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   Message 20,150 of 20,937   
   Wayne to Ubiquitous   
   Re: Lifelong Republican Tells Ryan Obama   
   17 Jan 17 10:02:45   
   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.democrats   
   XPost: alt.politics.libertarian   
   From: mygarbagecan@verizon.net   
      
   On 1/17/2017 6:43 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > On Thursday evening, Jeff Jeans of Sedona, Arizona asked Speaker of   
   > the House Paul Ryan a question during a CNN townhall. He said he had   
   > voted for Presidents Reagan and George Bush, and that he had   
   > originally opposed Obamacare. “When it was passed,” he said, “I told   
   > my wife we would close our business before I complied with this   
   > law.” He was then diagnosed with a “very curable type of cancer” at   
   > 49 and told he had six weeks to live. He said he was denied   
   > treatment because he didn’t have insurance, even though he offered   
   > to pay three times the cost. “Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, I’m   
   > standing here today, alive,” he explained.   
      
   So BFD.  Obamacare helped a lot of people.  That doesn't mean that it   
   isn't fucked up.   
      
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