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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:10 AM Original message |
Blue state universal health care? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think it is a great idea too but.. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. NY state supposedly has a 2 billion dollar surplus |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The GOP also controls one house of the legislature in NY |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Or at the very least, infrastructure. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. The mountains to overcome are so many it is almost impossible |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. There is actually no legal barrier to a state mandating health coverage. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm thinking of my parents' midwestern crowd's opinion for #4 |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I think the only way to overcome this is to do it and do it right |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Right now I don't have medical insurance |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. See. That's what I'm talking about |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It is supposed to be a joyous moment |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The public likes the idea of UHC in principle, but |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. But Clinton's plan wasn't really UHC--it was too complicated and |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The Clintons presented nothing like UHC. |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. So what? Do nothing? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. There was an attempt to pass a universal health care initiative in Oregon |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I remember an interview broadcast with some sort |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's something different, the Oregon Health Plan, which is |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. The insurance masters dropped over $100 Mill to defeat prop 186 in CA |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. That's a referendum |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. Many states are already providing health insurance to children |
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