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More wingnut heads explode.
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Is that great news or awesome news?
Even the bassackwards red states Obama haters are signing up in big numbers despite having to go around their own leaders to do it. Do they still blindly hate Obama, of course they do, but they can sign up in private and then live in denial in public and have it both ways. Is that ridiculous and childish, of course it is but being motivated by hate pretty much removes the question of intelligence and brings the expectation of blind, bigoted ignorance. Some of them are smart enough to jump on a good thing at least which makes their uninsured friends seem a little meaner and less intelligent. The law is separating out the meanest and dumbest from the average everyday haters too.
All this in just a few months, the ACA is like a good virus that we don’t want to cure. Let it infect everyone.
Trainwreck anyone???
The real GOP horror story is when the percentage of uninsured starts to fall through the floor. Then any policy changes they have will obviously throw people off their health insurance. That’ll be political suicide.
I have a legal question. If someone listens to one of these pundits or an ad from a political group and forgoes Obamacare insurance and incurs an enormous medical bill because of it, can these entities be sued? Freedom of speech is not absolute (libel, yelling ‘fire’ in a crowded theater) but I’m not sure what precedence this might come under.
Neal, it’s funny you should bring this up, as that’s an issue currently before the Supreme Court. Ohio has a law that bans “lies” in ads – including campaign ads,
(http://www.npr.org/2014/04/22/299171030/supreme-court-will-hear-challenge-to-ohio-ban-on-campaign-lies).
I’d be surprised if the court upheld the law. Not even liberal justices (IMHO) would want to make a ruling on how a campaign ad can be objectively determined “true,” “spinnable” or outright lie. Still, it’s an interesting case. If SCOTUS upheld it, expect other states to pass similar laws.