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Here’s a sample from the political healthcare week that was on Twitter. Informative and not, nuanced, banal, absurd, bombastic, liberal, conservative, libertarian and more, this is a small collection of what America is saying about healthcare and its politics.
Barack Obama @BarackObama
President Obama: "I think there is one person to make these decisions on health care, and that is you.” http://OFA.BO/EgwcQG#ACA
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
Romney campaign now wants credit for "Romneycare" health care law it tried to explain away during primaries: wapo.st/QfFvXC
Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter
Not just cancer. My daughter's dr told me results of her genetic testing will make it tough for her to get insurance if Obamacarerepealed.
Steve Forbes @SteveForbesCEO
One medical company is cancelling plans to open new factories. Why? Obamacare taxes. See @PaulHseih for @Forbes
Henry Blodget @hblodget
Romney campaign addresses guy who's wife died... "If he'd lived in MA, he would have had health insurance"
Dean Clancy @DeanClancy
Why do some Republicans think it's OK to trap seniors in a govt-run health care program, but not non-seniors? http://bit.ly/NljckV
Get your #FullRepeal Action Kit here http://ow.ly/cPXUF Help us stop Obamacare now! #tcot #tlot #hcr
TheNewDeal @TheNewDeal
The GOP is Having a Meltdown b/c a Romney Staffer Told the Truth, That Romney Passed a Healthcare Mandate & it Worked.#RomneyCare #p2 #tcot
Sam Stein @samsteinhp
"I actually like the name, because i do care" -- obama onObamacare
Russell Schaffer @RussOnPolitics
Romneycare was designed to help Mitt Romney win reelection as Mass governor in 2006, not help him run for president in 2008 and beyond.
Philip Klein @philipaklein
Romney team evidently adopting the @davidfrum argument & embracing Romneycare http://bit.ly/OOCzVA
U.S. Chamber @uschamber
MT @USChamberAction: To drop or not to drop healthcare? That's the question #smallbiz is waiting to answer
Taegan Goddard @politicalwire
To defend against an ad saying Romney caused worker to lose health care, Romney spokesperson cites universal care...
Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT
@davidfrum Yes, maybe so! Though I don't see how Romney effectively rediscovers Romneycare without looking even more phony than usual.
davidfrum @davidfrum
@DouthatNYT Americans may prefer a phony who doesnt want to take away their health insurance to someone who sincerely does want to
davidfrum @davidfrum
Why universal health coverage is a conservative reformhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/08/universal-healthcare.html …
Matt Novak @paleofuture
if california ever does break off let's all agree to paddle it to australia and steal all their healthcare
Sarah Kliff @sarahkliff
Romneycare would cover an unemployed cancer patient. Obamacare will too.
Brian Beutler @brianbeutler
When @MittRomney's president and Obamacare's a thing of the past, he'll just encourage all sick/laid off people to move to Massachusetts.
RNC @GOP
$810 Billion: Amount Of Taxes In #ObamaCare- http://bit.ly/MxEyiw#bythenumbers
Dave Rubin @RubinReport
#ChickFila set a world record in fried chicken sales yesterday. This is precisely why we need #Obamacare.
Heritage Foundation @Heritage
#Obamacare Robs Medicare of $716 Billion to Fund Itself!
Danielle Blake @DCPlod
That awkward moment when your greatest achievement and your greatest embarrassment become the same thing. #Romneycare
MicheleBachmann @MicheleBachmann
Younger, healthier Americans have the most to lose with#Obamacare, despite extending coverage to age 26: http://tiny.cc/jg8ciw #tcot


