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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:30 AM Original message |
Can I ask a stupid question a health insurance? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. I live in Korea and that's what they do here |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. How long does it take to get a Dr appt? Oh, and thanks for your input. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I walk in wait between five minutes to an hour and see a doctor. |
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Lil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. I live in Australia, and everyone over a certain income pays |
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RedTail Wolf (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. The idea Dems need to run on nationally imho..nt |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. "free" markets result in bad policy |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. welshTerrier2, this is exactly what I have been saying |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. glad to see someone agrees ... |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am going to write my legislator and suggest this. I hope you do too. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. It should have been the system all along. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ideally, I like it. The bureacracy and middlemen |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Not government run health care, just government as the sole payer |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. But someone would have to administer funds and keep track of |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. True - problems would have to be worked out -- but -- |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. But the government already has the systems and capabilities in place |
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MockSwede (579 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. MEDICAID |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. and Medicare and Social Security |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Such systems work pretty well in every other industrialized democracy. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. If you are told that a single payer system will make health care less |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. It is already unavailable for many |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. By a strange coincidence, I've just returned from a meeting about this |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. A few thoughts on this. |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sure, Maine is trying it - Dirigo Health |
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