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kpete
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Wed Jun-24-09 05:28 PM Original message |
Health Insurance Insider: 'They Dump the Sick'-Retired Health Insurance Executive Blows the Whistle |
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ejpoeta
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Wed Jun-24-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. how is it any different than the hospitals that were caught dumping patients off |
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Indenturedebtor
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Hospitals all over the country go bankrupt helping people who don't pay |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. And there's still no excuse for dumping patients. |
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Indenturedebtor
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Some hospitals are nasty. Most, even for-profits take considerable losses |
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RollWithIt
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Agreed, it all boils down to the money.... |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. That's what the big 4state attroney general fiasco was all about. Hospitasl suppliers making Billion |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. For what another Hosp. equp. supplier could provide for thousands |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Gonzales' DoJ sent their own temp USA down to break up the suit,Brad blog covered it all |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It was the temp USA for Kansas city MO who also tried to influence the senate race here. |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Health ins and equip suppliers have been gouging hosp. and the people to death |
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Dulcinea
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Sun Jun-28-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
98. Insurance companies aren't in business to pay your doctor bills. |
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primavera
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Mon Jun-29-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
103. That's the heart of the problem, alright |
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Grinchie
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Thu Jun-25-09 04:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
74. I guess thats why Kaiser can't print a decent Pharmacy receipt. |
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wolfgangmo
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Thu Jun-25-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
87. Absolutely |
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Duer 157099
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Wed Jun-24-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is news? |
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nashville_brook
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. it's news that Congress is actually holding hearings to get the truth. |
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LaurenG
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Thu Jun-25-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
73. It's news that one of their own are admitting it, openly. nt |
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Oregone
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Wed Jun-24-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ok, but Obama is going to put a band-aid on these companies |
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Amonester
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Wed Jun-24-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. No. He's going to throw billions their way, and... |
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pleah
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Wed Jun-24-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Most people already know that they do this. Why doesn't our |
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Dragonfli
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. I am sure they know, with a very few exceptions they probably just don't care |
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slipslidingaway
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Wed Jun-24-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. In a recent poll only 7% thought the HC industry was trustworthy... |
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Kaleko
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Confirmation of what we already know. K & R |
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slipslidingaway
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Link to written statement.... |
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HowHasItComeToThis
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. IT IS PUMPED INTO WALL STREET |
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Technowitch
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. No surprise here... |
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Faygo Kid
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's why we must have a public option |
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Joanne98
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Kill the patients, beat the street! |
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wryter2000
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank heaven he's speaking out |
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AwakeAtLast
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hope he isn't scheduling any flights anytime soon...... |
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bertman
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Yeah, AwakeAtLast, I was thinking that Mr. Potter might be having a very serious illness |
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Zhade
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. um... |
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Jkid
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. It merely confirms what we need: Single-payer health care or expand medicare for all Americans |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is also why my health insurance premiums have doubled |
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susanr516
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. Health insurance is simply |
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Zhade
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Wed Jun-24-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. I'm repeating myself here in the hopes that others will understand... |
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wolfgangmo
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Thu Jun-25-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
88. In Canada |
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JerseygirlCT
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Thu Jun-25-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
92. Yup |
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Lorien
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Sun Jun-28-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
99. Amen nt. |
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lefthandedlefty
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. In the words of Gomer Pyle Surprise Surprise!!!!!!!!! |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Millionaires talking about HC ins reform is laughable. It won't affect them either way |
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bjobotts
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Wed Jun-24-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. reform means no more massive profiteering supported by denying coverage. |
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winyanstaz
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Wed Jun-24-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here is another way they do it... |
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snappyturtle
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. How sad. Hope you haven't learned this from personal experience with these |
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winyanstaz
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I am sad to say I did...however.. |
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snappyturtle
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Oh, I am SO sorry! I'm sure everyone who read your reply has |
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gleaner
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Thu Jun-25-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
90. I learned the hard way too... |
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Delphinus
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Mon Jun-29-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #90 |
104. Oh my goodness! |
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truedelphi
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That IS A TERRIBLE FACT TO CONSIDER. |
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aquart
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Don't ever tell anyone when you are going on vacation or to the hospital. |
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RobinA
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Thu Jun-25-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
80. But Wait! |
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wolfgangmo
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Thu Jun-25-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. To which you replied ... |
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Zorra
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. So the Congressional opponents of public healthcare support a system of legalized murder, |
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MasonJar
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hey, Senators, maybe you should pay some attention for a change |
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truedelphi
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
69. You say -"If the Senate cannot get a handle on what is best for America..." |
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Seldona
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. K&R |
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JohnWxy
