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Lonestarblue

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37. They won't be laughing when Obamacare is killed and they can't get affordable health insurance.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:23 PM
Nov 2024

Anyone with pre- existing conditions will either pay higher costs or be rejected completely. Obamacare also has paid for most of the cost for Medicaid expansion. Red states will most likely reverse the expansion and shove millions of poor people off Medicaid.

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Well if that happens they have no one to blame but themselves. 100 million eligible voters didn't even bother to vote, JohnSJ Nov 2024 #1
"they" include millions who voted for Harris, Ms. Toad Nov 2024 #8
The poster is talking about the non-voters. AllyCat Nov 2024 #10
JohnSJ specifically mentioned the non-voters wolfie001 Nov 2024 #25
**AFTER** declaring, without qualification, that "they" Ms. Toad Nov 2024 #31
We're all on the same team and mad about the turn of events wolfie001 Nov 2024 #41
And you know a large swath of that will be idiots who checked the trump box on their ballot. C Moon Nov 2024 #2
Can't paint all trumpers with a single stroke William Seger Nov 2024 #3
The GOP Is An Ongoing Criminal Enterprise Dedicated To Establishing A Forever Fasicst Regim MayReasonRule Nov 2024 #4
Yep, it's the Fascist-Fucking-Idiot Coalition William Seger Nov 2024 #5
Sure you can. Like this. All trumpers are horrible people Ray Bruns Nov 2024 #11
They'll be laughing about "owning the libs" until suddenly they are no longer laughing. tanyev Nov 2024 #12
The fragmented, niche "news" media will ensure that Democrats are blamed. yardwork Nov 2024 #17
Then, they will blame the Democrats, never themselves... Justice matters. Nov 2024 #22
They won't be laughing when Obamacare is killed and they can't get affordable health insurance. Lonestarblue Nov 2024 #37
Yeah...just like in 2017 when those MAGA idiots realized shit was getting real about the ACA going away.. Bengus81 Nov 2024 #43
We'll be lucky to keep the Affordable Care Act Ray Bruns Nov 2024 #6
You can 100% kiss the ACA goodbye! TurboDem Nov 2024 #7
They are coming after your Medicare as well. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #18
This is their Holy Grail wolfie001 Nov 2024 #26
Medicaid enid602 Nov 2024 #29
Oh NOW NBC wants to "warn" us. Fuck the Republican owned media.. live love laugh Nov 2024 #9
DU Rec. yardwork Nov 2024 #15
But hey, on the bright side there is a slight possibility StarryNite Nov 2024 #13
Eggs enid602 Nov 2024 #30
The whole egg thing was a joke. StarryNite Nov 2024 #33
Consider for a moment every product with egg in it. NorCalBlue Nov 2024 #46
A lot of people think inside a very small box. ananda Nov 2024 #14
So true. Way too many people voted for a fantasy. yardwork Nov 2024 #16
Well said. A lot of people are engaged in magical thinking. ananda Nov 2024 #21
They didn't think of, nor see, the available lifeboat... Justice matters. Nov 2024 #24
If they voted for trump I hope they do. SamKnause Nov 2024 #19
Problem is they'll flood hospital ERs Zorro Nov 2024 #28
What hospitals? Phoenix61 Nov 2024 #34
Trump is the single greatest threat to American family's. BradBo Nov 2024 #20
Only the start, more to come. republianmushroom Nov 2024 #23
That is part of the learning process, and that elections have consequences. By the time some realize it, it may be too JohnSJ Nov 2024 #27
How quickly people forgot... Scully Nov 2024 #32
That's OK. When they die there will be more eggs for everyone else. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #35
Might as well say there is 0% chance subsidies will be extended. GoodRaisin Nov 2024 #36
Bankruptcy courts are going to be busy............dumb fuckers........they better hope that we take back the house... turbinetree Nov 2024 #38
That's what the country wants, apparently. BannonsLiver Nov 2024 #39
Oh, I doubt it will stop there. LudwigPastorius Nov 2024 #40
Yeah...and no one needs to believe Trump is merely going to make "cuts" to SS and Medicare Bengus81 Nov 2024 #44
I know a couple of my relatives who are going to end up very sorry they voted for the monster Hekate Nov 2024 #42
How awful we all have to suffer for BigDemVoter Nov 2024 #45
"I told you so" bumper stickers now in production. oasis Nov 2024 #47
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