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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:32 AM Original message |
More insurance will not solve our health-care woes |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Insurance = Cartel |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That works for routine care |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Transplant: HSA backed by government secured loan; Drugs: by in bulk |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "Low cost" loans? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Someone has to go into debt: |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. So you would consider health care an item that only those who can |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I believe that everyone should be responsible for their own debts. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. And what happens to a person whose paycheck barely covers housing and food? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. What happens to him: the government pays for his health care, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Like many Americans, you have A LOT to learn about economics |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Then provide alternatives, Professor. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. No worries- but first one needs to grasp the basic economic assumptions underlying the issue(s) |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Fine. Let's do the fire department the same way |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes, lets do that. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Smokers and non-smokers pay the same property tax rates |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. To argue equality amongst chosen risk classes is to not argue equality. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. We had to cancel our insurance this month |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. 10K deductible? Yikes! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. We gave ours up about 3 years ago when it hit $12,000 |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yoiks! Was that a quarter? |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Here it is- |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Insurance is a scam! |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Probably the worst scam out there (n/t) |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Why do you think the scammers held their fund raiser in Phoenix at and insurance man's mcmansion? |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. k&r |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. A great big K & R!! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is grossly dishonest. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Hillary's health care plan is crap; So is Obama's..... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Any plan that contiunes to funnel money into the pockets of the crooks that are currently |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The perfect is the enemy of the good. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. There is no perfect system - |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It's moot now. Let's talk again in 8 years. n/t |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Insurance companies are the problem. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Health insurance prevents us from getting adequate health care. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. does anyone know what percentage of our healthcare dollar goes to . . . |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. At least a quarter, probably more, goes to non-medical costs...... |
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