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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:51 PM Original message |
Health premiums now more than a new car! |
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Hoosier Daddy (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oprah!!! |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. And if you're over age 54-55, they're more than most people's mortgage payments! n/t |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Correct. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My health insurance was more than my mortgage and my car payments combined. |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. sadly, so true nt |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wish the Wall Street protesters would move on up the street |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Even if you can afford insurance, you might not be able to afford care |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Our current system of pretty much unregulated insurance is the problem. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Who is the "financial opportunity for corporations" quote attributed to? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wages increased 50% and inflation is up 38% |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Seriously; maybe for the top 1%, but everyone I know has seen their wages drop |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. i was offered cobra at over 1300 per month |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. My car payments for a new Prius are 1/3 of that. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. And the workers who built your Prius don't contribute anything to our social programs either |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. And that's every year. You only pay for the car once. (nt) |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Yes, indeed. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ha! You ain't seen nothing! |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. You're sure you don't want a public option or Medicare for All like the rest of the world has? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. More than $20k per year for this family of four. We "buy" the equivalent of a new car every year. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Insurance is for losers |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. My husband's medical care has reached over $1 million. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. But you never know who will need it. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The solution may be states that have similar views clumping together. |
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Hoosier Daddy (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oops! Forgot to Rec this! |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Health-Benefit Costs Rise Most in Six Years |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Many people would be better off banking the money, finding less expensive doctors for checkups |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You are right about that. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Heart bypass in states = 100K plus |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. yep! people are being priced out because of profit seeking! this saying says it all -- |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. The USA spends more per capita on health care |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. and a generation ago, many people never even needed health insurance |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ah, the good old days... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I took all three of my boys to the pediatrician at the same time |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I would have been in the poorhouse without our union negotiated health insurance |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
35. Get it while they can |
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