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pattmarty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-10 08:22 AM
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36. Not gonna happen. We are stuck with this POS for probably...........
........another 10 yrs at least, maybe never now. With the "reform" the insurance companies will be more politically and cash powerful than ever.
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  -Insurers Push Plans That Limit Choices of Doctors RamboLiberal  Jul-17-10 09:00 PM   #0 
  - I don't think that is Obama's fault  cap   Jul-17-10 09:07 PM   #1 
  - He's the one who cut the deal to keep the for profit insurers in charge of access to care  dflprincess   Jul-17-10 09:45 PM   #3 
  - +1  area51   Jul-17-10 09:56 PM   #4 
  - If you don't think single payer will limit doctor choices, you're dreaming.  boppers   Jul-18-10 01:40 AM   #17 
     - No. Medicare allows the patient to choose the doctor.  Iowa   Jul-18-10 02:08 AM   #20 
     - Medicare also controls payments.  boppers   Jul-18-10 02:28 AM   #22 
        - then the greedy doctors won't benefit  Donnachaidh   Jul-18-10 08:10 AM   #31 
        - And we've all seen the notices...  CBHagman   Jul-18-10 08:24 AM   #37 
        - Nonsense...  Iowa   Jul-18-10 01:54 PM   #44 
     - Oversimplification much? Medicare for all would have been..........  pattmarty   Jul-18-10 08:18 AM   #35 
  - +1000 n/t  NorthCarolina   Jul-18-10 07:34 AM   #27 
  - Which is why we're still fighting for Single Payer in California!  Joe Bacon   Jul-18-10 07:48 AM   #30 
  - It's the regulator's eternal problem.  Igel   Jul-18-10 01:38 PM   #43 
  - I tried to find my out of network benefits  postulater   Jul-17-10 09:26 PM   #2 
  - Been there,done that...not good.  Proletariatprincess   Jul-17-10 10:06 PM   #5 
  - Dems need to grow a spine and propose single payer and/or public option legislation in response to  williesgirl   Jul-17-10 10:12 PM   #6 
  - I agree with you.  glinda   Jul-17-10 10:25 PM   #7 
  - Not gonna happen. We are stuck with this POS for probably...........  pattmarty   Jul-18-10 08:22 AM   #36 
  - Single payer is the only answer............  SILVER__FOX52   Jul-17-10 11:03 PM   #8 
  - +  Downwinder   Jul-17-10 11:39 PM   #10 
  - Yep.  Iowa   Jul-18-10 02:08 AM   #21 
  - Will never happen until a real Liberal/Progressive resides in the White House. eom  NorthCarolina   Jul-18-10 07:35 AM   #28 
     - +1 n/t  Donnachaidh   Jul-18-10 08:11 AM   #32 
     - You forgot congress as well  Sgent   Jul-18-10 12:23 PM   #41 
        - No, I didn't forget really, and it is important  NorthCarolina   Jul-18-10 07:55 PM   #46 
  - Single Payer Now!  wbcarlos2012   Jul-17-10 11:06 PM   #9 
  - But, but-- you can keep your doctor!  depakid   Jul-18-10 12:18 AM   #11 
  - I knew that one wasn't the truth...  onpatrol98   Jul-18-10 12:35 AM   #12 
  - With single payer, all doctors enroll in one insurance plan, and all  JDPriestly   Jul-18-10 12:37 AM   #13 
  - Not really  sandnsea   Jul-18-10 01:07 AM   #15 
     - It probably would not happen here. That did not happen in England,  JDPriestly   Jul-18-10 01:28 AM   #16 
  - I have one clinic  sandnsea   Jul-18-10 01:06 AM   #14 
  - Pretty similar here...  jimmie   Jul-18-10 10:58 AM   #40 
  - Don't shout too loudly  ericinne   Jul-18-10 01:44 AM   #18 
  - Obama invented the HMO!  boppers   Jul-18-10 01:44 AM   #19 
  - uhh yeah, failed history class?  Donnachaidh   Jul-18-10 08:12 AM   #33 
     - Apparently, the sarcasm tag is needed for even the most obvious of absurdities.  boppers   Jul-18-10 02:52 PM   #45 
  - As I said in another thread. Can you imagne the wait this will create  notadmblnd   Jul-18-10 03:56 AM   #23 
  - The sabotaging begins......  Diane R   Jul-18-10 04:28 AM   #24 
  - I will never, ever, ever understand how the Obama administration  Vinca   Jul-18-10 06:57 AM   #25 
  - All you need to know about it is D.L.C.  NorthCarolina   Jul-18-10 07:37 AM   #29 
  - Easy as hell to understand, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$  pattmarty   Jul-18-10 08:26 AM   #38 
  - Well, I'll just switch to the Public Option if they play those games - OOPS!!!  on point   Jul-18-10 07:21 AM   #26 
  - Can't wait until 2014 when this fucking tragedy is "fully" in place.  pattmarty   Jul-18-10 08:14 AM   #34 
  - don't they already do this?  davidinalameda   Jul-18-10 09:40 AM   #39 
     - You are correct -- HMOs have been around since at least 1929.  Hoyt   Jul-18-10 12:46 PM   #42 
 

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