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Thu Jan-01-09 11:14 AM
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SCAM. I canceled it after one year.
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| -Why people think they like their employer-paid health insurance |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 07:55 AM |
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People like it because the employer contributes to paying for it. |
undeterred |
Jan-01-09 08:07 AM |
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But employees are paying for it indirectly |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 08:25 AM |
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Don't forget co-pays and deductibles. It's a hose job. |
geckosfeet |
Jan-01-09 09:01 AM |
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That's Hardly The Question |
ProfessorGAC |
Jan-01-09 10:06 AM |
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Another healthy person that has never gotten expensively sick |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 10:54 AM |
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Try To Keep Up, Please |
ProfessorGAC |
Jan-02-09 11:02 AM |
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You'd get the same coverage under single payer cheaper |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 12:19 PM |
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I Already Said That |
ProfessorGAC |
Jan-02-09 06:44 PM |
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Same coverage - less cost. Probably better coverage. Try it - you will like it! |
geckosfeet |
Jan-01-09 11:27 AM |
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I Already Said That |
ProfessorGAC |
Jan-02-09 10:59 AM |
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Edward's plan was a good idea |
Juche |
Jan-01-09 12:38 PM |
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This is why insurance and health care are a bad marriage. |
Cleita |
Jan-01-09 01:48 PM |
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Insurance thieves would never tolerate the Edwards regulations |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 03:50 AM |
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But if we had universal health care paid for through our tax dollars, your employer |
CTyankee |
Jan-01-09 09:56 AM |
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Well, that's a myth. |
Cleita |
Jan-01-09 01:50 PM |
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No, socialized health care spreads the risk around the entire population. |
CTyankee |
Jan-01-09 02:11 PM |
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Would you like to pay 485 for a year? You could, in a federal system |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-01-09 01:51 PM |
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That is a private insurance scheme for healthy adult working people |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 03:51 AM |
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"GET the Insurance Companies OUT of the Medical decision making process. |
RC |
Jan-01-09 08:07 AM |
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I agree completely. |
undeterred |
Jan-01-09 08:09 AM |
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Are you sure that's a good idea? |
MajorChode |
Jan-01-09 06:49 PM |
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The profit motive would be removed. |
RC |
Jan-01-09 07:30 PM |
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I agree |
MajorChode |
Jan-01-09 09:02 PM |
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please provide a link to verify this allegation of yours |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-01-09 09:16 PM |
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No need to prove something I never claimed |
MajorChode |
Jan-02-09 09:06 AM |
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Where did you get the "Twice per Capita" cost number |
FreakinDJ |
Jan-01-09 08:09 AM |
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For Example... |
MannyGoldstein |
Jan-01-09 08:17 AM |
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Gotta love DU. Look at socialist Sweden, less than half of US. |
Festivito |
Jan-01-09 05:40 PM |
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Sweden has a population of 9 million. 8 million are ethnic Swedes. |
deaniac21 |
Jan-02-09 11:14 AM |
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Then look at the next sentence. Then, who would you like to compare. |
Festivito |
Jan-02-09 11:57 AM |
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I'm not sure any other country in the world will compare to our |
deaniac21 |
Jan-02-09 03:15 PM |
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Compared to McCain's tax rebate to getting rid of employer health care |
dmordue |
Jan-01-09 08:12 AM |
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McCain's plan was an absolute disaster. Of course you don't give up |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 08:26 AM |
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You Know What Though? |
Crisco |
Jan-02-09 12:02 PM |
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Also, Every President For The Past 28 Years Has Urged Us To Hate Government Programs |
MannyGoldstein |
Jan-01-09 08:13 AM |
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What's this. Your permanent file indicates a 'medical condition'. Employment Application: "Rejected" |
Broadslidin |
Jan-01-09 08:18 AM |
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which is why I stay where I am... |
w8liftinglady |
Jan-01-09 11:50 AM |
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The complexity of those policies. |
cyclezealot |
Jan-01-09 08:24 AM |
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It's not free. No one should believe that RW myth that free loading old people |
Cleita |
Jan-01-09 02:03 PM |
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Bravo |
cyclezealot |
Jan-02-09 03:27 AM |
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focus needs to be on people getting access to health care |
radfringe |
Jan-01-09 08:29 AM |
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In most other industrialized countries |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 08:35 AM |
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Yep, as Michael Moore pointed out in "Sicko", he only needed to travel |
Cleita |
Jan-01-09 01:52 PM |
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Its not healthcare here, its health management. By huge "for profit" companies. nt |
