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    Image of KATE! KATE!
    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    does anyone know if this bill includes the opt-out option? #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    call your rep automagically for free [tools.advomatic.com] #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    Sorry people. This is watered down crap, windfall profits for insurance companies, and women being sold down the river by the Democratic Party. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @PaintedTrollop: Yeah, I agree, and I am a loyal Democrat. I'm deeply disappointed.

    The idea was to create a government-run system that would give everyone access to doctors and hospitals. It wasn't to make a law that people who can't afford to buy health insurance must buy health insurance.

    That's like solving the homeless problem by forcing every homeless person to buy a home.

    Fail. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @ihateyourescalade: That's a great analogy - it really sums it up. I hope you won't object to me appropriating it from time to time. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @PaintedTrollop: By all means, appropriate when necessary.
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    Edited by ihateyourescalade at 11/08/09 11:39 AM ihateyourescalade was starred ihateyourescalade was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    I feel like this is a momentous occasion, and I probably shouldn't be drunk. And yet.

    That said, the abortion concession is upsetting. Same old song and dance, my friends. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    I can't wait (WAIT) to shove this in every Republican's face. Fuck you, fuck your party (with which I would agree on many policies if you dipshits didn't constantly pander to the Religious Right), and most importantly: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE.

    That is all. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @JessickerFletcher: Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel! #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    I know the Stupak amendment is depressing, but I'm loathe to let Great be the enemy of Good when it comes to getting Americans universal health care. That amendment is not impregnable and Democrats (REAL democrats, not the 39 asswads who voted for Stupak) aren't going to forget it's there. IF, and IF this gets passed in the Senate, I think Obama's team will be happy to harness the national goodwill that will follow to ramrod shit through to fix this.

    Of course, I'm only a mindless Obamabot. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Yes yes yes yes.

    It will be SO much easier to deal with the whole issue once Obama has an undeniable & substantial victory in his pocket. And when the opposition isn't using it as a way to stop that victory from happening. They know that if there is no health care reform, Obama won't have the leverage to do much of anything... but they also know that if he DOES get this to happen, they're screwed. This was their last chance to throw everything they had at him. I don't think that they were holding back. Which is part of why it got so ugly, why it's SUCH a big deal that this happened, and why it's alright that it isn't perfect yet.

    Now they've used up everything they have against him, and it looks like it's not going to be enough. Now I understand why it was allowed to become as absurd as it did, and why Obama never stepped in and enforced order - it's all out there now. All the garbage is out in the open. What else can they say? This was the Republicans best chance at bringing Obama down. It will never be as easy for them again. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: I agree with you but must point out that this bill does not guarantee universal health care. It only guarantees universal health insurance. Nitpicky, yes, but an important difference. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    I'm curious, has anybody here read the 1,990-page Democrats' reform bill from front to back? #healthcarereform
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    Image of Lincolnsbeard33 Lincolnsbeard33
    11/08/09

    @Cam/ron: there is not a doubt in my mind that not a single one of them has read it. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @Cam/ron: I am not done, but I am fighting my way through it. It's ridiculously thick, even for legislation. #healthcarereform
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    Image of GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11) GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
    11/08/09

    @Lincolnsbeard33: Them? The House or Jezebel readers?

    You're the one who is 100% for passing any bill, posting any comments that haven't been read. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @SparklyTempest: There's a copy of it at my community's library. Of course, I'll have to find five or six hours to kill to read the bill. My dad said that it's a mess of red tape and legalese. #healthcarereform
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    Edited by Cam/ron at 11/08/09 1:26 AM Cam/ron was starred Cam/ron was unstarred
    Image of SparklyTempest SparklyTempest
    11/08/09

    @Cam/ron: From what I have fought through, the WSJ's summary/key points list is actually pretty good. While I think it is important to at least try to read through it, if you can't make the time, it is a good place to start: [online.wsj.com] #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): like I said it was a typo. But I mean the House. #healthcarereform
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    Image of notheretomakefriends notheretomakefriends
    11/08/09

    @SparklyTempest: And then some (I guess, republican) journalist wrote this: [online.wsj.com] #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @notheretomakefriends: Betsey McCaughey is not a journalist. She is a former Republican lieutenant governor of New York.

