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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:45 PM Original message |
Patients Are Not Consumers - By Paul Krugman |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Consequentially, "reform" is built on a foundation of powdered sugar. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I heard my neice (who works with patients in a group home setting) use that term to describe |
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raging_moderate (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. they're not customers |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. HIs logic is irrefutable. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. I detest that word. If somebody calls me a consumer, they'll get an earful. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Calling patients consumers is just more Mr. Krabs Capitalism for you |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Mr Krabs |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. knr nt |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Keep your profit motive |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. Medicare For All NOW |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R nt |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. calling us consumers... |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sadly I've seen this attitude in my own doctors more lately |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh well, people who work for a living are just "human resources" now...Same idea, I'm afraid. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Someone should have told the White House. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. All society is not a Buyer Beware transaction. Or it shouldn't be. |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Krugman's on FIRE lately. KRUGMAN FOR PRESIDENT! . KRUGMAN 2012! . nt |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I'm with you.... Draft Krugman! |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Corporate fascist America would never let him through the starting gate. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. THANK YOU. As a nurse I find this extemely misleading. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "Misleading" how about completely insulting & insensitive? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Of course it is that, but it is also misleading |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I can has my appendix out at Joe's for $25.00 |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. Doctors have been saying this for years. The HMOs started the trend. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. That's how I remember it as well. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R!!!! |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Dammit! I picked the wrong time to try to open free clinics in Texas |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. HUGE K & R !!! |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Krugman nails it YET AGAIN!! |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. The one that drives me nuts is when high deductible insurance scams |
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