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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 01:51 AM Original message |
Socialized National Health Care DOESN'T WORK!* |
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deadparrot
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Thu Feb-02-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, shove it, commie. |
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FormerDittoHead
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Maybe your kid's needed operation will make you WORK harder, lazy bastard! |
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Jeffersons Ghost
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
66. Hang on here DUers |
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johnfunk
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
103. I think DeadParot and FRF are in on the joke -- YOU COMMIE BASTID! |
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Autonomy
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
97. Healthcare is overrated |
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StClone
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #97 |
145. I saw Cheney walking with a cane! |
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LSdemocrat
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Thu Feb-02-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Won't somebody please think of the poor CEOs? |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
193. Those CEOs who give themselves million dollar salaries? |
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kurth
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Thu Feb-02-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Another example is the French system |
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radwriter0555
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Yeah, it's just HORRIBLE. Those damn docs always available for walk |
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Auntie Bush
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Mon Feb-06-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
225. Don't be such a know-it-all! |
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cyberia
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Absolutely! |
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gristy
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Fri Feb-03-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Well, welcome to DU! |
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lavenderdiva
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
72. What makes the French plan superior? |
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cyberia
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:38 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. The German experience is probably the best model for the US |
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NewJeffCT
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Sat Feb-04-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #78 |
182. That has been one of my arguments for years |
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cyclezealot
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
158. Canada's switch to Single Payer |
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TaleWgnDg
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #158 |
173. Wha? What a nerve! Cutting out the corporate middlemen?!! n/t |
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u4ic
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #158 |
176. One particular Tory does |
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cyclezealot
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Sat Feb-04-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #176 |
179. Alberta is Canada's closest version of Oklahoma. |
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u4ic
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Sat Feb-04-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #179 |
205. Never heard Oklahoma; |
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cyclezealot
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Sun Feb-05-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #205 |
208. u4 |
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cyclezealot
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Sun Feb-05-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #205 |
210. About Tommy Douglas. |
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Pooka Fey
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Sun Feb-05-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #72 |
209. I was in Paris for 2 weeks this winter |
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jamesinca
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
117. God forbid we act like the French. nt. |
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lildreamer316
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #117 |
164. Yep. Anyone remember that Layfayette feller? |
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Virginia Dare
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Fri Feb-03-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #164 |
170. If it weren't for the frogs... |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #170 |
216. Well, I'd be taking tea in the afternoon, and agitating to have |
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JackRiddler
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. correct... |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's true. |
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Bozita
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. Excellent! |
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calmblueocean
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. The reason we don't have universal healthcare is.. |
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cyberia
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That's why they hate social security, too. n/t |
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TaleWgnDg
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
175. There's self-interest in the Republican rationale. And that |
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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mark11727
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Whoa --- |
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guruoo
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Sun Feb-05-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
212. Won't be progressives, per se.... |
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Fovea
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Thu Feb-02-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. The solution |
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John Czerepak
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. universal health care |
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dwp6577
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
113. very well articulated calmblueocean... |
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Sparkman
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
157. same with univrsal sufferage and ban on income tax...favors established |
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The_Casual_Observer
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. A worker might be able to put $500/year in that account! |
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RoyGBiv
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh, you almost had me going ... |
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hvn_nbr_2
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Yeah, had me going at first too. |
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leftstreet
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. Ted Kennedy wants Medicare For All |
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mark11727
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. IIRC --- Clinton tried to introduce something like this in '92... |
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ProudDad
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. In the interest of historical accuracy |
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mark11727
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Thanks for the correction ---- |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Exactly right--for the umpty-ninth time, what the Clintons proposed |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes, and sick people are actually allowed to (gasp)... CONVALESCE! |
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FlaGranny
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. My sister fell down some steps |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I'm sorry to hear that. |
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FlaGranny
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Thanks. |
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MountainLaurel
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
137. Another travesty of American health care |
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Maestro
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
107. I had cancer surgery and was out the door the next morning. |
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DSperoRN
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #107 |
116. Quick discharge from hospital is not always bad |
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Maestro
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #116 |
165. You have a point. |
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Bozita
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Thu Feb-02-06 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. Betting healthcare execs in those countries don't have private jets... |
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cyberia
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The healthcare execs are civil servants. |
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NMMNG
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Blasphemer!!! |
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ClayZ
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. Great Post! |
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rucky
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Thu Feb-02-06 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. How are rich people supposed to feel special... |
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rman
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Thu Feb-02-06 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. many repubs want nationalized health care |
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Telly Savalas
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
64. In other words, advocacy of national health care would be "pragmatic" |
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rman
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
82. "pragmatic" - depends on the goal |
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w8liftinglady
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Thu Feb-02-06 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. wow-dental care is needed as badly as health care |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Thu Feb-02-06 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. In fairness to rightwingers: |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Also, the raising of taxes would be offset by massive savings... |
