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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:10 PM Original message |
No public option but an individual mandate: how I may oppose health care reform |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Source for the quote: |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mandated health care with no public option |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. and they can staff their own offices and go door to door themselves. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. They really can. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Give me a break. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So you agree with the AMA? BTW, that is for a family of 4. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Yes, that would be approximately triple the income of my family of four. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What do you think is reasonable 20k for an individual? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Medical care costs 17% of GDP. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I know sausage making is too complex for most folks |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The problem is none of the bills do what they AMA suggests, many around 133% |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Here are three of them side by side: |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's about 10% of the country |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I think that is highly inaccurate, looking up |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. US median *household* income in 2007 was $50,233 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Family of Four median is $73,000 |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I think you misnderstand me, I am worried about everyone under 500% FPL |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I did misunderstand -- but |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I am confused, that isn't how it reads, at least from the source I researched this on |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That's the mandate, not the subsidy |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. For as much teeth-gnashing as I've read about the mandates, they're actually very weak. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. 133% is the HR3200 for enrollment into medicaid. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. If the Census Bureau's web page would work I could get exact numbers... |
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