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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:57 AM Original message |
So I hear this on CNBC this morning. The US spends about 14% |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. That figure is low ( I think) |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Or just pure inefficient use of assets |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Like inefficiencies through unnecessary procedures, duplication of infrastructure, waste, and fraud |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The public views it as a convenience |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The insurance scam is scraping something like 30% off the top. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. All the more reason why we need a single payer option. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. The problem is not that we are spending so much more, but that we |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep. I think that is it exactly. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. How will we beat them? The answer may surprise you! |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. 14%? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Latest comparative figures for G7 countries: |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. Great post. It is hard to compete if we are spending 6-10% more on health care |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think this is all a little misleading... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'd be willing to trade not being able to see a doctor 7 days a week |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That is misleading too |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Never mind that public health CARE is not at stake here - |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. 51% of the GDP goes to the military. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I don't think that's accurate even when accounting for the supplemental war bills |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No, I don't. Trust me, or use the google. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Here's a link |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. How many in the "average" European Country are uninsured? |
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