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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:05 AM Original message |
If there IS no public option, is there any reform at ALL? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Without a public option, it's just a giveaway to the insurance companies |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly.... |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And the republicans STILL wont vote for it |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Bingo |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Thinkin we won't see workers getting raises so they can purchase insurance either. |
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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, and progressives in the House need to block such a bill from passing. nt |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, Lawton Chiles tried to help small business in the 1990 with |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. The government will pay the insurance companies |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. No |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. Treating this issue as a business issue instead of a human right and human necessity |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. SOLD OUT |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Not a matter of 'selling out,' but of playing out the script as initially crafted |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Without public option, there is still a HUGE amount of reform, but not enough |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Here's a brainstorm: |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. That's actually a great idea! Just as we pay into UI, we could pay into Medicaid prepay insurance |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. Public Option is a must |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Health insurance is a part of the bloated corrupt finance sector |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Is there any regulation of these Insurance compaines? |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. But that very list |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. so there are no cost control measures in any of the bills to go along w/ reform? |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. not that I have heard. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, according to Paul Krugman today |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Center/Right newspaper shills for insurance industry; nobody surprised. nt |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sorry, you guys are just wrong ... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yes! |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. And if you can't afford it what difference does it make if they remove the "pre-existing" |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. The bill will still have subsidies for people who can't afford premiums |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. yes!!!! |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Combination of mandates and no public option is criminal |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. In my mind, the PO is the only thing that keeps the insurance companies honest |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
22. W/o a Public Option, this is just a MASSIVE subsidy to insurance companies. |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. pre-existing conditions |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. No single payer health care = no reform. You think the homeless can afford the public option? |
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