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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:46 AM Original message |
Detail of health care plans emerge |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. That second option, with the public plan run by middlemen under |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. yeah, that makes sense. then they get it both ways.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. The whole point is to protect health insurance profits |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. really crappy options. We need single payer. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. I'm with you |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just watch- the Senate "Democrats" will find a way to sell everyone out |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I don't think they'll risk dropping the public option but I fear they'll butcher it. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. I just hope it's better than Medicare. My parents recently became |
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snowdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Around 1900, MD's gave up parts of the body-eyes, ears, teeth, feet.--they |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Govt already does that |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. so is Medicare and Medicaid |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That's why I don't see why the single payer people promote Medicare/Medicaid... |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. part time jobs? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Aren't they all now?... That's the only sort I've held for more than a decade. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's the road to single payer is the only logical evolution once you make healthcare public. |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Not if the public health care they come up with is crappy. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. every option they describe |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Great for CEOs, Bad for America, Bad for Hope, Bad for Change |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. I feel like a turkey on a platter being served up to big insurance. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I don't know how...but whatever. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The main detail has come out: no single payer. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You act like single payer is some sort of damn pancea...it's not. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well, if you're so darn smart, maybe you could explain how |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I never claimed to be "so darn smart," but thanks for the compliment. |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Where there is private insurance in Europe it's required to be non-profit |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't get everyone's complaints. However....I need more information, although I've picked one. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. So how do these religionists define a family? |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. Where is guaranteed coverage? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I think the no pre-existing conditions gotcha is a given |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Underwriting too? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I don't know about that. n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. So we will be forced to buy insurance from the insurance industry? |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Not necessarily |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. BOTTOM LINE: Big Insurance Still In Place & Profiting From Illness |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You thought the insurance industry? |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. just watch... |
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