Sen. Manchin: Obamacare Could Have 'Complete Meltdown'
Assuming that's not what is going on right now
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Sunday that Obamacare could be headed for a "complete meltdown" if costs rise too fast and people are unhappy with their coverage.
"If it's so much more expensive than what we anticipated, and if the coverage is not as good as what we've had, you've got a complete meltdown at that time," Manchin said on CNN's "State of the Union."
The senator said such a situation would result in the law collapsing under "its own weight."
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Now if only the Demoblican and Re-Smuglican parties that foisted this mess on us, will melt down along with it, maybe we could try medicine combined with economic freedom!
Define "economic freedom"!
Sorry to burst you bubble but Obamacare isn't a two party fiasco. There is no spreading the blame on this one. Democrats own it lock, stock, and barrel.
Dems had control of both Houses of Congress and the Executive Office and this was the best they could come up with ? Remember, not one Republican voted for this piece of crap legislation nor did they have one bit of input into it's 10 or 12 thousand pages of regulations. Dems could have passed ANYTHING they wanted, and we got Obamacare.
Sign me up for whatever health care plan Senator Manchin has, plus all the other Members of Congress. I bet not a single one of them is worried about a meltdown when it comes to their health care plans. Sign me up now for a Member of Congress Plan.
Well, guess what Joe? By your definition, obamacare is melting down right this very instant. By March you and the rest of the Democrats who jammed this abomination down our throats are gonna have to treat obamacare for a case of China Syndrome. BTW, check out this ad soon coming to a state near you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyMMs-WO4U
Oh, and just imagine your own picture in this ad, Joe. Got Panic, yet?
Tomorrow's the big day! If your nit signed up by then, well, uh, gee, Obo will issue another decree or something.
We don't need any national health care plans of any kind. Only those who can afford health insurance should be able to have it. Right?
Let's spend ALL of our money and taxes on more wars, and foreign aid. Then all those people who can't afford health care, and don't deserve it anyway because they can't afford it, will get killed off.
Obamacare Could Have 'Complete Meltdown'
OK, now I'm confused. I was certain ObamaCare was the complete meltdown.
In a way it is. It is the govt solution to a govt created problem. The cure is worse than the disease but no one could have seen that coming.
Of course not. They will just read about it in the media, after the fact, like the rest of us.