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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 12:35 PM
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Obama asked if the American People or the private interests will win?
Honestly, this bill is an ins. give away. I'm just hoping that its a massive failure and gets people into single payer faster.. esp. when they are forced to buy it and it doesn't cover shit.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 12:36 PM
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1. Link?
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 12:39 PM
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3. He said it during the rally in VA.. I think Stinky was watching the same channel.
His point explains what I mean.. I can't link a YouTube at work.. sorry, on MSNBC blip...

Watching people cheer against themselves just now was like I felt watching Bush people cheer for upside down things.. I'd shake my head and wonder "really, they don't see they are clapping against themeselves".
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 12:37 PM
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2. LOL
oh the irony...
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 12:41 PM
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4. This is sort of what I am thinking - that certain aspects of it will be such
a horrible failure that we will HAVE TO go to single payer.

More people will have medical insurance, but the rate of bankruptcies due to medical expenses will continue to rise.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 12:55 PM
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5. Actually, no matter what, people will be priced out of being able to pay for anything.
As it is, companies are dumping "full time" to avoid the mandate.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 01:35 PM
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6. If ENOUGH people get priced out, the path to single payer will be laid wide open.
Medical insurers wil have zero clout if they have zero customers.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 01:55 PM
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7. In the mean time many more will be killed or go broke due to illness.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 03:05 PM
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8. Well, I consider this to be a long-term WAR against injustice. And I may
be one of the casualties ultimately, but in the end we WILL prevail.
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 04:33 PM
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9. That's the truly sad part.
It seems our government prefers to have "bodied people" die while protecting "corporate people" at all costs (to borrow MurryHillInc's "people" terms). Hopefully this wrong-headed approach will reach it's natural conclusion quickly.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 04:46 PM
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10. I'm afraid the POTUS has been on a trash-the-insurance-company tour,
all the while serving us up to them. I don't get it.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-10 06:59 PM
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11. The stump speach he is giving could have clearly given us a Public Option.
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