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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:13 PM Original message |
My mother's 'socialized medicine' story |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've told the story about how my friend's brother was traveling and |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. His parents would welcome a huge bill? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He was an adult and they wouldn't have paid the bill anyway -- but |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Health Care for profit is the real |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. A-fucking-men. nt |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Indeed |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. It's mediocre, with or without money. |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. And it's going to get worse. The health insurance industry... |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Sounds like what my insurance company is doing. |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Hell yea... |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. That should be on a bumper sticker. n/t |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. No trueer words, my friend. Health care for profit is evil. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Terrific (hilarious) anecdote! You do come across some wonderful people. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I understand that there are charitable funds that foreigners who don't pay into the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I omitted to mention she'd had an accident |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You're on a roll. |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You put up an unreadable link |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. As long as you have good insurance |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. What part of greater life expectancy |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. US Health Care at its Finest.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Where is the part about for fee medicine becoming the norm in the UK? |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. The story going around among the RWers I'm related to |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. That's pretty much par for the course I'd say |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Anyone who uses the term "market forces" is automatically suspect in my book |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. Bummer, missed the party. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. And usually wars are the result of market forces coming to bear in the worst ways. |
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soleiri (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Wait |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm glad for your mum, |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R. Hang your head in shame, Robert Gibbs. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. damned socialists - as well all know - the UK is a socialist country |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. nice |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Mainly the rationing! |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. one daughter had 6 stiches in a Eugene ER after waiting 6 hours |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. My bill for a breathing treatment -- about 2 hrs in the E.R. : $3000 |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Stories like yours, |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. True, as long as you stay healthy you may never realize |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. That's another thing. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Coding - so that is how they get by with discarding patients |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. Similar story my dad tells in Sweden, he is NOT Swedish, he was visiting there, fell on ice |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. Similar story my dad tells in Sweden, he is NOT Swedish, he was visiting there, fell on ice |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. Anecdote from Norway... |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. In the US if you didn't have insurance |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. If you had no insurance, or County run insurance for the below poverty group |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
35. We must fight on for a public option |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. What - no DEATH PANELS? Is someone lying to us? I thought the NHS was a disaster! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
37. My Health Canada story |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Here's another - a coworker just had a quad bypass |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Here's another from Chile |
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Dual4545 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. A small quibble |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. That kind of peace of mind is priceless. |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Michael Moore's "Sicko" has many examples of "socialized medicine" |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I don't envy you Americans..... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. "HOW do you even manage to keep it all together?"... |
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vanlassie (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. We ration healthcare here. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. My Mr has had 4 heart attacks |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. great story |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. The NHS is amazing |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. She had to wait a whole 24 hours to get care? Just proving their point |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. We have that in Canada too. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. The crap HCR bill is a disaster - what happened to those who said we'd fix iit? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yeah, but, but, but.... |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
62. I once had an emergency hospitalization denied |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
66. Good to hear about your mum - that she is OK. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. When I was in England, I asked people about the NHS |
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