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. RECOMMENDED. |
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ima_sinnic
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. like Congress didn't already know this. like they could care. |
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peacetalksforall
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Have you ever seen a male-female team touch shoulders? Were they using |
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Skinner
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hearing this makes me wonder why the insurance companies are against a public option. |
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strategery blunder
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
70. They're afraid they can no longer cherry pick. |
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peacetalksforall
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. When Mathews criticized Republicans, she got uptight and started saying : "No, we ....." |
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quidam56
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. See what is deemed, defended and supported in Tennessee as THE ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF HEALTH CARE. |
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McCamy Taylor
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. Good article. Here are some more insurance strategies for reverse cherry picking. |
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NYC_SKP
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Wed Jun-24-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Like everything else in "real life", the rich Congress members know nothing of this. |
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bertman
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. Cigna "strongly disagree(s) with the suggestion that, motivated by profits, the insurance |
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aquart
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. My sister can't get long term care insurance because she's too sick. |
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AlphaCentauri
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good to know that many skeptics will have the opportunity to face the truth |
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hunter
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. The U.S. health insurance industry must die. |
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npk
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Wed Jun-24-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. Nice that he waits till he is retired w/ pention before he steps up |
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barbtries
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
83. he didn't wait until he was retired with a pension |
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AllyCat
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Thu Jun-25-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. I agree. I hope more get brave and follow his lead. The people |
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BlancheSplanchnik
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Wed Jun-24-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. K,R, Bookmarked. I'm SO glad this was a report to Congress. |
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Wednesdays
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Wed Jun-24-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R |
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gavinsonseo
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Wed Jun-24-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. RE |
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Faryn Balyncd
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Wed Jun-24-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. & ONCE DUMPED, these newly un-insurables are charged 250%-600% MORE than insurance companies pay: |
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ladywnch
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Wed Jun-24-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. Insurance companies argue that health care reforms that ensure coverage |
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Thu Jun-25-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
61. Deleted sub-thread |
slipslidingaway
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Thu Jun-25-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
62. Testimony from 1996..... |
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alfredo
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Thu Jun-25-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
63. Send this to everyone on your mailing list. |
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GreenTea
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Thu Jun-25-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
64. And the fucking republicans & idiots want to continue to let the insurance corporations run our |
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Dragonfli
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. It's not just Republicans, the Senate Dems agree with them and |
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
66. They? THEY??? You, Mr. Potter are "they". |
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progressoid
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
67. It's a good thing that the insurance industry got a seat at the table. |
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greengestalt
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Thu Jun-25-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
71. Outlaw Insurance companies |
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Dragonfli
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Thu Jun-25-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. That sounds just and fair. Other Protection Rackets are illegal. |
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Happy Vic
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Sat Jun-27-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
95. You put it better but I agree |
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tclambert
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Thu Jun-25-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
75. Makes perfect sense. If your prime motive is profit, then helping people stay healthy |
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Kat45
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Thu Jun-25-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. Blue Cross is nonprofit in name only. |
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Psychic Consortium
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Thu Jun-25-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
76. They are no different than the corrupt greedy banking industry. nt |
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fascisthunter
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Thu Jun-25-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
77. The Insurance Companies SHould be RICO'ed |
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olegramps
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Thu Jun-25-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
78. Who do you the Senators and Representitives are going to listen to? |
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marshall
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Thu Jun-25-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
79. Financial triage? |
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Keno76
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Thu Jun-25-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
81. Greedy bastages |
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asthmaticeog
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Thu Jun-25-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
82. How big of him to step up after he took his golden parachute. Pigfucking lowlife. |
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superconnected
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Thu Jun-25-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. It's not nice to wish cancer on anyone. |
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asthmaticeog
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Fri Jun-26-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. A) I'm not nice. B) I've had cancer. |
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hunter
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Mon Jun-29-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
105. Well, we have a prison in Cuba... how about that? |
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Kurovski
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Thu Jun-25-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
86. K&R. (nt) |
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Fridays Child
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Fri Jun-26-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
94. ... |
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JimWis
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Sat Jun-27-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
96. I read the actual testimony of Potter. It is damn near criminal what |
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syberlion
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Sun Jun-28-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. If the insurance companies stay, then make laws where |
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JimWis
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Sun Jun-28-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I am lucky. Both of my Senators and Representative are in favor |
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sarcasmo
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Sat Jun-27-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
97. Reform, NOW! |
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No Elephants
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Mon Jun-29-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
102. Wall Street-Ripping off taxpayers AND killing them. Best argument for single payor. |
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sarcasmo
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Mon Jun-29-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
106. Kick back to the top. |
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