedia and Sebelius should stop quibbling about semantics and accept the common vernacular; i.e. the site was crashing.

So too, the GOP should stop throwing up roads blocks at every turn and accept that the general assessment about the Affordable Care Act is that people want it. It's the law and it's Constitutional. It was the central issue of the last presidential election. It survived a legal challenge that took it to Justice Robert's Supreme Court. Citizens of those States that prepared for the roll out have been signing up with relative ease. Instead of wasting even more money on grand inquisitions, the GOP would serve their country better by getting their States to cooperate with the implementation of the Act.

[95racer]

Too bad nobody saw this coming. Oh wait- they did! Keep being drunk on the Kool-Aid. Careful what you ask for, you might get it.

[cameron47]

Affordable Care Act....is so affordable that millions of Americans are being dropped by their current Health Insurance carrier only to see their new Health care premiums double and triple in some cases. In the State of Florida over 300,000 people are being dropped by their current Health Insurance carrier. One lady who was paying only $56.00 per month will now pay $546.00 per month...WTF! but I guess someone has to pay for those who are currently uninsured. I am thankful that because I am a Veteran my healthcare is free.

[trish]

I am thankful that because I am a Veteran my healthcare is free. That says it all, doesn't it?

'curious to know the alleged lady's deductible. A relative of mine was paying $1000.00 per month for a $15000.00 deductible. He's pretty happy with the options provided by the ACA.

[cameron47]

Trish! As a Military Veteran I earned my Free Health care so stop being an asshole and STFU!

[trish]

Trish! As a Military Veteran I earned my Free Health care so stop being an asshole and STFU!beautiful sentiment. Thank you again for saying it all.

[broncofan]

Trish! As a Military Veteran I earned my Free Health care so stop being an asshole and STFU!
Heart of gold. ^^^^ Why did you serve your country? So that you could watch people die of diseases they would otherwise be cured of?

[cameron47]

Bronco Fan! Perhaps I served my country to protect losers like you...

[broncofan]

On a serious note, my point is that your service was not in vain. What is the point of protecting ourselves from foreign enemies if we are going to let our citizens die of a common cold?

If your service was really for the common good, as you so bluntly and insultingly suggest, then why not carry on your good works as a civilian?

[cameron47]

Broncofan....My service was for the good of my country and I won't even get into what I did while a member of the military. What makes you think I am not doing good things as a civilian? I am through with these discussions regarding the military and whether some people think Veterans deserve free healthcare or not. I know most people have respect for those that have served their country....have a good day.

[broncofan]

Serving one's country definitely is respectable, but it doesn't mean every single individual who does it deserves automatic deference. You're the one who brought your military service into play. It's not a matter of whether you deserve free healthcare but of whether other people should have to go without it.

I respect your service, but that doesn't mean that if you are given healthcare you should be so callous about others who don't have it. You have a good one too.

[trish]

Your healthcare is not free. You earned it. No one here is saying you don’t deserve it. Though someone here seems to be implying that others don’t.

Let’s review what insurance is. People enter into a contract and put money into a pool to be drawn from when a contributor suffers a medical condition covered by the contract. The insurance company invests the pooled money and it draws interest. The company skims a bit (or a bite) of profit off the top. If you’re lucky you will never need to draw on the pool. If you’re not so lucky you’ll have to draw money from the pool. It’s doesn’t take much of a hospital stay for someone to draw out more than they put in or will ever hope to put in. Do they deserve the money they draw out? Did they earn it? They are simply human beings in need, they contributed what they could and took what they needed. OMG the whole idea behind private insurance turns out to be a kind of profit driven communism! The ACA is actually the conservative heritage foundation plan. It’s a sort of eHarmony for linking up private insurers with paying clients. The companies are required to comply with certain regulations (e.g. make plans extendible to children until they’re twenty six, or not allow the companies to refuse clients with pre-existing conditions). In exchange for following the regulations the companies may collect some subsidies to make up for the extra risks the regulations entail. Those of you who have been getting insurance through your employer have already been accepting government subsidies (the money withheld from your paycheck for health insurance is income you don’t pay taxes on). But everybody pays something. Nobody is getting anything absolutely free. Not even you.