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Sandbox – 8oct15

08 October 2015

[Leaving the 4oct15 sandbox to complete the debate on rampant racism in Nevada County and on RR, we open a fresh one to permit untrammeled consideration of how the Republicans are faring in their selection of a new Speaker against the background of Hillary's Benghazi and email scandals, and the lamestream's coverage of the whole mess. gjr]

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201 responses to “Sandbox – 8oct15”

Don Bessee

08 October 2015

Reporter Lachlan Markay of the free beacon is twittering that a woman’s profile on Wikipedia was amended to allege an affair with McCarthy, the IP address that did it is a DHS ip. With the proven Secret Services smear job on Ben Chavetz you got to wonder if they are making a habit of political hits??? This administration has manipulated the IRS and DHS into political hacks and backstabbers through his appointments.

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Todd Juvinall

08 October 2015

The “u” is a white guy. He seems to think drinking in McGees is a fun time and all those crackers there are racists. He even sees them in his closet as he stumbles in to his rented room. My goodness, are all these libnuts drunkards or drug abusers? “u” is just the latest example of a psychotic libnut. You just have to love their loonieness.

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Jon

08 October 2015

Definitely baggage and something bad surrounding McCarthy. Maybe following in the footsteps of Delay, Hastert Foley, and Livingston, et al. Regardless, he was unable to string 2 sentences together in his recent speeches and TV interviews. A bit of a problem.
Best of luck! Paul Ryan wants no part of this circus- as he ponders a future run for higher office. If people even remember his name.

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George Rebane

08 October 2015

ToddJ 341pm – Todd, work with me. Keep the race stuff on the 4oct15 sandbox. Or better yet, write a piece on race in Nevada County for your own blog. You know the goings on in Nevada County way better than do I, and would also provide a better perspective over the years.
Jon 353pm – I don’t know, you may be right. But not to worry about people remembering Ryan. EVERY Democrat who pays attention will always keep Ryan in mind, and the same goes for most Republicans. I think that guy has plenty of political legs left, his time is yet to come.

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Walt

08 October 2015

Just read the bitch about the Newmont water treatment “plant”.
Seems there are a few greedy people over that’a way. “Compensation”? Really??

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Jon

08 October 2015

George, I do agree that Ryan could be a formidable, attractive future Senate or Presidential candidate. He disappeared over the last 3 years- intentionally- to put the 2012 way behind him. The Speaker job has absolute no upside benefit to him, now or in the future. Who was the last Speaker who became Senator or President? That being said, everything you read today says the full court pressure is being applied to him from all sides.

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Jon

08 October 2015

James K. Polk, the last Speaker to ascend to the Presidency, 1845.

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

Russian defense ministry says all its cruise missals hit their targets from their Caspian launch points. So the Russians meant to hit Iran with 4 of them! LOL. 15% of their latest and greatest version hit two countries away from their declared targets.

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

Thanks for the orange squiggly box, now I do not look like I have any connection to the ‘jon’.

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Walt

08 October 2015

Blue,, does look good on “jon”.
So a few Russian missiles fell a little short… I call it a good start.

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

The ‘jon & u’ should have empty white boxes to reflect their empty rhetoric. ROFLOL in honor of he whos name we shall not utter. LOL 😉

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Jon

08 October 2015

Kevin + Renee = Total Chaos in the House. Oh boy, he is Bob Livingston!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthys-exit-affair-allegations_5616f004e4b0082030a1e0a8

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Jon

08 October 2015

Ah yes..a Family Value Tea Partier, this Ms. Almers! She’s not the first Tea Bagger to be screwing around in Congress.

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fish

08 October 2015

Well if it upsets Peter King this can’t be a bad thing!!

“It is total confusion — a banana republic,” said Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), a Boehner ally, as he recounted seeing a handful of House Republicans weeping Thursday over the downfall of McCarthy and the broader discord. “Any plan, anything you anticipate, who knows what’ll happen. People are crying. They don’t have any idea how this will unfold at all.”

Sounds like a political party that deserves to go the way of the Whigs!

