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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:46 AM
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So why don't we start a nonprofit health care co-op?
Could it survive? Would it sin some insurance companies? Could it get grants?

:shrug:

What do all y'all think?

-Hoot
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lbrtbell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:51 AM
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1. I wish it could work
Take our health care into our own hands, since the govt. won't do the job right.

(Love your Kucinich sig file, BTW!)
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:57 AM
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2. Doubt it
You would need a lot of people to balance of the high risk people you enroll (those not eligible for private due to the expensive nature of their conditions). Without grants flowing or funding (provided via progressive taxation), the premiums would cost a fortune.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 01:02 AM
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3. you're on the right track...
important that we start working together; this is a really tough place to start
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 03:32 AM
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4. If you can figure out
how to keep the lawyers from bankrupting it, then you're home free.
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