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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 01:41 PM Original message |
There's no free lunch.. there never will be.. Health care is going to cost money |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. these are cold hard facts |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Me too. I knew those two would die.. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. I believe simplicity in the final health care proposal would be the best, cut the |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. perhaps their profits could be utilized by the government? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #49 |
72. Banks and Bankers make a profit and they can't reel that in. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. The point is that Americans ..... |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Precisely. This is one of the points President Obama and the Democrats need to "broken record"! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. what a great pic |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yes, that's my little Bobby, middle hood on the third car from the top. And of course you recognize |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. We all pay into health care whether in lower wages, premiums or taxes, so |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. We don't "get it", but the politicians DO get it |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I don't understand |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Because it maintains the quality of coverage for everyone. The minute you |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. We'll just agree to disagree |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's not being used for health care. It's being used to buy politicians. It's |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. If my taxes are going into single payer |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. It would be nice if that was the way it worked but it doesn't. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Don't put words in my mouth |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. HR 676 will be amended and re-amended before a unified bill is presented |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. The differences in HR 676 plug all the gaps in present day Medicare including the |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I have read it |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Why would you object to getting a health card that will get you into any |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Please show me |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. The "card".. hahahaha |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Immigrants are always a convenient scape goat demographic. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. and when you get hurt, and have no coverage, we'll just step over you? |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Why would you do that? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Fine you are opting out of using it but you are also preventing those of |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Please explain to me how I would be preventing |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Will you please clarify your position then? I can't answer your question until you do. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Then you aren't reading my posts |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Okay, let me say this one more time. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Please don't patronize me |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Pissing contest? Oh my snide remarks and accusations? I accused you of |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You're a liar |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. No one is intimidated by me because I'm an old woman who speaks her mind, but if you are, well.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. oops.. but why WOULD you want to pay into medicare and single payer and then into private as well? |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I know you wouldn't have |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It probably would be open to those who wanted it. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. A private supplemental policy. So you admit it's supplemental to your |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. It was supplemental |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I'm familiar with CHAMPUS and it works like Medicare. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. You apparently aren't too familitary with CHAMPUS |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. You are right I probably am not familiar with it today, but 25 years ago |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. No thanks |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. So you prefer to be limited to no health care when you are no longer |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. It happens. There was the case in my county of a homeless man dying of |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Let's get a blue yacht..kay? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. We are the United States of America in name only. We should be called |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. "there are too many people who don't understand how a civil society operates" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Nobody is saying you can't, here is how it works in other places |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. It's not difficult to understand at all |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. HR 676 can be modified to be a public option plan. It's not impossible, however, |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I agree |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
76. Because that is the MOST EFFICIENT way to do it, to cut the insurers out PERIOD |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I cannot understand, why people cannot grasp this concept, either |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. And in the higher cost of goods and services |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. the employee pays TWICE.. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Exactly. It isn't rocket science and something a sixth grader has the |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. What happens if the insurance company goes bankrupt? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. People in Florida & New Orleans know how this scam works.. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Insurance corporations exist to take as much money from you while giving back as little as possible |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. We need to shift from DEFENSE spending to Health Care spending... |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Who said it was going to be a free lunch? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. We already pay more than enough to pay for everybody's health care, |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. The GOP can spend millions on Iraq but won't allow us to have healthcare! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Yes, but it's hundreds of billions and it's not just Republiks. n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. at least we want to spend money on healthcare - a good cause |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. lol |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. So, how much is it going to cost me? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Look at your paycheck stub..2.8 is currently "going" to medicare |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
70. Just let me sign up to Medicare and I'll be happy... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
71. We are AREADY PAYING for universal health care |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
73. Yes, it will. Lots of money. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. "Clawing-back" 35% from insurance companies is a good start too |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
78. It can start costing us *less* as soon as we garner the support. n/t |
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