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Todd Juvinall

08 October 2015

Didn’t the Whigs turn into the Republicans? LOL!
I am watching some of the news shows and they are peeing their undies over all this. Now this is the press that says the Congress is a do nothing. Hell, they are doing something! You can never satisfy the libnuts or their press lackeys. All this keeps them from passing more BS crapola on we the people!

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fish

08 October 2015

Posted by: Todd Juvinall | 08 October 2015 at 07:40 PM
In essence, yes they did.
Wouldn’t you prefer a party that wasn’t just “democrat lite”?

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Jon

08 October 2015

Isn’t it just so ironic now. Boehner will be in charge for the foreseeable future and will cut deals to avoid a financial crisis before year end. They cannot legally get rid of him now until he says so.
Best of luck with your PR department, GOP! LOL.

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Todd Juvinall

08 October 2015

fish, they did and now there is a mini revolution. Kinda fun.

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

Cracking up that 0’s Iran capitulation ‘executive agreement’ is in gross violation of multiple laws say govt. legal review. Oooopsies. Sorry we can not let US owned subsidiaries overseas do business with the SCUM BAG MULLAS. Guess the Iranians have had their you can keep your doctor bull crap like us. My hotties best Doctor has closed shop because of 0 care as have many independent specialists.

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

GQ,CNN and MSNBC- FUCK you Ben Carson. More leftist elites feeling comfortable with race attacks on Ben. Great he has them so worried.

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Todd Juvinall

08 October 2015

DonB, the libnuts have no nards. They do have big mouths though. A bunch of whiners. Sort of like that little kid in fifth grade who tattles on everyone and ends up being liked by no one. That is Paul and “u” and the troll.

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Jon

08 October 2015

“Nothing will change until the Republicans quit acting like kindergarteners and start acting like adults”. Commenter, Thursday night

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Jon

08 October 2015

“My hotties best Doctor has closed shop because of 0 care as have many independent specialists.”
First of all Don, we know there’s no hottie involved here, so lets stop the charade. Secondly, there is not a single doctor I know who closed shop due to Obamacare. List them out, or we don’t believe you. There are many other factors in medicine, starting 20 years ago, that impacts the sustainability of independent medical practice, but Obamacare isn’t one of them. Its actually a net improvement for most practices.

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Bill Tozer

08 October 2015

Yo Jon, you got a shout out from The Donald. He said to tell you that we are winning, will continue to keep winning, and we will be winning so much we will grow tired of it, like its a bad thing.
Unrelated to the preamble above, let’s check in and see what 0bama is doing.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/738710072929699/?type=3&theater

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fish

08 October 2015

Posted by: Jon | 08 October 2015 at 09:47 PM
That is just nonsense jon. Independent practitioners can’t afford the paperwork burden….that’s why they are quitting in droves and going to work for Kaiser or other industrial medicine providers. This is a feature not a bug for Obamacare …..to bring otherwise independent physicians under the umbrella of control of the bureaucracy.
You should think you fibs through better!

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Bill Tozer

08 October 2015

Walt’s man just won’t go away. He will be around for months. Never argue with Walt, he is right when it comes to The Rest of the Story.
http://citizensfortrump.com/2015/10/08/trump-leads-in-new-poll-frustrates-media-narrative/

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Bill Tozer

08 October 2015

Holy smokes. Rubio and Trump are budding up. hmmmm.
http://citizensfortrump.com/2015/10/07/trump-sent-prank-care-package-to-rubio/

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

The ‘jon’ You are correct Sir, you have no hottie! I do. Its a manly thing. 🙂

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Don Bessee

08 October 2015

The ‘jon’ ‘there is not doctor I know.’ Well of course you don’t and thank you for acknowledging your obvious limitations. Who is ‘we’ lefty jeffy, frichy and the sock puppets? The real people in Nevada County know how beautiful and powerful Ellen is and I am sure even in her current situation she would kick your ass if you were stupid enough to piss her off face to face. Gotta giggle at that thought. Tough lady with 30 years as a union member. While not a perfect shot at long range in short ranges she is deadly. For you I am sure she would be happier to just give you a beat down with some joint dislocations just for fun. LOL

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Bill Tozer

08 October 2015

Don, you should take the high road and send Jon a oversized poster of Rosie O’Donald wearing hot pink short shorts and colbotl blue cowboy boots. He can hang it above his bed or use it as a mural. Gotta think of others in their time of need. We don’t want him going off half cocked at a public school near you cause he couldn’t find someone to play hide the salami with. Think of it as a public service or health and safety concerns. Fed Ex it Don. I thank you in advance.

