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intheflow

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4. It would be free at point of service.

Reply to one_voice (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 11:46 AM

Jun 2012

That's the point. You can pay a set tax for a public service and then use that service to its fullest when you need it. Or you can pay a la carte whatever the health industry considers "affordable" when you need the care. I want the former.

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Just to set the record straight.... [View all] one_voice Jun 2012 OP

I want free healthcare. Skinner Jun 2012 #1

It's not free then... one_voice Jun 2012 #2

It would be free at point of service. intheflow Jun 2012 #4

Thank you. intheflow Jun 2012 #3

Nominal fees for doctor visits are not a bad idea, Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #6

I would be thrilled too!.... one_voice Jun 2012 #7

Two of us are paying $415 a month with a high deductable Auggie Jun 2012 #14

Ditto. Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #12

an example riverwalker Jun 2012 #5

Although the way we treat our elderly is barbaric, the way we coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #8

absolutely agree, it's pathological n/t riverwalker Jun 2012 #9

I've also read elsewhere that Social Security and Medicare coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #10

K & R freshwest Jun 2012 #11

I want a civilized country with agent46 Jun 2012 #13