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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:46 PM
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The Germans are complaining because they now have to pay 10 euro quarterly
to stay in their Govt healthcare plan????

Another caller said in Canada its $44/month.

Just heard from a caller on Thom Hartmann.

Meanwhile, I'm paying $125/month with a $2500 deductible for "emergency coverage".

WTF is wrong with this picture???

:banghead:
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:48 PM
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1. Amazing, isn't it?
I always want to ask the complainers in first-world countries, would they like to change places with me. I'd be happy to move to a first-world country where healthcare is guaranteed, and they can experience life in a country where people have no value at all.


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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:49 PM
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2. you've got a great deal.
my sis is paying $370 a month with $2500 deductible.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:52 PM
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6. how old is she?
I'm 36 and single. No preexisting and live in IL.
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 02:17 PM
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8. she's 53 and single.
no preexisting conditions. she lives in vermont.
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cagesoulman Donating Member (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:49 PM
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3. Hey, Germans, try my Blue Cross
$1,000/month.

FUCK YOU!
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 02:06 PM
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7. I think you should be saying "Fuck you" to Blue Cross
or any member of Congress that isn't supporting single payer - why get mad at the Germans?
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cagesoulman Donating Member (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 02:34 PM
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11. I'm mad at everybody
That make you feel better?

FUCK BLUE CROSS!!!
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:49 PM
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4. that's why we have the BEST system. see, it's so costly, it's exclusive.
and exclusive is better. then you don't have to deal with the riff raff.

btw... $125/mo isn't bad all things considered. I think we are paying $300 every two weeks for bob and i, and I am not sure about the deductible, but it is probably like yours.
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 01:51 PM
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5. i pay $91 a month
for coverage under my husband's plan. every year it's more and the deductibles are higher.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 02:21 PM
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9. I just had some massive dental work done...
a person who works in my building is from Germany.

I was still in a lot of pain and had an ongoing splitting headache because of it, but I couldn't afford to take the day off.

She said to me, "if you were in Germany, you would have at least 2 days off"

I then asked her why she was here in the states?

She stated that she married an American and that they are currently they are looking to move back to Germany.

oh our lovely health care system: wiping out one citizen at a time.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 02:31 PM
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10. This system has been in place for YEARS. WHAT is YOUR intent?
:wtf::freak::shrug:
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