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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 02:11 PM
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23. Canada is a country united too
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  -Why can't each state have its own health system like Saskatchewan. Canada? Rosa Luxemburg  Jan-20-10 12:53 PM   #0 
  - Pelosi removed the Kucinich amendment that would have allowed this from the House bill  dflprincess   Jan-20-10 12:55 PM   #1 
  - perhaps Nancy could put it back in today?  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 12:56 PM   #2 
     - No, but Obama could. Today, yesterday, tomorrow.  timeforpeace   Jan-20-10 11:13 PM   #37 
        - they shouldn't stop now  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-21-10 11:14 PM   #41 
  - I think Sanders mentioned this too - I think he wanted to introduce  alsame   Jan-20-10 12:58 PM   #3 
  - perhaps Bernie could use some leverage  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:05 PM   #8 
  - Because then Big Insurance would have to find their billions elsewhere  Doctor_J   Jan-20-10 12:58 PM   #4 
  - they could be given the option of merging with hospital systems  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:11 PM   #9 
  - I wrote to the WH a while ago  Nite Owl   Jan-20-10 01:01 PM   #5 
  - It could be regional and/or state controlled  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:12 PM   #11 
  - I think this is the way we will have to go.  Cleita   Jan-20-10 01:01 PM   #6 
  - Yes I think it would be acceptable to people  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:04 PM   #7 
  - That may be the only approach that we progressives have left and  jwirr   Jan-20-10 01:12 PM   #10 
  - how soon could this be done?  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:14 PM   #12 
     - First we need to see what happens with the HCR vote. We could sue  jwirr   Jan-20-10 03:07 PM   #30 
        - once somethig is passed then there will be all sorts of opportunities  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 07:16 PM   #34 
  - Tax the rich to fund it.  REACTIVATED IN CT   Jan-20-10 01:16 PM   #13 
  - yes  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:22 PM   #14 
  - Corporate America don't like it AND our statehouses with a few exceptions  TheKentuckian   Jan-20-10 01:22 PM   #15 
  - so how can Canadians do it and we can't?  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:25 PM   #18 
     - Yep  TheKentuckian   Jan-20-10 03:13 PM   #31 
     - A Canadian province is going to be a different thing  treestar   Jan-20-10 03:51 PM   #32 
        - that doesn't mean that we can't  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 06:50 PM   #33 
  - interesting to see that 2 people unrecommended it, how interesting  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:23 PM   #16 
  - Each state DOES have its own system  DrToast   Jan-20-10 01:23 PM   #17 
  - not like Canada's though  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:26 PM   #20 
     - City of San Francisco also has a mandated health care  REACTIVATED IN CT   Jan-20-10 02:14 PM   #25 
        - good  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 02:20 PM   #26 
  - In Canada, the federal government's support is a necessity  Oregone   Jan-20-10 01:25 PM   #19 
  - I think the Fed could act like this  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 01:27 PM   #21 
  - We are called the "United States".  WinkyDink   Jan-20-10 01:45 PM   #22 
  - Canada is a country united too  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 02:11 PM   #23 
  - That's how Tommy Douglas did it in Canada  suffragette   Jan-20-10 02:13 PM   #24 
  - Kucinich and Sanders need to keep pushing  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 02:22 PM   #27 
  - Because people in red states like Utah and Idaho would be screwed.  totodeinhere   Jan-20-10 02:25 PM   #28 
  - not necessarily  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 02:28 PM   #29 
  - Could work in theory. Each state runs its own school system  Thothmes   Jan-20-10 07:22 PM   #35 
  - there is already disparity between states with the present health system  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-20-10 10:35 PM   #36 
     - So they why turn it over to the States.  Thothmes   Jan-22-10 06:29 AM   #42 
  - a good idea on paper, but  Blue_Tires   Jan-21-10 08:11 AM   #38 
  - The GOP should be taught to grow up  Rosa Luxemburg   Jan-21-10 10:02 AM   #39 
  - If it is good enugh for Gilmore Tuttle, then it's good enough for me  AngryAmish   Jan-21-10 10:08 AM   #40 
  - ERISA  Sgent   Jan-22-10 09:15 AM   #43 
 

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