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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 05:49 PM Original message |
I have been thinking about Medical Care the last few days. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I haven't had health care in ten years, ever since I had to quit |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes I remember this |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He was 150% right about that & I wasn't a Deaniac n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 05:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. No, that was Kucinich who said that |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. You wouldn't even need to cut your defense spending |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hey, when you say, "not as money dependent", what does that |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Getting elected does not cost as much money in Canada |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Got it. Seems very sensible to me. And also, a good |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Aren't your House members up every 2 years? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Our system is rigged: there are very few turnovers. n/t |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's even worse |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Exactly. And here in the States, everything is measured by $ |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Unfortunately... |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. MPs pass bill limiting political donations |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Drug companies pushed hard so Gov't can't bargain drug costs, |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. There is room for profit... |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Why so cheap? |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. They make a profit in Canada or else they wouldn't do business here |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm in the same boat, Andy, but luckily not sick at the moment. |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. hang, on brighter days up ahead |
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sickinohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Pis*es me off - we are spending almost 500 million dollars |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Because they are fed a steady diet of |
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sickinohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And don't forget Blake - I was in a sports bar/restaurant |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Take your pick, |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. A friend works in a hospital ER.... |
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sickinohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I work for a major healthcare system in Ohio and we have lots |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've been without healthcare periodically throughout my life. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. "we don't want 'socialized' medicine" |
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Egalitarian (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Is there an organized effort promoting universal health care? |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No there is not...as far as I know. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. There are activists in California who are trying to get |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. In Washington we have |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. If we could get a real single-payer system operating in one state, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well, right now we have to fight Arnold on these measures. |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. That's how it worked in Canada |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 05:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Physicians for National Health Care |
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The Whiskey Priest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. You are 100% correct…. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Now you understand the problem of trying to get |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Here's a website that I consider a bible of the health care |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 04:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. GOP's against it because it obeys Big Pill, Dr's, and Hosp chain owners |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 05:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Only way to get rid of the greedheads that have overrun doctoring, |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Pay should be above average |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. "Why is it the right is so against ..." |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. New Amendment: No Elected Representative to the People... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. Most people only seem to know |
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