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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-30-09 12:48 PM
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21. Eventually everybody is gonna wind up on the Public Option anyway,
and all the insurance cos will go broke, lol.

We WILL get our single payer plan SOME DAY.
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  -We can't have a robust public option (Medicare for all) because... SHRED  Oct-29-09 09:27 PM   #0 
  - Fuck the Blue Dogs  sakabatou   Oct-29-09 09:28 PM   #1 
  - Fuck the Blue Dogs and Fuck the Parasitic Corporations they serve  Vincardog   Oct-30-09 12:02 PM   #15 
     - Fuck the Blue Dogs and Fuck the Parasitic Corporations they serve AND the Zombies that support them.  glitch   Oct-30-09 12:31 PM   #19 
        - Fuck the Blue Dogs and Fuck the Parasitic Corporations they serve AND the Zombies that support them  Vincardog   Oct-30-09 01:13 PM   #23 
  - because they all sold out and it started with Obama and his secret meetings with the men of death!  flyarm   Oct-29-09 09:33 PM   #2 
  - ergo: The financial health of the insurance companies and big pharma is more important than the  BrklynLiberal   Oct-29-09 09:34 PM   #3 
  - Sucks to have a corporate Prez..n/t  SHRED   Oct-29-09 09:37 PM   #5 
     - It sure does. Yet again.  SammyWinstonJack   Oct-30-09 12:04 PM   #16 
  - That would give public health insurance an advantage over private health insurance and ....  Better Believe It   Oct-29-09 09:36 PM   #4 
  - Eating those smart pills again...  Junkdrawer   Oct-29-09 09:37 PM   #6 
  - Owwww! That's a bit cruel ;) nt  glitch   Oct-30-09 01:35 PM   #24 
  - Only the uninsurable and the indigent will be covered by the "public option"  Nikki Stone1   Oct-29-09 09:39 PM   #7 
  - Those claims are simply untrue.  redqueen   Oct-30-09 12:06 PM   #17 
  - If we're have Medicare for all, how will the insurance companies make their ungodly profits...  Raster   Oct-29-09 09:42 PM   #8 
  - Policy is set from the top, those who advocated for a not for profit system...  slipslidingaway   Oct-29-09 09:43 PM   #9 
  - Corporate persons have more right to life than human persons. Pro-lifers for Coprorations & Fetuses  Shallah Kali   Oct-29-09 10:43 PM   #10 
  - There is NO robust public option 'on the table'  debbierlus   Oct-29-09 10:47 PM   #11 
  - And usually in Washington,if historic legislation is brewing  truedelphi   Oct-30-09 08:27 PM   #26 
  - So what if a bunch of consumers got together and created their own insurance company?  metapunditedgy   Oct-29-09 11:08 PM   #12 
  - If Macain were prez what would you be bitching about?  rwheeler31   Oct-29-09 11:31 PM   #13 
  - If Kucinich was I...  SHRED   Oct-30-09 05:58 AM   #14 
  - So let's see-- the privateers told us they could do better back in 1993  Overseas   Oct-30-09 12:20 PM   #18 
  - The conservatives are still laboring under the impression...  krispos42   Oct-30-09 12:41 PM   #20 
  - So true. The only "innovations" insurance companies have  johnaries   Oct-30-09 02:09 PM   #25 
     - And to cancel coverage, and to lobby congress...  krispos42   Oct-31-09 12:56 AM   #28 
  - Eventually everybody is gonna wind up on the Public Option anyway,  kestrel91316   Oct-30-09 12:48 PM   #21 
  - They're more concerned about preserving an industry that fucks over the citizens than imprving thngs  Shagbark Hickory   Oct-30-09 12:48 PM   #22 
  - Why do you think the rates would be low?  apples and oranges   Oct-30-09 08:29 PM   #27 
  - Obviously it's because we're bad and we can't have nice things  juno jones   Oct-31-09 01:52 AM   #29 
  - Yeah, Bluedogs + Republicans infiltrating the opposition  upi402   Oct-31-09 01:59 AM   #30 
  - Mostly Because The Republican Party Is Comprised Of.............  ChoppinBroccoli   Oct-31-09 02:07 AM   #31 
     - Here is what I don't understand.  rob94102   Oct-31-09 05:58 AM   #32 
        - WELCOME TO THE DU!!!  SHRED   Oct-31-09 12:46 PM   #33 
 

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