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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:52 AM Original message |
Clearly, Some DU'ers Wanted Obama To Kill Off The Insurance Industry In One Fell Swoop |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Indeed, Ma'am: Private Insurance Companies Are the Problem, And Real Reform Requires Destroying Them |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Of course, but what kind of odds to you believe such a reform would have? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. At Present, Ma'am, Unfortunately, It Is Beyond The Power Available To Us |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Agreed. Some Republicans decry the PO because they claim |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. yes, and since there's no slingshot in Obama's arsenal, he's going for a different strategy |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Perhaps, Ma'am |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Thank you, sir. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. yeah, the public option would kill the insurance industry. Like libraries have killed bookstores |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. +1 !!!!! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. And Killing off the the Insurance Industry is a bad thing? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. that's my point madinmaryland. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. "The Insurance Company Business Model" |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. No, he stood up for the Public Option. Just because there was no stake through the heart |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. No he lawyered up and said a public option would be nice. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. We were given the PO as a consolation prize for never getting universal care, and now that |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It isn't gone. The Public Option is not gone. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. yes it is - you need to listen to words like "can" and "may" |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Public Option? A real public option requires the ability for everyone to participate |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. No Apologies Here |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Explain how a public option or even universal care would kill the insurance industry? |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. I would like to see the end to private health insurance companies... |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. Unrec. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Insurance companies exist in Europe, they're just not allowed to kill people for profit |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. +1 |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anyone paying any attention to details, realizes that your shorthand is entirely "full of crap" |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. It wouldn't hurt us to put in place a single-payer system now... |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. I want a public option that will eventually lead to the death of for-profit insurance |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. That is completely true. Nothing would have made me happier. |
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