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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:10 PM Original message |
Medicare for all. Period. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. +1 |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. A simple bill to write. Age of Medicare eligibility is now zero. All in favor? |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Aye, cappy... |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Easy to expand, cost effective, but those darn fiscal conservatives |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Yes! Thom Hartmann had a great piece on this yesterday... |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Aye. n/t |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. A simple amendment to the current law |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. And also remove the cap on payroll tax to fund it! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Aye, sharesunited. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
73. Aye. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't forget to remind people who still haven't read Conyers and Kuchinich bill... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He chooses whom he wants to hear. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well, if you mean he hasn't changed from being a moderate... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. he's no moderate. He's an extremist free trader corporatist, |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Wow... an authority of what is far out and ambiguous rhetoric! |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. My brother's friend from Sweden... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Welcome to DU, and thank you for making me look up Seleucids. nt |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. You have a much broader understanding then... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. Here's some data. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. "Obama is a bad guy"??? ... "his smiling shuck and jive can't hide it anymore" ??? |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I agree that he needs to hear from the people |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Well, I let him know last night |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. +2 nt |
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mirrera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. +9 |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. that's my position, plain and simple. K&R |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. absolutely. It took 11 months for Medicare to be implemented |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. I generally agree, but Medicare needs major improvements. It's not really that good. nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It could be much greater than it is... |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's definitely true. It would probably be improved if offered to everyone. nt |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You mean the Medigaps and Part D, right? |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That would be great, but what are its chances of passing now? nt |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. About as much chance as the Civil Rights act had 5 years before it passed. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nope... I won't back down |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. knr - rec #26 n/t |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. White House contact page... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I've contacted them multiple times. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. We need to remind them that we are not in favor of the deal... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Done! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Thanks :) n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Your welcome! This is the 3rd time I've contacted him on it and will continue to do so. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I continue to push as well with the WH, my reps, committees etc.. |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. Exactly right. n/t |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. Really? You were promised Medicare for all? Can you provide a link? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. Nothing in the post even hints at a promise. |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. An expanded and more services-inclusive Medicare, yes. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. Fuck You Blue Cross Blue Dog. MEDICARE FOR ALL! |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. Rec |
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TexasLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
31. At this point, Id love it, or ANY damn thing |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. And has been all along, making the rest of the posturing |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. See people even Grovelbot agrees !!! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. not period--we have to fix the donut hole |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. That is the smartest, easiest and probably the cheapest way to go in setting it up. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yep |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. K & R and proud to help the cause n/t |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Here's my demands. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. "We were sold down the river, people. " Nonsense |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Public option nonsense...What is so great about the public option... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yep. nt |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
46. Correct. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. Amen. n/t |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. Put that slogan on T-Shirts, Banners, Bumper Stickers, and a Big Ass March on Washington. |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
51. Damn, I slipped and accidently unrec'ed. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. I did that yesterday. I'll add one for you. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. Too simple, fair and right. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. +1000. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
55. This is what I support, easy and straightforward. There is no reason for insurance companies to |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. no, it's not that simple. and the op is simple minded. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I agree with you |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. No - it really is THAT SIMPLE!!! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Troll like in your cogent rebuttal. It is that simple. The truth is simple. Lies are complex. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Medicare for all!!! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Medicare for all. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. k & R |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
75. K&R |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
76. Recommend |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
77. what about the Mayo Clinic recommendations re : Medicare? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
78. USCare. WECare. Figure out an ACRONYM that keeps rednecks from being afraid. |
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