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Bill Tozer

08 October 2015

Follow the money and show us po folk some green.
http://news.yahoo.com/pressure-grows-global-climate-cash-help-hard-hit-190349639.html

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Jon

08 October 2015

fish, 10:03, you don’t know how to read apparently, and you don’t really know much about the healthcare system. For the last 15 or so years in particular, docs have been leaving private practice to be bought up by the giants as you mentioned. And as I said, it has very little or nothing to do with Obamacare in nearly every case. In fact Obamacare has greatly increased the pool of providers in many areas in CA and around the country. Clinics and multi specialty groups who know what they are doing are booming in many cities and towns of CA. People are getting long needed care for the first time in decades.
Thanks. Happy to set the record straight.
Don, you’re simply a blowhard clown and either everyone knows it who lives around here, or they will soon find out. Strong and beautiful- funny stuff.

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George Rebane

08 October 2015

Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) gave a major address at the Cato Institute Policy Forum in August. The senator is a member of the Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations and Armed Services. He made a strong case that Obama is one year into a war in Afghanistan that has no legal authorization and violates existing congressional strictures on the Executive for deploying armed forces. The bad part about that is that Congress has been complicit in letting Obama get away with it.
http://www.cato.org/blog/sen-tim-kaine-cato-year-counting-unauthorized-war

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fish

09 October 2015

Posted by: Jon | 08 October 2015 at 11:01 PM
fish, 10:03, you don’t know how to read apparently, and you don’t really know much about the healthcare system. For the last 15 or so years in particular, docs have been leaving private practice to be bought up by the giants as you mentioned. And as I said, it has very little or nothing to do with Obamacare in nearly every case. In fact Obamacare has greatly increased the pool of providers in many areas in CA and around the country. Clinics and multi specialty groups who know what they are doing are booming in many cities and towns of CA. People are getting long needed care for the first time in decades.
I love chatting with you boys about this shit! You in particular are such a knob polishing Obama fanboi that it almost hurts to watch! Good too to see your language change from bold defensive statements of ACA into greasy, heartstring tugging sales pitch towards the end.
Oh well I guess you can’t help who you love!

The way of the dinosaur and dodo?
Physician private practices will almost certainly continue to decline, but they probably aren’t headed for total extinction. Some doctors will resist the temptation to work for larger entities, even if their pay suffers as a result.
While the shift away from private practices was already under way prior to Obamacare, the legislation definitely threw gasoline on the fire. As a result, perhaps another federal action is now needed: adding physician private practices to the endangered species list.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/06/08/obamacare-shoving-doctors-out-of-private-practice.aspx

Here’s a dirty little secret about recent attempts to fix ObamaCare. The “reforms,” approved by Senate and House leaders this summer and set to advance in the next Congress, adopt many of the Medicare payment reforms already in the Affordable Care Act. Both favor the consolidation of previously independent doctors into salaried roles inside larger institutions, usually tied to a central hospital, in effect ending independent medical practices.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-gottlieb-obamacares-threat-to-private-practice-1417990367

Fewer Doctor-Owned Practices?
More physicians have been compelled to leave individual practice and take salaried positions at hospitals since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, and researchers predict this trend will only become more pronounced over the next few years.
Under the ACA, physician-owned practices must apply for authorization from the Department of Health and Human Services, endure a “community approval” period and be located in an area where population measures are met.

http://www.poweryourpractice.com/practice-management/how-affordable-care-act-hurt-practice/

Regardless of the intentions of the administration, a disturbing result of the legislation is that clinicians are closing their practices and many are joining the ranks of hospital-employed providers.
Private practices are spending less time with patients and more with their EMR-enabled devices filling out digital paperwork to satisfy government requirements, all with the ‘mandated intention’ of improving patient care.
Medicare continues to reduce reimbursement amounts and tighten the nooze on private practices.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1096549
You could have approached the discussion as well from the premise that every single thing that the federal government does results in a diminution of freedom…which is clearly what is occurring as a result of the law.
“Government control of health care…….control not care!”

