Obamacare Taking on Water--The case for repeal grows stronger.

The Weekly Standard ^ | May 28, 2010 | Jeffrey H. Anderson

[jazusamo]

Bad news for Pelosi, Reid and the Democrats.

[Bitsy]

Bad news for Pelosi, Reid and the Democrats = salvation from destruction for us!

[Bitsy]

Bad news for Pelosi, Reid and the Democrats = salvation from destruction for us!

[gthog61]

“and ObamaCare polls better among the politically disengaged”

i.e. the willfully ignorant

[dsrtsage]

I rarely go to the doctor, but when I do, I insist on paying cash for everything. The purpose of insurance is to protect you against a catastrophic event, like a car wreck or cancer or something like that. It is not supposed to be for routine checkups, sniffles, or elective surgery.

The problem I see with people in general these days, is there seems to be a cultural shift to believing that they don’t need to pay for medical services (directly). People don’t have a second thought paying for services like iPhone, cable TV, or anything like that, but for whatever reason don’t think they should have to pay doctors.

[VegasCowboy]

Yep. “Politically disengaged” equals uninformed.

[Man50D]

The content is irrelevant! Any federal version of health care on it face is unconstitutional since Article 1 Section 8 does not specifically grant Congress the power to regulate health care! The people are not bound to comply with any unconstitutional act! This is the point people need to make Congress understand!

[okie01]

Americans now favor repeal by a margin of almost 2-to-1, with 63 percent favoring repeal and just 32 percent opposing it.

Will the Republicans have the wits to run with this?

Will they have the guts to actually do it?

I wish I was more confident...

[Matchett-PI]

bttt

[erod]

This was a great analysis, thanks, I posted it on my Facebook wall. Sometimes I feel like we will never get repeal, but I think it is mainly my pessimistic nature.

[jazusamo]

I hear you, wish I was more confident they’ll do it also.

[88keys]

Good point re: paying bills out-of-pocket...loans, mortgages, and insurance are comparatively for very large expenses...

"Ping" to save...excellent informative article!

[Pessimist]

Wow! Those are the sweetest numbers I’ve seen in a long time!

Despite my screen name, I am Encouraged.

[annieokie]

In paying cash, it was always cheaper. At least it was years ago when I did the same thing, then I just turned in my bill to the insurance co., and they reimbursed me.

[ChinaThreat]

TEAR DOWN THIS BILL!

[VORTAC]

Bump and bookmark.

[VegasCowboy]

I have a large deductible plan and utilize a health savings account. Thus, for all intents and purposes my family pays cash for all of our health care. We almost always get a material discount because of this.

[GailA]

I put it on mine too.

[SkyPilot]

Will the Republicans have the wits to run with this? Will they have the guts to actually do it? I wish I was more confident...

I am with you. Unfortunately, the Republicans have not shown a lot of political courage. The last time they did was when Newt Gingrich was in town, and even then they caved rather than continue to let the drive by media savage them for confronting BJ Clinton about the budget.

They need to take a lesson from Gov. Chris Christie of NJ. He has taken on the media, the teachers, the public employees unions, and the Democrats. Spending is out of control, and he told the unions to go to hell. Property taxes have increased by 70% in nine years so that the teachers and public employees could get huge salary increases, while contributing ZERO to their own health care plans.

He vetoed another "Millionaires tax" increase proposal this week. The Demoncrats wanted it so they could potentially funnel billions more to the teachers union in pay, but Christie told them NJ has already lost $70 Billion over the last four years with higher income residents fleeing the state. Christie was on the news last night for a live broadcast on local PBS. The liberal media clown tried to intimidate him, and Christie body slammed the reporter. He told them the public employee unions were the school yard bully, not him. He simply punched the bully back, and now the bully is crying and complaining. The liberal media clown then tried to tell him he was "hurting" children, and Christie told him he wasn't hurting anyone - the unions are greedy.

The Republicans (should they gain the House) need to completely shut down the budget process until ObamaCare is repealed. Period. Dot.

If they don't do that, they will have lost that window of opportunity - - forever.

[Allegra]

This would be such a victory.

I pray every day that our nation starts turning in the right direction again.