    I, however, am a journalist, and suggest that next time you research the facts before accusing "journalists" of bias.
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    Edited by ihateyourescalade at 11/08/09 11:36 AM ihateyourescalade was starred ihateyourescalade was unstarred
    Image of LucianaMarigny LucianaMarigny
    11/07/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    I don't know how to feel about this. I supported this Act and wrote my Rep. asking him to support it (even though he's a Republican) because I thought it was the most comprehensive and the one most likely to be passed, but I'm just so....sad about the Stupak amendment. I know this is probably the best reform package we could get under the circumstances and I know NOW supported the act as well (they asked members to support it), but restricting women's access to safe reproductive healthcare isn't exactly a break with tradition.
    You should see some of the comments on Obama's facebook. His status is "this is history." Everyone seems to thinks this reform will dramatically change the course of history and our lives. I think it's a big step towards change, but I also feel like it's almost a slap in the face to women who are getting royally fucked by this reform act to call it "historic" or "world-changing." #healthcarereform
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    11/07/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    Suck it Republicans, looks like there's a new sheriff in town. How's that "Party of No" thing working out for you today? #healthcarereform
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    Image of Shamrockette Shamrockette
    11/07/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    This may be a success for the House, but the Senate will turn it down.

    Oh well. Might start packing for Canada now. #healthcarereform
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    11/07/09

    @Shamrockette: We used to make fun of Canada. Now we clamor towards their gates.

    And they will whisper across the gates.

    "NO" #healthcarereform
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    11/07/09

    @MmSM: I know Canadians that I can gay marry for entry. I have options. #healthcarereform
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    11/07/09

    @Shamrockette: Gay Marriage is Canada?

    And they're not in hell? #healthcarereform
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    11/07/09

    In reply to House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
    Does anyone know if this makes it so insurance companies cannot drop coverage or deny treatment for pre-existing conditions?

    PS - Yay! #healthcarereform
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    11/07/09

    @Miss Scarlett is sad at humanity lately: I'm pretty sure that elimination of "pre-existing conditions" was one of the provisions. #healthcarereform
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    11/08/09

    @Miss Scarlett is sad at humanity lately: unless your pre-existing condition is a pregnancy you want to terminate legally. then you are shit out of luck.

    and yeah, i'm sad at humanity too. because of this. #healthcarereform
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    10/24/09

    In reply to Morrissey Collapses On Stage, Is Taken To Hospital
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought he had been ill with an undisclosed illness recently, as in the past year or two? #getwellsoon
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    10/24/09

    @WickedLittleHigh: Yup, he's cancelled several shows due to illness that hasn't been described. #getwellsoon
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    10/24/09

    In reply to Morrissey Collapses On Stage, Is Taken To Hospital
    Let's hope it's a case of "So I drank one, it became four, and when I fell on the floor I drank more"! Or something similarly non-life-threatening.

    Oh, Moz, I love you, even though you canceled the concert I had tickets to this year only to reschedule it for when I will be 32 weeks pregnant. "Is there any point ever having children?" indeed!
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    Maritsa promoted this comment Edited by girlleastlikelyto at 10/24/09 8:45 PM girlleastlikelyto was starred girlleastlikelyto was unstarred
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    10/24/09

    @girlleastlikelyto: Hey, you can do it! I went to a Cure concert when I was about the same, despite my MIL's protests that it might not be safe for the baby. Maybe not general admission . . . . : )

    Love your screen name! #getwellsoon
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    10/24/09

    In reply to Morrissey Collapses On Stage, Is Taken To Hospital
    Moz is practically a religion for my brother and I. I SO hope he gets better soon :( #getwellsoon
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    10/24/09

    In reply to Morrissey Collapses On Stage, Is Taken To Hospital
    Moz! Get better, please! #getwellsoon
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