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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:11 PM Original message |
Would mandatory health insurance really be preferable to the current state of affairs? |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. It'd probably be a bonanza for the insurance industry |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. No fucking insurance companies...their goal is to cut payments, to deny... |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly my thoughts |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Do away with insurance comapnies, PERIOD! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wouldn't solve ANYTHING. Would reward insurance companies |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. NO |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Only Single-Payer, government (that's US) financed |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only healthcare program that works ... |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think it's meant to be a first step towards a single-payer system |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I can't fucking afford health insurance either |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Sorry, I didn't understand |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That's ok |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Exactly right .. baby steps. |
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sueh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. No, I've said it before and I'll say it again... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. For the vast majority of individuals it is impossible to "save up" for health emergencies |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. PRECISELY |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. $2600 = 1/2 of ONE DAY in a hospital (n/t) |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. The "universal" plans (so called) that include the insurance companies |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. The hell with mandatory insurance |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. I say Fine. Make it mandatory, then put me in prison for not being able to afford it. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Not really |
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sueh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Has to be single-payer... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. We already HAVE it right |
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