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CTyankee

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15. Joe has talked about "other countries" having better health outcomes at much less cost in

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:35 PM

Nov 2012

rational moments on the show. So he does know this.

Maybe he is just being cynical because he figures that the health insurance companies are so firmly entrenched...

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On MJ, John Heileman touts universal health care, Joe Scar tells him to go live in Luxembourg. [View all] CTyankee Nov 2012 OP

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