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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 05:20 PM
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33. Actually you did miss it.
Nixon proposed a plan more progressive than the current HCR in 1971. Kennedy proposed a single payer plan and later said he regretted not supporting the Nixon proposal. http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/ted-k...
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  -Heard from your health insurance. co lately? Report here. Mimosa  Feb-15-11 02:29 PM   #0 
  - How are you blaming the DEMS for this?  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-15-11 02:34 PM   #1 
  - This was PREDICTABLE! Only a moron couldn't have foreseen this.  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 02:38 PM   #2 
  - 'just wait til 2014'  DJ13   Feb-15-11 02:42 PM   #3 
  - What majority? you take out the blue dogs  chowhound   Feb-15-11 04:21 PM   #20 
     - If the President could send Rahm to arm twist reluctant Dems into war spending  DJ13   Feb-15-11 04:49 PM   #26 
  - That still doesn't make the Dems culpable  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-15-11 02:44 PM   #6 
  - What, forseen that rates continue to climb, like that have during the bush yrs?  uppityperson   Feb-15-11 03:03 PM   #17 
  - what about a moran.... hey just wait till 2014  chowhound   Feb-15-11 04:40 PM   #25 
  - Can you spell "P U B L I C O P T I O N"? Dems in Congress cant. nm  rhett o rick   Feb-15-11 02:50 PM   #13 
  - There's no need to be condescending  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-15-11 10:43 PM   #64 
  - Has to be the Dems fault. They made this happen becasue they could not ...  JoePhilly   Feb-15-11 05:10 PM   #31 
  - Right  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-15-11 10:08 PM   #56 
  - They ran Congress and failed to provide competition to the  sabrina 1   Feb-15-11 05:22 PM   #34 
  - Brilliant. Instead of being pissed off at all REPUBLICAN Senators and all REPUBLICAN House members  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-15-11 10:27 PM   #58 
  - The politicians who ran on this platform, you mean?  Ignis   Feb-15-11 05:38 PM   #37 
     - They started  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-15-11 10:32 PM   #60 
  - This trend is not new, and it's disingenuous to blame it on Dems.  LiberalAndProud   Feb-15-11 02:43 PM   #4 
  - I've studied the issue 20+ years  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 02:49 PM   #11 
  - Dems did this?  killbotfactory   Feb-15-11 02:43 PM   #5 
  - In what way did Republicans not make this happen?  Johonny   Feb-15-11 02:45 PM   #7 
  - Actually you did miss it.  former9thward   Feb-15-11 05:20 PM   #33 
     - yes I missed Nixon passing a progressive health plan  Johonny   Feb-15-11 05:58 PM   #38 
        - No I won't change history as you are trying to do.  former9thward   Feb-15-11 06:43 PM   #39 
           - how am I changing history?  Johonny   Feb-15-11 10:40 PM   #63 
  - Unrec for not getting it...  JuniperLea   Feb-15-11 02:47 PM   #8 
  - By "it" I assume you mean health insurance  Union Scribe   Feb-15-11 10:54 PM   #69 
  - My right-leaning neighbors just got their new insurance bill.  Vinca   Feb-15-11 02:48 PM   #9 
  - Guess they have to wait until 2014 for relief  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 02:53 PM   #14 
     - Agreed. I was thinking the neighbors might be able to afford  Vinca   Feb-15-11 04:27 PM   #22 
        - Really! An accident, a heart attack could happen to anybody within 6 months.  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 07:29 PM   #41 
  - Whats Health Insurance?  here_is_to_hope   Feb-15-11 02:48 PM   #10 
  - Nope, haven't heard from them  guitar man   Feb-15-11 02:49 PM   #12 
  - Just the info on the changes brought about by the new law. n/t  trackfan   Feb-15-11 02:59 PM   #15 
  - Did your insurance rates go up during the bush yrs?  uppityperson   Feb-15-11 03:02 PM   #16 
  - Welcome to the club...  walldude   Feb-15-11 03:09 PM   #18 
  - WallDude, you've long 'gotten it'  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 03:40 PM   #19 
  - You get it. We got it while this whole mess was bing debated.  sabrina 1   Feb-15-11 05:24 PM   #35 
  - Walldude, you make me feel lucky  MiniMe   Feb-15-11 05:26 PM   #36 
     - Hey Mini, sorry bout your troubles. Something to consider  walldude   Feb-16-11 11:31 AM   #77 
        - Thanks for the suggestions. I didn't get a detailed bill, will have to ask for one  MiniMe   Feb-16-11 02:26 PM   #80 
  - Higher premiums like 1000's more and less coverage  Generic Other   Feb-15-11 04:24 PM   #21 
  - wow.... my 1st unrec never thought i'd do it  chowhound   Feb-15-11 04:37 PM   #23 
