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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:43 PM Original message |
Lieberman Open To Medicare Buy-In, So Long As Public Option Scrapped |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. That takes away the most expensive people off the market .. and hand the healthies to insurance |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Isn't that what Medicare already does |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. From where we are today . this is good for insurance cos .. that is why |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Love your graphic. It really is worth a thousand words. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. What's the difference? n/t |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah..right...openminded my ass. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only reason that treasonous piece of shit is "open" to it |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not to be repetitive |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. +1000 |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Amazing how he just saunters around like he owns Congress. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. He's owned Congress since Democrats handed him his election as an Independent. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Can no one rid us of this meddlesome |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. As a CT voter and activist---I'll do my best! (could not agree with you more!) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. What's it worth to ya? |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Insurance companies are already laughing & celebrating knowing they "won". No public option and |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. They were always going to win... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ugh, so the Boomers get Medicare, the rest of us get screwed? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Fuck him.... |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. what a dottering old fool |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. I agree with Lieberman! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm having an internal conflict here - wasn't opening Medicare a DU idea? |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Howard Dean's idea in 2004 or maybe Al Gore's in 2000. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Not a DU idea, but DU supported Medicare FOR ALL. That is very different from |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. If Snowe votes for a public option |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ok, Joe, we'll get rid of that nasty public option -- so long as you vote for Medicare for all! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Medicare for all! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. LOL! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. The baby boom will be sorely in need of better health care.. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Hard for me to be objective here. I'm 55 in February and without insurance |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. The question is how much would it cost to "buy-in"? /nt |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. scap his insurance NOW n/t |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. "I'm open to looking at it" ---could it be he's heard from his constituents? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. "I'm open to LOOKING " is about the least he could say without seeming like even more of a jerk than |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. We the people(the public) |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. Help me out. How much would it cost to "buy-in"? If the price is too expensive it is a problem /nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Sounds as though Traitor Joe would like a high buy in price. However, |
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tonekat (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. At best, change will likely come in increments |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
38. point blank |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. He's already done so many times - the monkey was called George Bush. |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Good one |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'll listen to Joe, so long as his wife gives up her job as a health insurance lobbyist |
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