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Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: ‘The health care bill is a disaster’
The Daily Caller ^ | 01/08/2011 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 01/08/2011 10:39:44 PM PST by george76

Sometimes criticism comes in the unlikeliest of places.

On Friday’s “Inside Washington,” Newsweek columnist Evan Thomas, once an editor at the magazine with a long track record of having liberal positions (even once having likened President Barack Obama to a deity), noted ...

“The health care bill is a disaster,” Thomas continued. “We’re sort of slowly learning – it’s not working. It’s interesting – they’re implementing it and it’s not working out at all as people anticipated. There’s all sorts of wildly wrong projections. As it’s being practiced – it’s failed.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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1 posted on 01/08/2011 10:39:47 PM PST by george76
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"“We’re sort of slowly learning – it’s not working. It’s interesting – they’re implementing it and it’s not working out at all as people anticipated."

2 posted on 01/08/2011 10:43:42 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: george76
I got to say, is one place where I think where Republicans are right.”

Hell is having a blizzard right now.

3 posted on 01/08/2011 10:48:00 PM PST by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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To: george76

If he and the “yes” voters in congress had read the bill and talked to any doctor that I know, he would have seen this coming BEFORE the vote. Repeal it now!


4 posted on 01/08/2011 10:53:41 PM PST by MacMattico
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To: george76

my health insurance premium has skyrocketed and now he says he sees the healthcare bill doesn’t work? so when do I get a congress-ordered refund?


5 posted on 01/08/2011 11:03:58 PM PST by blueplum
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“...so when do I get a congress-ordered refund?”

Don’t hold yer breath. But if you do, do NOT try to see a Doctor. Your rates will go up again.


6 posted on 01/08/2011 11:07:32 PM PST by jessduntno ("'How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." - Adolph Hitler)
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To: george76

Is Mr. Thomas still employed by Newsweek? Someone who writes the truth isn’t usually their cup of tea.


7 posted on 01/08/2011 11:23:57 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: george76
Since when did the disastrous results of a Federal law have any bearing on its implementation...?
8 posted on 01/08/2011 11:25:59 PM PST by mmercier
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To: george76

It took him how long to realize that a government bureaucracy is not efficient? Amazing how these former Obama water carriers are beginning to drop like flies or come out of the wood work.


9 posted on 01/08/2011 11:28:48 PM PST by matt04
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To: Cobra64

Roosevelt’s “Brain Trusters” thought they could centrally plan the entire US economy including setting all prices with only two dozen elite northeastern intellectuals. It is simply astonishing that the leftist zealots and dems never learn. Never.


10 posted on 01/08/2011 11:50:31 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: george76

Evan Thomas’ company sold for $1 last year.

His Newsweak link still exists:

http://www.newsweek.com/authors/evan-thomas.html

From his latest Newsweek article:

Little lies can add up to one Big Lie. Obama is a socialist! Health reform means death panels! They’re going to take away your guns! I don’t mean to be apocalyptic. I don’t think that Big Brother beckons. But the old and weary (and increasingly cowed) mainstream media, of which I have been a charter member for more than 30 years, may not be as successful as it used to be at exposing the sort of distortions that can fuel mindless rage.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html#comments

His Princeton.edu email does not bounce (yet), but his name is not listed on the staff...


11 posted on 01/09/2011 12:07:00 AM PST by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: blueplum
My company changed the health care offering this year. We used to have several options available, such as Blue Cross PPO, Aetna PPO and Kaiser. Now, we have ONE provder, but my physicians, who I've had for years, are not a member of the new provider.

Next week is the last time I'll see them, due to follow up appointments already made.

Thanks for nothing Obama and all democrats who voted for this trash.

12 posted on 01/09/2011 12:28:30 AM PST by muleskinner
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Speaking of health care costs, my husband retired last week. If he desires to continue COBRA, it will costs the two of us $964.19 per month. Who can afford that on a retirees income or any other family of middle income means?


13 posted on 01/09/2011 2:32:09 AM PST by raisincane (I must confess to Ecocide.....so come and get me, you UN climate hucksters.)
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Health care though – I got to say, is one place where I think where Republicans are right.” Back in November 2009, Thomas admitted the health care reform bill had flaws, but still voiced his support for it. Now he has proclaimed it a failure. “The health care bill is a disaster,” Thomas continued.

I am actually shocked that Evan Thomas admitted this.

14 posted on 01/09/2011 4:30:33 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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Speaking of health care costs, my husband retired last week. If he desires to continue COBRA, it will costs the two of us $964.19 per month. Who can afford that on a retirees income or any other family of middle income means?

How old is he?

15 posted on 01/09/2011 4:31:34 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: matt04
Amazing how these former Obama water carriers are beginning to drop like flies or come out of the wood work.

The NYTimes needs to carry these comments of Evan Thomas on the front page. Until then, it probably won't appear in local newspapers all over the USA.

16 posted on 01/09/2011 4:36:19 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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nobamacare = stay healthy or die.


17 posted on 01/09/2011 5:05:18 AM PST by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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18 posted on 01/09/2011 7:50:04 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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We are suppose to get hc from my husbands new job and it’s expensive and then we have the whole pre-existing conditions to contend with for a whole year. If they want to do that then fine but why do we have to pay full price for hc that they won’t even be paying for, for a year.


19 posted on 01/14/2011 3:31:43 PM PST by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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