  - Premiums going up for me but not excessive. (m)  nessa   Feb-15-11 04:38 PM   #24 
  - Yeah- they are dropping my coverage on Feb. 28th, after raising my monthly rate  old mark   Feb-15-11 04:49 PM   #27 
  - So is your new rate lower? Higher? How much?  Bluenorthwest   Feb-15-11 05:05 PM   #28 
  - Is the new insurer STATE specific?  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 07:34 PM   #43 
  - knr - How do you win a fight if you silence the harshest critics of those who hold power....  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 05:06 PM   #29 
  - ^ Must read post above ^  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 07:36 PM   #44 
     - Our lives, lives of our relatives and even people we do not know...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 08:39 PM   #47 
        - There are those who will trash what you post though it is TRUE  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 09:33 PM   #49 
           - The NHS is one of the largest employers, their system may not be perfect...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 10:29 PM   #59 
  - Kinda  tammywammy   Feb-15-11 05:08 PM   #30 
  - Maybe this is the place to post this anecdote, or maybe it isn't.  LiberalAndProud   Feb-15-11 05:15 PM   #32 
  - Are you in their HSA? Had to move there to keep premiums down.  mmonk   Feb-15-11 06:48 PM   #40 
  - I'm over 55 and not in any HSA.  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 07:32 PM   #42 
  - Worst industrialized nation on the planet.  sarcasmo   Feb-15-11 08:26 PM   #45 
  - Ah, but we have such a big and shiny MIC .... !!!!  defendandprotect   Feb-15-11 09:41 PM   #52 
  - Bank the $900 you were able to pay monthly. In a year you'll have a nice cushion of $10,800.  Liberal_in_LA   Feb-15-11 08:28 PM   #46 
  - Only problem is that cushion means nothing if you face a serious illness...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 09:28 PM   #48 
     - Maybe it's going to be health care that's going to start the revolution here?  defendandprotect   Feb-15-11 09:39 PM   #51 
        - Indirectly it could very well be, how do you take those "savings" ...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 10:22 PM   #57 
  - Rahm "crowed" about Obama PRESERVING the PRIVATE health care industry for business....!!!  defendandprotect   Feb-15-11 09:38 PM   #50 
  - I remember, Defend and Protect  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 09:48 PM   #54 
  - It's unconscionable  suffragette   Feb-15-11 09:42 PM   #53 
  - Meaningful healthcare reform  Coyote_Bandit   Feb-15-11 09:52 PM   #55 
  - Mine, too  Lydia Leftcoast   Feb-15-11 10:49 PM   #66 
  - Totally agree!!! This was such a screw up, it effects every person...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 10:53 PM   #68 
  - I don't know if you heard but the healthcare bill WAS passed.  Shagbark Hickory   Feb-15-11 10:36 PM   #61 
  - OTHER COUNTRIES?  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 10:40 PM   #62 
  - Medical tourism is quite popular, not just for the savings, but also for treatments that are not yet  Shagbark Hickory   Feb-15-11 10:51 PM   #67 
  - AFAIK there will not be an 'exchange' Shagbark  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 10:45 PM   #65 
  - Actually, you are wrong.  Shagbark Hickory   Feb-15-11 10:58 PM   #70 
     - Telling weak sick patients to leave the country for care is soo Republican  Mimosa   Feb-15-11 11:00 PM   #72 
     - If you want to call me a republican then I'm done here. Best of luck to ya.  Shagbark Hickory   Feb-16-11 11:58 AM   #79 
        - Nobody called anybody a Republican.  Mimosa   Feb-16-11 09:33 PM   #82 
     - "Starting in 2014 if your employer doesn’t offer insurance..."  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 11:18 PM   #75 
        - I never claimed that it fixed the broken system. n/t  Shagbark Hickory   Feb-16-11 11:58 AM   #78 
  - Holy shit.  Union Scribe   Feb-15-11 10:59 PM   #71 
  - When people are facing a serious illness, it is hard enough to switch states ...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 11:06 PM   #74 
  - Sho did! Missing another chunk of dough. Want to riot!  lonestarnot   Feb-15-11 11:02 PM   #73 
  - When I first read this I thought yes, the nurse does call my husband periodically ...  slipslidingaway   Feb-15-11 11:42 PM   #76 
  - What about no insurance?  Mimosa   Feb-16-11 08:27 PM   #81 
     - You cannot always travel to another country, especially for ongoing medical...  slipslidingaway   Feb-16-11 11:09 PM   #84 
  - I have that too, now I'm worried I'll get a 3rd letter nt  flamingdem   Feb-16-11 09:36 PM   #83 
 

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