(2013/10/12) The ACA markets are open, time to panic (Health Care)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 October 2013
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Edition #763
The ACA markets are open, time to panic
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Signing Up For The ACA, Off To A Good Start - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 10-4-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash
Ch. 4: Act 2: How Obamacare will Make us all More Free - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-13-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Good thing - Fine Young Cannibals
Ch. 6: Act 3: The Costs Of Health Care with Dr. Paul Song - David Feldman Show - Air Date 7-29-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: With or Without You (With strings) - Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Ch. 8: Act 4: Obamacare Premiums Report Show Low Prices - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-26-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Communist friends - Kaki King
Ch. 10: Act 5: Balanced, But Not Very Useful, Health Care Info - CounterSpin - Air Date 9-27-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Rhapsody in blue - George Gershwin
Ch. 12: Act 6: Obama On Obamacare Critics: They'll Come Around, Just Like Reagan - Young Turks - Air Date: 09-28-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Show me something new - Shout Out Louds
Ch. 14: Act 7: Medican't - The Daily Show - Air Date: 10-10-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Dine and dash - Funky Blues Messiahs
Ch. 16: Act 8: On the Sabotage of Democracy - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 10-4-13
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Ch. 16: Breaking down Monsanto's Roundup-Ready corn - Bill in Fredericksburg, VA
Ch. 16: How would labeling raise awareness? - Amanda from Chicago
Ch. 16: Asking for knowledge to make informed decisions - Denny from Indiana
Ch. 16: Regardless of the science, I deserve to know - Morgan from Chicago
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Here We Are - Patrick Park
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.7 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cubsiday from the Jimmy Door Show, |
| 0:13.2 | the Tom Hartman program, the David Feldman show, the Majority Report, Counter-Spin, the |
| 0:17.2 | Young Turks, the Daily Show, and Moyers & Company. |
| 0:20.3 | And a reminder to not let yourself get tricked into defending Obamacare. |
| 0:24.1 | Remember, it has a lot of problems and is just a stepping stone to single-payer. |
| 0:30.0 | This week, pre-enrollment began to sign up for our health insurance under the Affordable |
| 0:34.0 | Care Act. |
| 0:35.4 | On the first day, the federal website was visited by 2.8 million people, also known as takers. |
| 0:44.4 | As expected, there were numerous glitches, which Republicans claim proves we must get rid |
| 0:48.0 | of Obamacare. |
| 0:49.7 | By that logic, we should also get rid of computers. |
| 0:54.9 | Throughout the country, thousands of inquiries quickly overwhelmed the system, but it was |
| 0:58.7 | still more pleasant than going to the DMV to have your driver's license picture taken. |
| 1:04.5 | Here in California, there were also glitches, and some visitors to the website ended up with |
| 1:08.2 | tickets to a Clippers game. |
| 1:12.3 | The success of Obamacare will greatly depend on young, healthy people buying insurance, |
| 1:16.7 | though many of them may be too busy twerking. |
| 1:21.2 | Experts say Americans may yet warm up to the new law, except for those who hate Obamac |
| 1:25.3 | so much, they will let themselves get sick and die just out of spite. |
| 1:30.6 | Not coincidentally this week, conservative lawmakers shut down the government in order to |
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