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hopeisaplace
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Canada speaking here: lol - One of World's Leading G8 Nations - |
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Bridget Burke
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. A guy from the Heritage Society was talking up distruct of government... |
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cyberia
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
79. Reduction in growth of an economy? |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:49 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Hmm. |
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cyberia
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Fri Feb-03-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Hmmm redux |
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DSperoRN
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #81 |
120. I'm afraid this isn't right at all |
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
140. A generation ago, marginal tax rates for high earners was over 70%, |
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dh1760
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
105. I'm sorry, but raising taxes is NOT the answer ... |
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Ikonoklast
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. I'm not sure that taxes would have to be raised |
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dh1760
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #108 |
129. My comments about raising taxes were directed at the OP ... |
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Ikonoklast
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Gotcha |
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OzarkDem
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Sun Feb-05-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #129 |
206. If the government is getting 40% of your income |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #105 |
141. Of course they're too high, because it is heavily skewed |
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domlaw
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Sat Feb-04-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #105 |
184. raising taxes is NOT the answer |
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CAcyclist
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
119. When 77-80% of the US population *wants* |
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Joz
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
121. Thats exactly what they think, and for good reason.. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #121 |
217. That's why there is a GAO. |
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Mon Feb-06-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #121 |
223. Then, what do you suggest for the rest of the US population? |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
138. I have to differ with you there. There is a lack of imagination that |
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rodeodance
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. as long as we have congresspersons with FULL coverage there is |
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Telly Savalas
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
65. Congresspersons shouldn't have any coverage until everyone else does. |
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Apollo11
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
29. Conservatives* also support free healthcare for all |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
143. Why he sounds just like Blair used to. What a Socialist firebrand |
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OnionPatch
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
30. I had an experience in Canada |
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Thirtieschild
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
32. And you even get house calls |
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cyberia
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Our pediatrician |
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ArmchairMeme
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #38 |
92. Healthcare France |
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cyclezealot
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #92 |
160. While my wife was visiting Rouen , France |
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samhsarah
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. Great post! K&R! |
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. no joke |
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druidity33
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Mon Feb-06-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
214. write to Michael Moore... |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #214 |
218. Michael Moore and sicko. |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. good thing I stopped and actually read your OP |
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bikebloke
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. A system feared in the rest of the world |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yes, it really is the absolute worst. |
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wakeme2008
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am think someday of moving to New Zealand and |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
219. One reason why LOTR and other epic films being made in NZ? |
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. Thank you Yollam |
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savemefromdumbya
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Thu Feb-02-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. Who wants a health system free a the point of use with treatment guarantee |
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RB TexLa
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Don't you mean "treatment payment guarantee"? |
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Indy Lurker
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Thu Feb-02-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. something to think about |
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aintitfunny
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
84. This does not account for the extreme health care |
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DSperoRN
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
123. Medical system also encourages unhealthy behaviors |
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flaminbats
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Sun Feb-05-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #123 |
207. I agree..we have a predatory health-care system! |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
144. Actually, it's the other way round. The main cause of obesity is |
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SlipperySlope
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Thu Feb-02-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. Japanese health care reform |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Yes, prices are higher for routine care, but catastrophic care is still |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
146. There is a tendency for the powerful evil system of Capitalism |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. So I've heard. |
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hunter
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
88. The Japanese Postal System is mostly a bank. |
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Yollam
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #88 |
115. True. Other countries have postal banks, too. |
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cyclezealot
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #115 |
161. We are presently living near Perpignan , France. |
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TrogL
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Thu Feb-02-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Canadian system is broken too!! |
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cyberia
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
80. Greek health care sucks, too! |
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AbbyR
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Thu Feb-02-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
57. This one really hit home today... |
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Vinca
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I'm so sorry. It's horrible to be faced with such an illness and have |
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DSperoRN
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
124. This isn't really a medical care problem |
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senseandsensibility
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Thu Feb-02-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Sometimes at the end of a long day at work |
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Yollam
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Sorry... |
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Arkham House
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. Why do you hate America? |
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KT2000
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. Hey - what's wrong with |
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bobbieinok
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Christmas eve brother lectured me abt how bad Canada system is |
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John Czerepak
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. Universal Health Care |
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Robeson
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. Great Post!!! Nominated!.... |
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magellan
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Fri Feb-03-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
70. I became very ill just before Christmas |
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flaminbats
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. the doctor's office is even more considerate.. |
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magellan
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:06 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Wow, that's sad |
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Yollam
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #76 |
99. There are 6 primary reasons we are moving back to Japan |
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magellan
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #99 |
125. I hear you |
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Yollam
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Yes, but the UK is different from Japan & Europe |
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magellan
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #127 |
139. Yes, you're right |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #125 |
