Le OrangeFace and McTurtle discuss alternative

[Presidential Immunity Cock]

To obamacare..

www.politicususa.com/2015/01/25/boehner-mcconnell-bomb-60-minutes-asked-gop-alternative-obamacare.html

And FAIL miserably. Just like one would expect them to do.

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Of course, I'm sure Tort Reform, and to reduce costs by opening borders/state lines for insurance would be perfect, just like they did for credit cards would be a good answer for them. Just like always, they don't really have a plan or an answer. Just all they have is talking points and obama bad.

[BrainFerentz4Prez]

They don't have an alternative cause the ACA was their own fucking idea.

[thunderhawk]

Jan 26, 2015 9:39:18 GMT -6 @torquehager said:

I'm sure president palin will have several ideas.

Holy fucking shit.

Did you see video of that hosebag in Iowa this weekend?

She may have been high on meth.


www.mediaite.com/online/the-dnc-has-two-word-response-to-rambling-palin-speech/

Also, let me talk a little bit about tort reform:

Here's the deal. Tort "reform" (I call it tort deform) is a cynical ploy to use the rightwing-manufactured low reputation of trial lawyers to completely fuck injured people and 1) sentence them to totally unnecessary suffering and 2) stick taxpayers with the tab while 3) lining the pockets of GOP campaign contributors.

Specifically, what tort deform does is prevent just compensation for those most heinously injured by another's negligence, and usually the most vulnerable injured folks (children and stay-at-home moms.) You'll often see these demonic fucks intertwining caps on damages (or total bars to damages) with frivolous lawsuits.

And there's the crux of the scam. Frivolous lawsuits are by definition worthless. They aren't the lawsuits which result in large damages verdicts. The lawsuits which result in large verdicts are the ones where a large verdict is fucking deserved because the damages are so fucking bad. Guess who picks up the tab when the damage award falls short of compensating the victim? Look in the mirror. Guess who profits? Look at Mitch McConnell.

Oh, btw, in study after study after study, it's also been demonstrated that malpractice awards (I hesitate to call it an award, since you only get it if you're royally fucked up) constitute a tiny portion of healthcare spending, and that caps wouldn't do shit to bring down the cost of healthcare.

But given who's pushing tort deform, you could have probably guessed that it was rooted in grift and lies.

In 1999, a jury found the OB/GYN and her group negligent, awarding Colin $5 million in economic damages and $625,000 in non-economic damages. Because Nebraska law imposes an overall cap on medical malpractice compensation for injured patients like Colin, the courts eventually reduced the verdict to $1.25 million, greatly reducing compensation for Colin’s medical care and essentially eliminating the non-economic damages to which the jury believed he was entitled.

The Gourleys challenged the constitutionality of the cap, winning at the trial court level. After the defendants appealed, the Nebraska Supreme Court heard the case in February, 2002, a year later overturning the lower court decision, upholding the cap and limiting Colin’s compensation to $1.25 million.

Required to put the money into a Special Needs Trust, the Gourleys cannot spend it, unless absolutely necessary, so Colin can remain eligible for taxpayer-funded Medicaid. After paying off outstanding liens for bills not covered by Medicaid and the Nebraska Medically Handicap Children's program, the money remains subject to subrogation by insurance companies and Medicaid having paid for some of Colin’s care.

Lisa had to quit her job to care for Colin 24 hours per day to save on costs of care. The Gourleys had to sell the house they had just built and move in with Lisa's in-laws.

Though things appear better now, possibly because they have somewhat adapted to the needs of their very special child, they still face incredible challenges. They continuously must fight Medicaid over Colin’s care, advocate for services at Colin's school, and provide special transportation and constant supervision. The emotional and financial stress on the Gourleys---Lisa, husband Mike and their other three children---is enormous. Lisa says,

As Colin slowly begins to understand just how different he is from his identical twin brother, it becomes harder and harder as parents to see the gap between the boys get bigger and bigger. As much as I try not to compare the boys, it absolutely breaks my heart to see all he has been deprived of and the life experiences he will never have. He has been denied the American dream of going to college, starting a career and becoming successful. He will never get married, have children, and become a grandfather. He will always be disabled and be totally dependent on someone for all his needs. To cap an injured victim’s compensation is wrong and in Colin’s case, to cap someone’s ability to recover even his medical expenses is absolutely tragic.

It is hard to imagine Colin’s life getting any worse but it has. Not only has Colin suffered catastrophic injuries; his only source of financial security has been stolen. That’s because Nebraska has one of the most restrictive “caps” on damages in the country.

www.capsharmnebraska.com/about-the-gourley-family.html

[BrainFerentz4Prez]

What the fuck is she wearing? She looks like she's out cruising for another big black dick to shove in her box.

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Palin, who was speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit, launched into a multitude of brief nonsensical tirades in the moments to follow, causing attendees of the conservative grassroots convention in the early voting state to stop clapping their hands and start scratching their heads.

“'The man can only ride you when your back is bent,” Palin said — one in a series of unusual one-liners she ad libbed after her teleprompter froze. “So strengthen it! Then the man can't ride you, America won't get taken for a ride, because so much is at stake.”

“What will they do to stop causing our pain and start feeling it again” she said in a short rant over Obamacare. “Well, in other words, um — Is Hillary a new Democrat or an old one?”

“Now the press asks, the press asks, ‘Can anyone stop Hillary?’ Again, this is to forego a conclusion, right? It's to scare us off, to convince us that — a pantsuit can crush patriots,” she added.

www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sarah-palin-dishes-bizarre-improvised-rant-iowa-article-1.2091124

[Ginger]

Didn't Palin at one time criticize Obama for using a TelePrompter

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Jan 26, 2015 13:18:37 GMT -6 Ginger said:

Didn't Palin at one time criticize Obama for using a TelePrompter

Multiple times. Sometimes even when she was using one.

[Earl Slick]

Damn, no wonder she can see Russia from her house.