cabluedem |
Jan-01-09 10:05 AM |
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having just gone through the incredible BULLSHIT of signing on for Medicare D insurance program |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-01-09 08:35 AM |
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I am SO not looking forward to part D! n/t |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 08:37 AM |
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Medicare D |
wiboy |
Jan-01-09 11:14 AM |
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I wish I could. |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-01-09 12:12 PM |
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Because I don't have to pay for it |
proud2Blib |
Jan-01-09 08:36 AM |
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Sure you do |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-01-09 12:21 PM |
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Yep, like that kid with the infected tooth whose mom didn't have $80 to get it extracted |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 04:01 AM |
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For profit health care was abolished as an abomination in the 20th century. |
kickysnana |
Jan-01-09 08:41 AM |
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I would rather have employer contributions in my 401k or paycheck. |
geckosfeet |
Jan-01-09 08:58 AM |
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I have been trying like heck to convince my coworkers |
exboyfil |
Jan-01-09 09:06 AM |
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The problem is that they know nothing at all about their insurance |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 09:30 AM |
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k&r |
area51 |
Jan-01-09 10:04 AM |
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Ask your doctor how s/he likes the insurance companies |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jan-01-09 09:09 AM |
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My doctor openly told me that my insurance company stinks. |
peace13 |
Jan-01-09 09:26 AM |
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Her options in that regard suck as badly as they do for other small businesses n/t |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 09:35 AM |
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My dentist sent his patients a letter when we changed |
exboyfil |
Jan-01-09 10:06 AM |
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Some are worse than others, regardless of how awesome your billing dept. is. |
knitter4democracy |
Jan-01-09 10:15 AM |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Jan-01-09 10:28 AM |
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but employers choose plans that serve THEIR interests |
unblock |
Jan-01-09 11:18 AM |
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True dat. Unfortunately, since they won't likely be in that situation-- |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 11:48 AM |
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unblock, that's a gross generalization that's unfair to those employers who try to get |
bertman |
Jan-01-09 01:04 PM |
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of course there are exceptions, and kudos for doing what you can as an employer |
unblock |
Jan-01-09 01:42 PM |
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Thanks. I'm sorry to hear about your ongoing struggle to get decent treatment. |
bertman |
Jan-01-09 03:52 PM |
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well i get decent treatment -- eventually. but it's proof the private sector is NOT efficient |
unblock |
Jan-01-09 06:06 PM |
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Excellent points, unblock. Tonight I'm on a tear about the new addendum to Zeitgeist, |
bertman |
Jan-01-09 11:24 PM |
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And despite their best efforts, most of you STILL don't know whether it's any good |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 04:05 AM |
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We have supposedly great employer-paid insurance |
gollygee |
Jan-01-09 11:20 AM |
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Bells and whistles are fine by me |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 11:50 AM |
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BTW folks--change.gov is again open for questions n/t |
eridani |
Jan-01-09 11:51 AM |
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WITH employer-paid health insurance,my medical bills were 20,000 this year. |
w8liftinglady |
Jan-01-09 01:07 PM |
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I'm unsure how I feel about universal healthcare but you make some excellent points. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jan-01-09 01:32 PM |
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It isn't the legal system that causes doctors to do so much defensive medicine |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 04:16 AM |
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We had a system where I lived during college. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jan-02-09 11:00 AM |
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It was a disaster because it was underfunded |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 12:09 PM |
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It wasn't underfunded initially. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jan-02-09 03:14 PM |
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The only way to stop underfunding of public health care is to stop the theft |
eridani |
Jan-04-09 08:13 AM |
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Because it is better than no insurance |
gravity |
Jan-01-09 01:54 PM |
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My fiancee likes her work's insurance because |
WilliamPitt |
Jan-01-09 01:58 PM |
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How many others on the plan get screwed because they don't get a deal like that? |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 04:19 AM |
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I like my employer paid health insurance |
pending |
Jan-01-09 06:11 PM |
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You are lucky. Insurance companies go through a great deal of trouble |
eridani |
Jan-02-09 04:20 AM |
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