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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:36 PM Original message |
i don't NEED insurance i NEED healthcare. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Seriously. We don't have fire "insurance". We have fire departments. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. don't ask me -- but apparently it is. -- |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. At one time we had only fire brigades, not public fire departments. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. recommend n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. merci! nt |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. K and R |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. You have to pay for insurance or else you can't afford healthcare. It's a totally screwed system. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. You really do pay insurance, in the form of a payroll tax. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Those countries accept a way higher amount of regulation over private insurers |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That may be true. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The one house version caps premiums at 12.5% of your income if at 400% FPL. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. The system is so fundamentally screwed up that even with |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. Healthy people don't need health insurance. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've made that point time and again ... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. Kick. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. ... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. . |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. for the both of you! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. ! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. well i meant CMW - but -- |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. Exactly. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. ain't that right? -- i've just had a HUGE argument with my insurance company |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It makes me sicker to have to deal with an isurance customer service rep on the phone. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. i LOVE it when they read from a script |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. They don't. They're sweating in their seats hoping you don't call them on their shit. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. you know i wondered if that wasn't contracted out. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I can't imagine insurance companies paying telemarketers within |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. We have to drive 30 miles round-trip now for our medicine. Insurance says we can't use our town |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. how infuriating and insulting. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I hear ya. I've been waiting on a surgery to be scheduled. Insurance will only pay |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. Rec |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. Recommended |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Kick. (n/t) |
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