Grace-Marie Turner: Ramming Obamacare through without bipartisan support was wrong

By Grace-Marie Turner

Published: Sunday, May 6 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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Rep. Barney Frank has led a parade of Democrats in renouncing the passage of the Affordable Care Act, suggesting the far-reaching law may be a net deficit for the party on Election Day.

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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

I assumed this piece was written by a flunky of the medical/industrial complex, and I was right. Saying the healthcare law was politically unpopular is not the same as saying it was bad. There was no plan that Republicans would have supported, so More..

8:57 a.m. May 6, 2012
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pragmatistferlife

salt lake city, utah

And without "Obamcare" the Republicans would have done what about health care? Nothing, nada, zip, zilch, zero despite agreement that something had to be done? Now they'll have to go back and make something happen..would have never More..

8:49 a.m. May 6, 2012
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Hutterite

American Fork, UT

The only way anyhthing is going to get done in our current political climate is through brute force. Bipartisan is a word for campaigns only.

9:06 a.m. May 6, 2012
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