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   Message 92,997 of 94,851   
   Lupov Henley to Mitchell Holman   
   Re: GOP Tells Florida To Pound Sand (1/3   
   18 Dec 25 08:48:02   
   
   XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: loop@biomagic.org   
      
   On 12/17/25 10:06 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > Lupov Henley  wrote in news:10hv20e$3pmi8$1@dont-   
   > email.me:   
   >   
   >> On 12/17/25 1:51 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   >>> Lupov Henley  wrote in   
   >>> news:10hunne$3hb04$8@dont-email.me:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 12/17/25 11:43 AM, pothead wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2025-12-17, Collectivism fails  wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:03:35 +0000, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Lupov Henley  wrote in   
   >>>>>>> news:10huboo$3hb04$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On 12/16/25 9:44 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> Lupov Henley  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>> news:10hsgd8$2ome3$3@dont- email.me:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 12/16/25 2:49 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Collectivism fails  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>> news:t3q2kklqe32odjsvmqg0p591ecaucnorq5@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:50:42 +0000, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Collectivism fails  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:b302kk9p1n0dnsti7b853r3gsh3n8b14nn@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:26:48 +0000, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Collectivism fails  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:ctl0kkh68ukg92q9ib6l14n7g2ppofdv05@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:34:59 +0000, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> phoenix  wrote in   
   > news:mqal1mF1vkeU2   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @mid.individual.net:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bradley K. Sherman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lupov Henley   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The ACA was sold to us and rammed down our throats as   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being affordable. ...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, Single-Payer would have been much better.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately the insurance companies wield too much   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> power.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     They gorge themselves on 15% of every dollar spent   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> provide nothing except billing boondoggles.  Most   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doctors will tell you that insurance companies are an   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> obstacle to effective treatment.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The USA isn't even in the top 50 countries in life   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expectancy despite spending the most per patient on   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> health care.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>           --bks   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Medicare for all!   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's broke. Fix it.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>         Republicans control the whole   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> government now, their turn to fix   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So typical of leftist losers like Hollowhead to refuse to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> accept responsibility for his failures and demand that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> others fix it for   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> him.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>        "Wah wah we control control the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whole government but cannot get any   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing done! Who shall we blame?"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The failure of ACA is the Democrat's responsibility.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>        Even if you were right what are Republicans doing   
   > about   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>        it?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Some, like me, for instance, are laughing at the Democrat   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> failure.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>           See what I mean?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>           Republicans don't care about solving   
   >>>>>>>>>>> problems, they only want to play blame   
   >>>>>>>>>>> games.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Blame game, you say . . . . like this?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "After today's vote, the American health care crisis is now   
   > 100%   
   >>>>>>>>>> on Republican shoulders." ~Chuck Schumer   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> or this?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Our message is simple: Republicans have created a health care   
   >>>>>>>>>> crisis for American families who are seeing their health   
   >>>>>>>>>> insurance rise by 100 to 300 percent, and the solution has been   
   >>>>>>>>>> in front of us for a while." ~Brad Schneider   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> or this?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "The Affordable Care Act tax credits expire next month, and   
   >>>>>>>>>> Republicans are out of excuses. Because of the Republican   
   >>>>>>>>>> refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, tens of   
   >>>>>>>>>> millions of Americans are   
   >>>>>>>>> about   
   >>>>>>>>>> to experience dramatically increased premiums... and yet,   
   >>>>>>>>>> Republicans continue to bury their heads in the sand and are   
   >>>>>>>>>> unwilling to address the affordability crisis that is crushing   
   >>>>>>>>>> the American people." ~Hakeem Jeffries   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>         Or Trump promising to replace ObamaCare   
   >>>>>>>>> with his better policy - 9 YEARS AGO?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Even you play the blame game.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Can you imagine Lincoln saying the   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Confederacy is not his problem, Democrats   
   >>>>>>>>>>> created it so re-uniting the country is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> not a priority?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Can you imagine the left saying the right has no plan even   
   > after   
   >>>>>>>>>> the right proposed HSAs instead of subsidies; subsidies given   
   >>>>>>>>>> directly to the policy holder; cutting out the middle man; no   
   >>>>>>>>>> one size fits all plans; no mandates; ability to purchase   
   > across   
   >>>>>>>>>> state lines. . . .   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>          The public doesn't want HSA's, they   
   >>>>>>>>> want government health care.  Like every   
   >>>>>>>>> other country in the civilized world has.   
   >>>>>>>>> Why is that so difficult?   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> https://www.fox6now.com/news/two-thirds-americans-believe-   
   > governme   
   >>>>>>>>> nt- should-ensure-health-care-all-poll   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> The public wants options that actually work, not just government   
   >>>>>>>> health care as a blanket solution. Polls show Americans are   
   > pretty   
   >>>>>>>> split on this—46% favor a government-run system, while 48%   
   >>>>>>>> prefer private (gallup).   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>        The above cited poll in the most recent,   
      
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