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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:57 AM Original message |
20-30% of every health care $ spent in the US is profit |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. and only 3% overhead for medicare |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. WHat do you think the number was under Clinton, Bush 1, Reagan |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. $1.8 BILLION a year to the CEO of a corp underwriting "Part D" policies? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The CEOs of all corporations are making outrageous |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. to profit? They are as GUILTY of price-gouging as the OIL companies |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That is gouging! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I worked for a pharmaceutical / medical products firm |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. And probably another 60% goes to the kinds of administrative costs... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. You don't even want to here about the defense budget that's |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Privatization: another costly Republican failure. |
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FyurFly (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. Makes me feel ill n/t |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. and how much of that goes to catkiller Frist and his clan? |
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