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Post #380,011 by Another Scott 8/30/13 9:08:28 AM Reply	Wonkette has more... http://wonkette.com/...-to-help-everyone Ralph Hudgens, the insurance commissioner for the great state of Georgia, recently bragged to a meeting of Republicans, ÂLet me tell you what weÂre doing (about ObamaCare)[:] Â Everything in our power to be an obstructionist.Â Oh, really? Tell us more, Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Jay Bookman! After pausing to let applause roll over him, a grinning Hudgens went on to give an example of that obstructionist behavior, this one involving so-called ÂnavigatorsÂ who are being hired to guide customers through the process of buying health insurance on marketplaces, or exchanges, set up under the federal program. ÂWe have passed a law that says that a navigator, which is a position in that exchange, has to be licensed by our Department of Insurance,Â Hudgens said. ÂThe ObamaCare law says that we cannot require them to be an insurance agent, so we said fine, weÂll just require them to be a licensed navigator. So weÂre going to make up the test, and basically you take the insurance agent test, you erase the name, you write Ânavigator testÂ on it.Â Hudgens clearly thought that was a pretty cute way for state officials to obstruct and delay implementation of the program and to ensure that it doesnÂt work well for Georgians. Judging from their reaction, his audience thought so too. [...] You go Ralph... :-/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #380,012 by mmoffitt 8/30/13 9:38:02 AM Reply	Gee... If only we had a Public Option no one would have to buy private insurance and that ploy wouldn't work.
Post #380,013 by boxley 8/30/13 9:47:13 AM Reply	those darn repo's everyone knows that a navigator doesnt require a background check to have full access to your healthcare data and all personal id, why would they need a test? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,014 by jake123 8/30/13 11:11:49 AM Reply	Once again Bill his stated goal is not about making it work, it's about making it not work. And a background check is a very different thing from a test. Seriously dude, there's tons of shit that you can rake Obama over the coals for that's legitimate. Why are you working over the shit that's not?
Post #380,018 by boxley 8/30/13 11:36:36 AM Reply	not having a background check for navigators is a good idea? Since when? Does your government allow hiring of people for accessing extremely sensitive personal info, say the motor vehicle department without a check to see if they have previously run a chop shop? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,019 by jake123 8/30/13 11:38:04 AM Reply	But that's not what they're talking about, now is it?
Post #380,020 by boxley 8/30/13 11:46:41 AM Reply	what who is talking about? georgia wants to license them, as part of getting a license they will be background checked. A test to see if they are even qualified for usage may be useful. Is he throwing up a roadblock? Sure, just because it is a roadblock doesnt mean its a bad idea. The fact that ahem, that some navigators are too stupid to tie their own shoes for certain exchanges is anecdotal, not data Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,022 by jake123 8/30/13 12:00:31 PM Reply	Ralph Hudgens, the insurance commissioner He's not talking about trying to do things well, he flat out stated he's being obstructionist. He's working for the people he's supposed to be regulating. That's who. Read the quote.
Post #380,027 by boxley 8/30/13 12:56:15 PM Reply	one man's obstruction may be another man's well thought out plan to regulate navigators Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #380,029 by folkert 8/30/13 1:01:24 PM Reply	That is NOT... his stated GOAL. It is to make ACA not work in Georgia. Friggin read man. Stop filtering pertinent data. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #380,028 by folkert 8/30/13 1:00:19 PM Reply	BOxley is blind... He only reads what he wants to read. Then only interprets things in a way only someone with an agenda would interpret them. What nearly everyone sees here is that tank he is driving, laying strawmen mines. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #380,043 by hnick 8/30/13 4:51:40 PM Reply	Nope, you are... He's in troll mode; he's trying to make you angry. He knows EXACTLY what he's reading and how he's twisting it. Every time you get pissed off, he wins. It's pretty obvious and you're missing it and he's winning big time.
Post #380,046 by folkert 8/30/13 7:49:33 PM 8/30/13 7:52:11 PM Reply	I am past... getting angry anymore. I'm not even in the least. I'm doing it now for enjoyment... (or so my wife thinks) You may think I'm feeding the troll (DNFTT and all that), until recently he was getting further and further away from making any sense, fewer words, fewer threads that were even recognizable, fewer ideas that could be turned. At least now, IMO, he is understandable... dang, ok. Wait, he is actually forming more coherent trolls. In essence, I'm help him be a better troll. Great... First world problems, I guess. :/ -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Edited by folkert Aug. 30, 2013, 07:51:01 PM EDT Edited by folkert Aug. 30, 2013, 07:52:11 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #380,047 by folkert 8/30/13 8:00:28 PM Reply	on the edits... I just figured a thing that Apache Bombs on for content here. The previous message would BOMB with the content ending in a single "colon" and single "backslash" in succession like this one: :\ Except without it showing up. I'll put this in the admin forum as well. -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C

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