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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:44 AM Original message |
Obama just caved on healthcare. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Does this mean the mandate won't be enforced in many states? (n/t) |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. The OP is spinning. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. If you think states are going to go with a single payer plan, you're dreaming. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
84. Come 2017 states can 'trade up' |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. "trade up" = "take away" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Bullshit |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #88 |
110. Then you need new glasses... |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #88 |
117. Total bullshit. |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
97. have you seen whats going on in Vermont |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
134. It'll only take 2 or 3 states |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
156. CA & NY might very well go for Single Payer. Your OP is disingenuous at best |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. Hahaha, some more 3d chess by Obama, back door single payer... Yeah right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Huh? When was that? nt |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. They cut the feed -- back on now |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Means that my |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. They still have to provide coverage to the same number of people. The OP is wrong. |
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Trey9007 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. BTW...Hawaii's HC is so much better because......... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
95. Here is what it means: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Again? Isn't the first time. Nor the second. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Guess we will all be moving to Vermont..... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Well, VT would not be able to implement single payer without the waiver. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. come on up. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
145. Actually I went to Green Mountain College In Poultney |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Won't it take |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Not what it said. In addition, the waiver is already in the bill. It allows states to implement it |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. +1...nt |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Well good for Vermont and all 600 thousand of it's residents. There's 300 million more of us that |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. The waiver is in the bill already. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. Meaning Vermont is free to adopt single payer |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. Amazing how he caves to just about any demand made by the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well, the American people need things to get much worse.. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. And things will get much worse... |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. Wow. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. AND he didn't get any thing in return |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Right. It was all so Vermont can get single payer. n/t |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
98. The base line stays in place: |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. That isn't what he said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. +1...nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Exactly, Thanks. And said may do it in 2014 instead of 2017. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. You have no clue what he said even means, do you? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. The only states that will implement single payer or a public option with be blue ones /nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
132. One other states see how well we do it... |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
22. If this lets states do what Bernie has planned in Vermont it might |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. It's Peter Shumlin's plan. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. Yeah, a couple of states do it. It is cheaper and more effective. More states jump on the bandwagon. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
120. It's how it started in Canada. Province by province. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. delete |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. For the love of, this is not caving |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Um yeah. He was talking about vermont. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
113. Um no. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. and there are states are asking for waivers which have less coverage /nt |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. And the law expressly forbids it. Let's be real. Sanders wrote the law he was talking about. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
82. appreciate the edification /nt |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. They have to prove they can cover just as many people to get the waiver. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
144. Then they won't get them.. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. BS. He is just ok with moving up the waiver from 2017 to 2014. It means Vermont can |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. Well good for Vermont and all 600 thousand of it's residents. There's 300 million more of us that |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
116. Honestly, stop spreading the BS. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. Stop spreading garbage if you don't understand what is happening. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sounds a bit like Canadian health care... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. At the time was there a |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
138. If some states want to screw their citizens, let them try it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. good. waivers are what VT needs to implement single payer. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. I think CA stands a chance at this too... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. So what's the fucking point if you just leave it up to the states? |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. From the waiver language passed in the HCR |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Easy, it kicks the can out of your court. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Seriously, inform yourself. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Nah... too difficult n/t |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Do you REALLY need this... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
51. No, this is what a lot of us wanted too. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. If you think states are going to go with a single payer plan, you're dreaming. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Pay attention! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Vermont will. California may very well. Other states will follow. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. LOL. Ok |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. it's a start. Know how the Canadian system started? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
105. ... |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
146. If your state will not |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Don't be so cynical. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
149. PA has also been looking into it |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. In my most optimistic moments, I wouldn't expect that in WI |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. Once they see it is cheaper |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
122. Maybe if they see its something that is both cheaper and of benefit to THEM |
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Trey9007 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. People forget that.... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. So when Tim Pawlenty is in the whitehouse and a RW governor says ... |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. The waivers have always existed...always, right from the very beginning |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. A critical difference when you think about it. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Right, 2014 means it will happen in Obama's second term while 2017 is an unknown |
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Trey9007 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Correct... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. What on earth does this evan MEAN? |
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Trey9007 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
81. I dont think you understand how things work... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
77. unrecommended |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
79. The 'individual mandate' is FAR right policy. The sooner we get away from that the better. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Fair enough but. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. How does Canada do it? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Canada is not as corrupt. Their politicians are not in the pockets of the insurance cartel |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
106. That didn't address the question. How does Canda fund their healthcare |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #106 |
124. Sorry I got confused with all the sub-threads. n/t |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Canada allows the Provinces to run health care... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. That didn't answer the question. How does Canada fund their healthcare without a 'mandate'? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. "jointly funded by the provinces and the federal government"...nt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. The provinces and federal government get the money for it from? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Taxes...nt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Bingo. It took a while but I finally got it out of you :) |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. How else would the fund it? nt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. Well, there's always this: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #125 |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #115 |
127. But this thread is about program administration, not funding... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. You're claiming the individual mandate isn't funding? Seriously? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. The only things I'm claiming are that Obama is allowing states to improve on his HCR... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #131 |
163. Keep tap dancing. You're giving Fred Astaire a run for his money. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #163 |
169. Canadian health care is administered by the provinces and must meet federal standards... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. It allows them to opt out of the 'individual mandate'. This is about FUNDING and not much else. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #115 |
141. Yes, and we all know that taxes are not mandatory. n/t |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #141 |
162. Taxes distribute the burden more fairly. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #162 |
166. That wasn't your problem statement. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
164. I did not know that. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
94. LOL. Caving to Bernie Sanders is now considered "making rightwing concessions". |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Amazing, eh?...nt |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #94 |
112. If those regulations are still going to be in place |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Just concede. You're now embracing hypotheticals unrelated to the speech today |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #94 |
155. But...but OBUMMER! |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
101. You know those signs on amusement park rides that say... |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
102. GOOD SWEET JESUS... PLEASE READ POST #46. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Best post on the thread! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #107 |
157. it's been deleted. The disruptors' mission has once again been accomplished on good ole DU. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
103. You are way THE HELL OFF on your interpretation. See this: |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #103 |
114. I realize that but what kind of plan do you think my state is going to come up with? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Deleted message |
Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. You're creating objections from wholecloth |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. Can you understand my frustration? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Dude... |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. Can you understand our frustration in this thread? You're inventing a non-existent narrative |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
133. I agree with giving states a role in health care reform, with control parameters |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
136. He said...What is the point? It's a failed system out of the gate, with so much garbage |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. So you should be happy that he is letting states improve it since it is so bad n/t |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. In 2017 when we have 100 million uninsured, will it all matter? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
139. I do not think that word means what you think it means. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
140. kr |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. lol. informing yourself before reccing is always a good thing. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
148. That is the exact opposite of a "Cave". In fact, it might get us Single Payer sooner. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
150. Now that Bernie Sanders has endorsed the President's approach |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
151. What utter baloney. This is not a concession at all -- for states to opt out, they would have to |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
152. Perfect if you live in a state like Vermont, but... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
153. Skeptical me...saw it as a gauntlet. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
154. That's not what happened at all. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. +1...nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-28-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
158. How is this bad? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #158 |
168. I still maintain this is bad news for red states. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
160. "Bernie Sanders delighted by new waiver date." |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
161. wow , it's rare to see a thread with so many replies ... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
165. Jayzis, this thread is a clusterfuck of personal attacks. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. thanx. Appreciate the civility. nt |
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