Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) chided Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for his refusal to negotiate with the Senate on immigration reform.
“I'm stunned,” Reid said in an interview Wednesday with Fusion, a joint venture by ABC News and Univision. “How could anybody in good conscience tell one group he's trying to do immigration reform, and a few minutes later, say 'I'm not going to do anything about a conference?' "
Earlier in the day, Boehner reiterated what he’s said before on immigration reform: “I'll make clear we have no intention ever of going to conference on the Senate bill."
His comments confirmed the House will not take up the issue this year, which President Obama and Democrats have pressed for. Last week, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also ruled it out for 2013, arguing there are too few legislative days remaining in this session.
There are roughly 320 million people in this country.
About 85% of us get health insurance through an employer, Medicare, Medicaid, or the VA.
That means about 270 million of us are not affected at all by healthcare.gov web site issues or by junk individual policies that are being cancelled.
Among the 50 million who are affected, 40 million had no insurance at all, so it isn't like the ACA or the website problems made their situations worse. They are either better off or the same.
That leaves 10 million. Roughly half of those are able to keep the plan they already have because it complies with the ACA and their insurance company still offers it.
That leaves 5 million people that are losing their coverage and forced to buy a new plan.
Among those, roughly half will have access to a cheaper and better plan than they had before. The website issues affect these people and will be fixed and they'll be alright.
That leaves about 2.5 million people that are in a bind. Their insurance costs will be higher than before, even if the coverage is better.
1/120th of the population. 1 out of every 120 people in this country have every right to be pissed about the ACA, at least in the short term.
But 40 million people... 1 out of 8.... have access to insurance now who didn't have it before.
The math doesn't work for the opponents of the ACA once that 1/8 gets insurance. That is why they are desperate to kill it in the crib.
What the GOP and their friends in the media have been trying to do is to convince everyone that THEY are one of the 1/120 of the population that is being adversely affected.
The only way they kill it is if they convince enough of the voting public that it harms THEM.
As a utilitarian ... I accept policies that help (or don't harm) 119/120 of the population while inconveniencing, in the short run, 1/120 of the population.
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Chris Christie is not a "moderate!He's conservative, but pragmatic. Stop falling for the media's relabeling of anyone who's not a raging tea party nut job as "moderate."
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I didn't say he was a "moderate", I said he was a "moderate Republican" - there's a big difference between the two.
President Obama and Bill Clinton are "moderates".
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I didn't say he was a "moderate", I said he was a "moderate Republican" - there's a big difference between the two.
President Obama and Bill Clinton are "moderates".
No, he is not a moderate Republican. He is a conservative Republican. I fear you have fallen for the shifting of the goal posts on what constitutes a conservative. Yeah there are people who would consider him a RINO, but he is a Reagan conservative.
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Quote by Raine:There are roughly 320 million people in this country.
About 85% of us get health insurance through an employer, Medicare, Medicaid, or the VA.
That means about 270 million of us are not affected at all by healthcare.gov web site issues or by junk individual policies that are being cancelled.
Among the 50 million who are affected, 40 million had no insurance at all, so it isn't like the ACA or the website problems made their situations worse. They are either better off or the same.
That leaves 10 million. Roughly half of those are able to keep the plan they already have because it complies with the ACA and their insurance company still offers it.
That leaves 5 million people that are losing their coverage and forced to buy a new plan.
Among those, roughly half will have access to a cheaper and better plan than they had before. The website issues affect these people and will be fixed and they'll be alright.
That leaves about 2.5 million people that are in a bind. Their insurance costs will be higher than before, even if the coverage is better.
1/120th of the population. 1 out of every 120 people in this country have every right to be pissed about the ACA, at least in the short term.
But 40 million people... 1 out of 8.... have access to insurance now who didn't have it before.
The math doesn't work for the opponents of the ACA once that 1/8 gets insurance. That is why they are desperate to kill it in the crib.
What the GOP and their friends in the media have been trying to do is to convince everyone that THEY are one of the 1/120 of the population that is being adversely affected.
The only way they kill it is if they convince enough of the voting public that it harms THEM.
As a utilitarian ... I accept policies that help (or don't harm) 119/120 of the population while inconveniencing, in the short run, 1/120 of the population.
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This was a rather irritating thing to wake up to this morning.
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Wait, this caller said she's 62 years old?? Her husband is 65?? Her insurance company is the one that is choosing to not comply. This is all such a bullshit game.
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So he's 84, does this mean they are going to leave the moldering, bloated corpse in the cell for an additional five years when he kicks in the next few years?
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Okies I can get into that role!
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The Cancelled insurance SCANDAL BENGHAZI ERMERGERD issue is now moot.
It kinda pisses me off to be really honest.
The best way to be sure that Boehner fails is to do what President Obama will do today. The president is going to announce an administrative fix for the people who are losing their junk insurance. The president will announce that people will be allowed to keep their policies, but insurance companies will have to tell them about other options. Republicans are going to counter what the president announces with howls that it is inadequate, but Democrats will get back on board as soon as the president announces something.
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
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it is, but if I want a good copier for the sales department then I've got to be there too or they stick the crappy machines by us.
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
"Copier meeting"... that sounds like a real![]()
it is, but if I want a good copier for the sales department then I've got to be there too or they stick the crappy machines by us.
People still use copiers? You don't have an "all in one document reproduction system?" AKA a networked copier.
40 million had no insurance at all, so it isn't like the ACA or the website problems made their situations worse. They are either better off or the same.
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
"Copier meeting"... that sounds like a real![]()
it is, but if I want a good copier for the sales department then I've got to be there too or they stick the crappy machines by us.
People still use copiers? You don't have an "all in one document reproduction system?" AKA a networked copier.
ya, we're a little slow with the tech here - hoping the new ones will be networked to some extent.
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
"Copier meeting"... that sounds like a real![]()
it is, but if I want a good copier for the sales department then I've got to be there too or they stick the crappy machines by us.
People still use copiers? You don't have an "all in one document reproduction system?" AKA a networked copier.
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Getting ready to head out, Before I go, O said the same thing that I posted.40 million had no insurance at all, so it isn't like the ACA or the website problems made their situations worse. They are either better off or the same.
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
"Copier meeting"... that sounds like a real![]()
it is, but if I want a good copier for the sales department then I've got to be there too or they stick the crappy machines by us.
People still use copiers? You don't have an "all in one document reproduction system?" AKA a networked copier.
ya, we're a little slow with the tech here - hoping the new ones will be networked to some extent.
It will not make that much difference.
Did we discuss TWD??
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back from Copier meeting - what did I miss?
"Copier meeting"... that sounds like a real![]()
it is, but if I want a good copier for the sales department then I've got to be there too or they stick the crappy machines by us.
People still use copiers? You don't have an "all in one document reproduction system?" AKA a networked copier.
Ah, yes. I can print something at my desk and if I wanted, go to Eindhoven to pick it up. And if network access to the outside goes down (which it does more often than I care to count), I can't go to the printer 30 feet from me to get it.