Obama ought to mobilize National Guard / Reservist medical units to provide health care to the

ddeclue

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Thu Aug-20-09 08:39 PM
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Obama ought to mobilize National Guard / Reservist medical units to provide health care to the

indigent in major cities and declare it a national emergency if the public option fails.

:P

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silverweb

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:21 PM
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1. That's actually a good idea.

:thumbsup:

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Matt 6_5

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:24 PM
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2. He was joking.

sheesh

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silverweb

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Thu Aug-20-09 11:59 PM
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3. So?

I still think the idea has potential... if we don't get decent health care reform passed.

sheesh.

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GodlyDemocrat

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Fri Aug-21-09 12:06 AM
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4. This is a GREAT idea, please elaborate further for those who don't know how the NG works

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Thothmes

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Fri Aug-21-09 04:47 AM
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5. What are you going to do with those of thousands of

citizens that those doctors and nurses serve in civilian life, now that you have taken their doctors away and sent him to the inner city?

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MindPilot

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Fri Aug-21-09 05:10 AM
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6. Same thing you did when they got sent to Iraq

Make do, hire temps, sacrifice and treat this like the national emergency it is.

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Thothmes

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Fri Aug-21-09 06:12 PM
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10. Accept you are for calling up all of the medical personnel

that did not happen during the Bush era. Only a percentage were activated at one time. What happens when you nationalize all of them?

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HamdenRice

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Fri Aug-21-09 07:44 AM
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7. FDR did something like this

See this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6344388&mesg_id=6344388

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Obamanaut

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Fri Aug-21-09 08:41 AM
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8. A redistribution of health care providers. Taking them, moving them,

possibly paying them less - sounds almost like slavery.

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silverweb

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Fri Aug-21-09 02:03 PM
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9. Even if they're compensated for it?

Like covering medical school debt, malpractice insurance, or some other financial burden young doctors carry?

That wouldn't be slavery, but a voluntary value-for-value exchange.

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