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YewNork (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 07:58 AM Original message |
How would the population react if a bill were proposed to shut down Medicare |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. The same people saying "No Govt Run Health Care!" are saying "Don't Touch My Medicare!" |
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roakes10190 (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. Medicare |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It was Rep. Weiner - NY who called their bluff. |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Nothing is wrong with medicare |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I think you are thinking about Medicaid |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And I doubted it when I was told there are "Angry" individuals in this forum |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oh, I'm usually very civil |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Just in committee. I would love to see such a vote called on the floor of both chambers. Let's |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Assistance with Health Care isn't the problem - Public Option is |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Fact check: Private health insurance as a means of distrubuting health care services has failed. |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Why isn't "one-sixth" of the population covered? Define Adedquate. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You haven't been paying attention? |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Powerful stories like that bother me |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The stories you've heard are lies. |
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YewNork (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Many of them make too much for Medicaid, and they can't get insurance due to pre-existing conditions |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. sounds like you need to listen to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC more than |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If they have to change/reduce salaries - it's NOT a good thing |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. they are being encourage by Fox NEWS , oreiilly and rush and |
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talblkman (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. My views are genuine |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. now what is it barney frank said - it is like talking to a dining room table |
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Echotrail (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. Since they're being coached, they'd react the way they're told |
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SweepPicker (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oregon Death Panel YouTube Video |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. It could be this "Seniors uneasy over Medicare cuts in overhaul" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. This is exactly the problem - what should have been a plus for the bill, |
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