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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:25 PM Original message |
60 People A Day Die Because They Can't Afford Health Insurance |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. And how many are in chronic pain from toothaches or common ailments? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. 21,900 people. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Let's name those terrorists on our lives. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Citation on the number? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I couldn't locate it on the IOM site, but apparently someone else did - |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. So what? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Indeed |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. OH! |
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wintersoulja (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. bear in mind the insured barely get better treatment |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. They do get better treatment,...they get MORE and consistent treatment. |
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wintersoulja (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. sorry |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. They lie and say 47 million Americans do not have insurance the same figure they used in 2000!! |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Edwards and Kucinich are the only candidates for SINGLE-PAYER universal coverage. |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's one of the BIG reason I support John Edwards! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The Edwards plan is NOT single-payer n/t |
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Blue Congress (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Edwards is mandated insurance- big difference |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Edwards' plan not single-payer. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Edwards plan is not single payer not for profit... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Edwards said his plan will transition to SINGLE PAYER not for profit universal health coverage. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. but but but terror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Deaths from Medical Errors at 195,000 per Year USA..... oh the humanity!!! |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. No matter what they say in public, the real Republican response is . . . |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Actually, the real Republican response I have received is..... |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That's their public response to you |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. That's great, Tom...You tell them it is a "universal human right" |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. My dad and sister are fighting cancer. Both insured but tens of thousands in debt. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Interesting defense! |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. I worked with a guy that had no insurance... |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. It doesn't matter if you're insured or not. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. How many are dying that have health insurance and are denied |
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wintersoulja (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. exactly |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I don't know if anyone tracks that number or not. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. My mind keeps going back to the family that had insurance and their |
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deadlikeme13 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The girl that needed a liver transplant? |
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