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Gidney N Cloyd

(19,833 posts)
1. But do they have lolipops growing on trees there?
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:58 AM
Nov 2012

I couldn't believe they used that as a metaphor for universal health coverage.

On edit, yeah I can believe it...

But do they have lolipops growing on trees there? Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #1
Joe always says something like that when it comes to universal health care. CTyankee Nov 2012 #2
I think the reply to the question from people like Joe Scar. needs to be... Ed Suspicious Nov 2012 #8
And we ignore that little fact at the expense of stifling entrepreneurship in the US. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #10
Joe has talked about "other countries" having better health outcomes at much less cost in CTyankee Nov 2012 #15
For their healthcare, Lux has a mandate SugarShack Nov 2012 #12
Sure. It's part of their taxes like all the other countries with Single Payer. It's still cheaper an CTyankee Nov 2012 #16
I've been there before MrScorpio Nov 2012 #3
I wanted to visit when I was in Belgium last month but my schedule didn't permit it. CTyankee Nov 2012 #4
Well Costa Rica Has Universal Health Care dynasaw Nov 2012 #5
There is nothing wrong with wanting to live avebury Nov 2012 #6
+1,000 Scuba Nov 2012 #18
Joe Scar tells him to go live in Luxembourg. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #7
Tell Joe to go to somewhere where they don't have any Dustlawyer Nov 2012 #9
I live in Sweden California Expat Nov 2012 #11
If that's Luxembourg, where's he gonna live? meegbear Nov 2012 #13
I just got it off Google. Evidently, it is a pretty place. CTyankee Nov 2012 #17
And I know it's a small country, but it couldn't be THAT small meegbear Nov 2012 #20
I liked it because of its elegance and opulence...kinda the way I see Luxembourg... CTyankee Nov 2012 #21
What a dump! vlyons Nov 2012 #14
No, Joe, your guys lost. You go to Somalia. n/t n2doc Nov 2012 #19
I remember Ligyron Nov 2012 #22
People here are so brainwashed on the whole "Socialist medicine" idea. It's idiotic but they CTyankee Nov 2012 #23
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