The freepers are flipping out over the health care bill passing

[Roon]

I swear to god,I read this. "You should stock up on ammo and food!"...like that is going to affect health care.

[MrModerate]

1. With any luck, they'll head for the hills where they'll accidentally kill each other . . .

playing war games and eating each others' cooking. That would be an improvement, in actual fact.

[Mopar151]

4. I live in the hills

We don't want 'em either.....

[MrModerate]

6. Sorry. Darn those unintended consequences! n/t

[YOY]

10. You can stay with us until it's over.

Then you can sell all the ownerless cars on your property after it's all over...it's a win-win.

[Bitwit1234]

12. I have a better idea

have a lottery where you can get them to win a hunting trip with cheney. ONE AT A TIME.

[vaberella]

2. Why am I not surprised. Some DUers are as well..they can join the Freepers for all I care. n/t

[Selatius]

3. They should be happy instead of pissed. The health insurance industry succeeded.

They managed to wear down the US House into passing a pathetic excuse of a Public Option that will only cover those who are unemployed and those who are employed with employers who provide no health insurance. Everybody else who works for an employer who has a contract with a private health insurer is essentially stuck in the private sector. They will not be allowed to transfer over into the Public Option. The Senate's version is even worse. They actually have an opt-out provision allowing entire states to leave the program.

[DemBones DemBones]

5. Health insurance industry wins, we lose, and DU is cheering?

:wtf: is that about?

I think many employers will tell their employees "Hey, we can't afford to give you insurance any longer, and now there's this 'public option' so. . ." I also see insurance premiums rising significantly. Our only hope is if the Senate does not pass this crappy bill.

[Selatius]

8. Perverse as it may be, the only way the Public Option wins is if employers dump all their plans.

Of course, I seriously doubt the health insurance lobby overlooked anything in the bill that would encourage employers to dump their health insurance plans en masse into the Public Option. That would destroy private health insurance in America. I don't believe they are stupid enough to overlook such a thing.

[ixion]

9. yeah, I know

:wtf:

This was a win for insurance companies, not We, the People.

[YOY]

11. Thing is some folks think this will lead to real single payer eventually.

I doubt them highly.

[cleveramerican]

7. stand by for Glenn Beck's tears

[Walk away]

13. Ok, it sucks but it is the germ of single payer.

If the public option is a success and the Dems can spend the next eight years improving and expanding it, then it will be unstoppable.