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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:52 AM Original message |
Why are people who are not doctors/nurses/medical assistants talking about healthcare? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why do people who are not politicians vote? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why do people get a choice in a doctors office as to whether or not they want a medical procedure? |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. The issue is HOW it's paid for, nothing about medicine itself. n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. What about embryonic stem cell research? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, I have no medical degree, but I personally know people who have no health insurance.... |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. To answer your first question simply -- |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, I'm an RN with a MS in Nursing |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Since it was the politicians who decided our healthcare was to be a for-profit system |
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existentialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Does this mean |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Maybe we should have a thing, um, you know that whole separation of powers thing. |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why is "health care" sold through insurance companies? n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Of course. Patients have nothing to say about it. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because health care.. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. So politicians should only address issues |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Mechanics don't design cars, why would Medicos design a service delivery system? |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Ding, Ding, Ding.... |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Do I need a degree in healthcare to know that our healthcare system is a mess?? |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because in a system with ostensibly democratic institutions |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Another kick and a rec |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. See how fast these threads die?? Another kick |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why do people who are not, "doctors,nurses or medical assistants" |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. Where R U originalpkelly?? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because people who are not health care professionals are consumers of health care. |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thank You! Give me Edwards, anyday! |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. Doctors are only one group, but an important one, that should be represented in this debate/planning |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My doc is very interested in universal health care. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't need a weatherman to tell me which way the wind blows! |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why are you allowing your thread to fall?? |
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