Obamacare is so fucked up.. even the Dems on the PC has stopped defending it.
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Obamacare is so fucked up.. even the Dems on the PC has stopped defending it.
Alternately Republican circle jerks aren't compelling.
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Originally Posted by Warriorbird
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Originally Posted by Warriorbird
It doesn't seem like ACA needs to be defended anymore. The GOP has given up on repeal and is now beginning to work towards making the law better. It's unfortunate that they didn't do this in 2010 but better late than never.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarvan
I like the idea of the GOP letting the law illustrate how bad the law is.. right before the 2014 midterms.Quote:
Originally Posted by cwolff
Take back the Senate, increase the seats in the House.. THEN fix the law by defunding it and letting it just become the "New Coke"... a complete failure.
We will see in Oct how many Dems run on the ACA platform.Quote:
Originally Posted by cwolff
Maybe Pelosi and Reid.. but I am not sure how many more.
Campaigning and Governing are two different things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarvan
Obama hasn't made a distinction. Why should we?Quote:
Originally Posted by cwolff
Precisely the sort of post that made me suggest that this thread is mutual masturbation. I meant of ideas and opinions but you could take it elsewhere of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parkbandit
This is interesting. An investment firm, backed by Goldman Sachs, put together vehicles that allow people to bet conceptually. “We take ideas and translate them to what we call a ‘motif’—an intelligently weighted basket of up to 30 stocks, built around an idea that people can understand.” Examples of these baskets include Chinese solar, 3D printing, and “caffeine fix”—an assortment of coffee, soda, and energy drink companies.
They have one that is composed of companies that will benefit from ACA and one composed of companies that will benefit from ACA repeal. The Obamacare fund has a 46.9% return, the Repeal Obamacare one is 13.8%. What's even more telling is that the investors are betting heavily on ACA remaining law.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles...a-will-succeedQuote:
What’s most striking isn’t the performance of the two funds, but where investors are choosing to place their money. “We don’t have convictions or views on the law itself,” says Walia. “We give you both sides of the equation.” But one is clearly more popular: He says Motif investors have bet 45 times more money on Obamacare’s success than on its failure.
This trend reflects the beliefs of the investment community, where—unlike in Washington—the permanence of the health-care law is taken for granted and the prospect of repeal is given practically no credence. “Investors can’t imagine a scenario where the changes the Affordable Care Act started will be repealed and taken away,” says Bob Kocher, a partner specializing in health care and IT at the venture capital firm Venrock. “There’s a ton of money flowing into things that help health-care [companies] take advantage of the insurance market changes, the coverage expansion, the payment model changes, and the data liberation that are derivative of the law.”