147. The dental service has been butchered in the UK, but it's given |
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magellan
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #147 |
172. What a shame it's come to that |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Sat Feb-04-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #172 |
203. I've been working on him. |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #99 |
130. And who knows, these days you may be able to get good Mexican food |
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Yollam
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #130 |
142. There is one joint in Fukuoka... |
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KT2000
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Fri Feb-03-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #70 |
166. My hospital |
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
73. Altho I am for a single payer system, why is it that many more Canadians |
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Well, for one thing, the Canadian health care system is for |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #73 |
91. What are the figures for Canadians coming to the US? |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
153. The only figures I keep track of are |
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #73 |
96. Elective procedures are a lot of that |
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
122. The US has good technology |
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
77. it sure seems to work well in Britain, too |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
85. Brilliant! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
86. I lived in Japan for 2 years ('89-'91)- my health care stories: |
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
135. I lived in Osaka during those years on the JET program |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #135 |
192. That's pretty surprising. |
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Sat Feb-04-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. I found the system to be antiquated and the physicians not as |
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Sat Feb-04-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. That was not my experience at all. I was there for the delivery... |
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Sat Feb-04-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #195 |
196. I'm glad you could be with your wife. It's so important. |
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Sat Feb-04-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. There must be a lot of different schools of thought on babies... |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
87. The "Bake Sale" comment is more real than you think... |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:05 AM Response to Reply #87 |
178. They are always having benefits and dinners etc. around here |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
89. Good Post! (nt) |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
90. Health care is my number 1 issue for where I'll spend the rest of my life. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #90 |
128. California is working on a big one for its state |
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
136. Now, that is very interesting. Thank you for the link, too. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #136 |
148. You and St Paul, the Apostle. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #148 |
163. My idea of taking care of each other isn't based on meritless distribution |
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Sat Feb-04-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #163 |
202. You remind me of something Karl Marx once said |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
93. Wish I could still nominate this one! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
94. Great post. n/t |
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
95. My in-laws, both conservatives and Bush supporters, |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #95 |
149. Nor do they. The health care, either. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #149 |
159. No, and neither will their grandkids, but that doesn't seem to matter |
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Sat Feb-04-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #159 |
200. It is par for the course for them - since they are congenitally |
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
98. Ireland's pretty cool too... |
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Fri Feb-03-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
100. You're missing the point. Over here we have choice! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
150. Yes, Blair's always wanting to give us more choice - whether it's |
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Fri Feb-03-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
101. My number one issue |
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. National Health Care |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #102 |
151. Oh yeah? Did Bill manage to introduce national health |
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Sat Feb-04-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #101 |
198. health-care reform is the only thing left holding together our party.. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
104. I like the British National Health system |
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. another twist to this health care issue is . . . |
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #110 |
126. It is shocking that a country cannot insure EVERYONE |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #110 |
152. Like the banks only offering you an umbrella, when it's not |
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Fri Feb-03-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
106. Oh, but so and so said their Aunt Mildred in Canada |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #106 |
154. Listen. Who's going to pay for the armaments industry, if all the |
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
109. My friend in Belgium works for the health care authority.. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
111. woah, japan! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
168. They do spend on military... |
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
112. YEAH! Who wants to be healthy all the time?!? |
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Fri Feb-03-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
114. No sane health care without a single-payer plan - see my book |
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Fri Feb-03-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
118. thank you for saying so |
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
131. Oh, that naughty asterisk! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
133. Whatever we could design, it would be better than the useless |
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
134. I don't plan to get sick, you WEIRDO! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
155. We have $5000.00 deductable! no joke. Coronary & transplants meet minimum |
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Fri Feb-03-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
156. Yollum, great post, I have a question, |
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Fri Feb-03-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #156 |
169. There are 2 different schemes. |
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Sat Feb-04-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #169 |
181. Yollam, thank you for your reply. I'll... |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #181 |
187. My translation of the names is approximate. |
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Fri Feb-03-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
162. I gave birth to my daughter in Japan in 2000....it was HORRIBLE! |
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Fri Feb-03-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
167. When we finally get real of having our tax $$ ending up in cheney's pocket |
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Fri Feb-03-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
171. Added benefit of private health insurance: feeling lucky to get a bargain |
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Fri Feb-03-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
174. the right-wing hate socialised medecine more than anything |
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
177. Sounds Great in Japan |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #177 |
188. Other countries do plenty of R & D... |
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Sat Feb-04-06 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
180. Won't Work |
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Mon Feb-06-06 05:30 AM Response to Reply #180 |
213. nice post |
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Sat Feb-04-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
183. You are sooooooooo right about National Health Care |
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
185. If folks without health care isn't obscene enough for you, |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #185 |
189. Jesus, that's a sobering statistic. |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Feb-04-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #185 |
201. Hi, CLW, and welcome to DU! |
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Sun Feb-05-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #201 |
211. Thanks, I will! But I'm almost afraid to -- too much great |
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
186. makes me glad I have a massive tumor in my chest and no insurance |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #186 |
190. God, I'm sorry. |
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. will probably do that next week if I can't get insurance |
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Sat Feb-04-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
199. Thank God I'm being protected from this! |
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Sat Feb-04-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
204. national health care |
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Mon Feb-06-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
215. I Thought I had won the War! I had only won the battle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Mon Feb-06-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #215 |
221. Extend Medicare to Everyone. |
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Mon Feb-06-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
220. I Had A Similar Experience In Germany.... |
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Mon Feb-06-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
222. Canadian Healthcare |
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Mon Feb-06-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
224. Thank you! |
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Mon Feb-13-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
226. Sheeler We need Congressmen and women |
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