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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:26 PM Original message |
CMS may cut up to 44% of Medicare payments for cancer treatments.... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. jesus h christ-how fucking stupid are the bureaucrats at hhs? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. They need the money to Blow the FUCK out of Afghanistan |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. No shit. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
94. Not as long as Defense Corp CEOs have Gulfstreams |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have more questions than that! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Not sure I understand you. They are cutting reimbursement by about that much. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It specifically mentioned this new equipment. I'm guessing they're |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We wouldn't want seniors to be tested on new equipment |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. Just for clearification... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. They are all going after every single dollar that they can. As fast as they can. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. It sounds like they are addressing it. If a medicare cuts what it pays, someone |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Ok. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Someone will find a way to make the machine cheaper. Medicare should use it's buying power to lower |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Medicare does do that. I am sure seniors will survive the cuts to Medicare. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I don't understand you seem mad about medicare forcing down the costs |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What? You think they haven't been doing that? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. change we can believe in. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
75. Did I miss something? Did I vote for Obama or Rahm? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Sorry you think doctors have been stealing. You should read some |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No I am not anti-medicare, I'm just glad to see them fight back against overbilling. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You are falling for some real powerful propaganda. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Doctors will steal every dime they can, just read one day's worth of any federal district court's |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. It is wrong to accuse doctors of stealing. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. lol............ |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. The drug companies |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. I know how to make medicine cheaper |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think they are doing what Zeke advised. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Obviously a hoax because many DUers insist there will no rationing of health care in a govt. program |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Is that what we insist? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
72. Bullshit. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Darn those cardiologists. Now they are whining just like the oncologists. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
63. What a horrible tragedy |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
84. Cutting $1.4 billion...uh, isn't that less than the cost of a week in Iraq? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. That's the answer! Stop making war on people abroad and start |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is going to be a PR nightmare for our Democrats right now. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. K N R |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thank you. Many here should send it to their parents. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Well, I seem to remember Cat Killer Frist's hospitals being |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That was an HMO wasn't it? Not traditional Medicare. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
79. Estimated $60 billion year in fraud. Ethical doctors don't do it but |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. If all of this is true, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I heard the cuts would be large. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. This is just part of the scheme to privatize medicare. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yep. n/t |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. You don't know anything about how Medicare works, do you? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I didn't say a word about "increasing the benefits". ???? |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. You said....... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You speak casually of the fact that doctors might refuse Medicare patients. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. More doctors are refusing to accept Medicare payments all the time. That's just a fact. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. You sound approving, and I think it is wrong. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #71 |
78. WHERE did you get the idea that I'm "approving" of cutting Medicare reimbursement cuts? |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Is that the way it works where you live? |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Not all seniors can buy the extra policies either -- some are limited by pre-existing conditions |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #62 |
82. Medi-gap policies rarely would have pre-existing condition barriers |
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Robbie88 (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Yeah, they will... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. More from Roll Call: Will have drastic effect on nursing home care. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No problem. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Seniors overall don't realize it either. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. "change from traditional" What do you mean? nt |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. At age 65 seniors automatically go on traditional Medicare. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. A person is automatically eligible for Medicare at 65. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. And supplements that are not Medicare Advantage take care of the rest. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. NYT Aug. 17...Obama has not appointed a Medicare chief yet. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Are you surprised by this inaction? nt |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Not surprised, I was unaware. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. LOL inaction |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Who is the candidate for the CMS post? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You just hate being disagreed with in general mad. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. No, not if it makes sense. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I dont know what you are talking about |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. And heres more |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I was NOT pretending a conspiracy. You must have me confused. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Why are you responding to my post then? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I asked you an honest question about who the pick was. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. An honest question about what? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. no one with talent will want to be on the receiving end of the RNC |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. $43 Billion In Extra Payments Have Been Made To Private Medicare Advantage Plans Since 2004 |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Medicare Advantage Plans |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. They are still under Medicare rules as far as what is covered. There can |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #77 |
87. The Medicare Advantage plan I am aware of has not raised |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Not arrogant. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Thats the way it appears to me as well. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
91. Perhaps Zeke Emmanuel is, cloaked. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. I see this as a VERY GOOD THING |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. So the radiation machines that target smaller areas.. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. That is not anything close to what I said. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. How much greed is there in cancer care? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I too. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
85. Your question reminds me of the pharmacist caught diluting chemotherapy drugs |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
80. doctors, unabashedly state cost have gone higher and higher without a hint of |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
81. if we are holding up medicare as the model for goverment run healthcare... |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #81 |
89. I'm satisfied |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
90. If I experience a costly health malady as I grow older, |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. I've heard quite a few people |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #93 |
95. There is a time when I can't make up the loss. |
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