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Jon

09 October 2015

fish 4:28, that crap just goes to prove, any unqualified partisan can write an article and make it seem factual. Most of what you linked is total bullshit.

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Todd Juvinall

09 October 2015

Jedd Ackerman out past Publisher was on CNN being asked about the President’s visit to Roseburg. Here is a snippet. I hope it works.
https://www.facebook.com/lacey.ackerman.37/videos/1634289363493075/

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fish

09 October 2015

Posted by: Jon | 09 October 2015 at 07:32 AM
Another first rate rebuttal jon. Absolutely top drawer!

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Jon

09 October 2015

That’s right fish, the passages you cited were unqualified BS, written by partisan hacks. Next time find something written by health care experts.

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Jon

09 October 2015

Todd, I do like the nickname Jedd. Fitting.

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Walt

09 October 2015

Affairs in D.C.? And “jon” wants to try and make something of that? LOL!!! OH YAAaaaa..
Hay “jon”.. Ever hear of Bill Clinton? That was just a “vast Right wing conspiracy”.
Too bad W.H. internes had bad table manners, and were sloppy eaters.
As for the Teflon Don, GO TRUMP! ,, The “jon” sure got that wrong from the start, and continues to do so.
OK, folks,, “Hookers for Hillary” are back in “action”. Call it continuation studies in “Liberal Arts”.
Collage debt can be “capitalized” on.
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/09/bunny-ranch-brothel-offers-to-pay-down-student-loans-for-new-sex-workersbunny-ranch-brothel-offers-to-pay-down-student-loans-for-new-sex-workers/
Future Gov. high level employees? ( IRS?)

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fish

09 October 2015

Posted by: Jon | 09 October 2015 at 09:33 AM
That’s right fish, the passages you cited were unqualified BS, written by partisan hacks. Next time find something written by health care experts.
The way of the dinosaur and dodo?
Physician private practices will almost certainly continue to decline, but they probably aren’t headed for total extinction. Some doctors will resist the temptation to work for larger entities, even if their pay suffers as a result.
While the shift away from private practices was already under way prior to Obamacare, the legislation definitely threw gasoline on the fire. As a result, perhaps another federal action is now needed: adding physician private practices to the endangered species list.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/06/08/obamacare-shoving-doctors-out-of-private-practice.aspx
Keith Speights
TMFFishBiz
Keith began writing for the Fool in 2012 and focuses primarily on healthcare investing topics. His background includes serving in management and consulting for the healthcare technology, health insurance, medical device, and pharmacy benefits management industries.
A money guy….money guys are usually ambivalent on the politics and just look at the issues and how they effect the bottom line. He’s much like you have tried to portray yourself on various threads….the cool above the fray expert on matters financial.
Here’s a dirty little secret about recent attempts to fix ObamaCare. The “reforms,” approved by Senate and House leaders this summer and set to advance in the next Congress, adopt many of the Medicare payment reforms already in the Affordable Care Act. Both favor the consolidation of previously independent doctors into salaried roles inside larger institutions, usually tied to a central hospital, in effect ending independent medical practices.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-gottlieb-obamacares-threat-to-private-practice-1417990367
Dr. Gottlieb, a physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is a member of the Health IT Policy Committee that advises the Department of Health and Human Services. He also invests in and advises health-care companies.
Writes for AEI on the topic but advises HHS on health IT matters. HHS thinks he has something to say on the subject. A physician as well…..remember when Sugar Frosted Barry O’s had his white coated flock surrounding him during his the Rose Garden Obamacare sales pitch? We were supposed to trust physicians then weren’t we?
Why not trust a physician now?
Fewer Doctor-Owned Practices?
More physicians have been compelled to leave individual practice and take salaried positions at hospitals since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, and researchers predict this trend will only become more pronounced over the next few years.
Under the ACA, physician-owned practices must apply for authorization from the Department of Health and Human Services, endure a “community approval” period and be located in an area where population measures are met.
http://www.poweryourpractice.com/practice-management/how-affordable-care-act-hurt-practice/
Ahmed Mori
Ahmed Mori joined CareCloud as a content writer specializing in Meaningful Use certification, EHRs and mHealth. He enjoys researching and reporting on innovative healthcare technologies. Read his work on PYP and the CareCloud blog. Follow him on Twitter: @AhmedPYP
Yep….just another Team Red hack!
Regardless of the intentions of the administration, a disturbing result of the legislation is that clinicians are closing their practices and many are joining the ranks of hospital-employed providers.
Private practices are spending less time with patients and more with their EMR-enabled devices filling out digital paperwork to satisfy government requirements, all with the ‘mandated intention’ of improving patient care.
Medicare continues to reduce reimbursement amounts and tighten the nooze on private practices.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1096549
So what do we have….an agnostic who investigates the financial aspects of Obamacare, a doctor who writes about Obamacare, and two interested amateurs who write and publish articles about Obamacare!
How are they any less credible on the subject than you?
U Mad Bro?

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Jon

09 October 2015

Good post Walt. Covered a lot of ground there. But tell me- what were Dr. Rebane and I wrong about? Trump has no upside left, he can only go in one direction. He peaked in late July as I told you. And remember the rule Walt- the marathon is not won at the start or by the early sprint. Its going to be a long and slow decline for Mr. Trump…long and slow.

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George Boardman

09 October 2015

Walt, you better load up because they’re coming:
http://www.ncscooper.com/federal-gun-confiscation-unit-arrives-in-penn-valley-ca/

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Walt

09 October 2015

Thanks for the heads up George B. I doubt “they” will make it this far.
You will find pictures on milk cartons of the missing first.
This is PV. NOT Nevada City.
I even moved my Bradly fighting vehicle for better accessibility. Now it can’t be seen by Google Earth.
As the song says,, ” A country boy can survive”.

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Jon

09 October 2015

hey fish, you don’t get it do you? The inefficiencies, reimbursement problems, and economic viability of private practice started long before Obamacare. The regulatory changes, technology and reporting requirements started long before Obamacare. The drive toward consolidation into large healthcare systems started long before Obamacare. If Obamacare is repealed, the changes in healthcare will continue unabated. So conveniently lazy and inaccurate to wrap all these changes under Obamacare, but its good politically.

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Todd Juvinall

09 October 2015

Fish excellent comments. The reason health insurance costs rose so much is the interference in the business of insurance. When the government started passing laws requiring them to cover things then all hell broke loose on the cost side. Why should we let the government involve itself? If a company wants to insure only corns on your feet, why or how did it pass they have to cover anything else?

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Walt

09 October 2015

No,,,,”jon”,,, MY philosophy is holding strong. ” Get in front,, and STAY there.”
LIBS just can’t do to Trump what they are doing to Carson, which is down right despicable.
It’s pretty sad that collage grads need to turn to prostitution to pay off their GOV. loans. Yup,, Liberalism is working.
” High mom and Dad, I graduated collage!!” Dad:” that’s great news honey,, have a job lined up?” ( you can figure out the rest)

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Jon

09 October 2015

That’s right Walt, it is sad. The excessive cost of higher education is a very complicated issue, way beyond your pay grade. But I’m quite sure you would vehemently oppose additional government aid for deserving college students. Not sure you’re exactly the guy to comment about higher education, Walt.

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Todd Juvinall

09 October 2015

Walt, I think he is liking the “pink” this month.

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fish

09 October 2015

Posted by: Jon | 09 October 2015 at 11:20 AM
So if we repeal Obamacare these trends will continue but the empirical evidence so far shows that with Obamacare these trends are accelerating. Costs up (faster), consolidation continues (faster), regulatory burden increasing (faster) hey you’re right jon it sounds like a great deal….should have done it years ago!
Actually though no need to repeal we’ll just wait for it to collapse of it own weight soon enough!

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