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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:19 AM Original message |
An alternative to mandatory insurance, would be to make it more difficult for people to get rid of |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Health 'insurance' should be free and people who make money |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Nothing is free. Someone has to pay for it. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well we will with taxpayer money, unless that is no good. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Isn't bankruptcy for medical debts for those who have health insurance? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I had a friend who broke his wrist and ended up with a $12k debt |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's the system we have now. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. "he should pay his $12k debt"??? He CAN'T. |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. We can't achieve something like that because we have a $700 billion defense budget |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Did he land up needing surgery? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes. He had a bicycle accident and needed surgery |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. If you have reform, fewer people who have insurance will file bankruptcy. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Are you sure? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Are you fucking mad? |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I'm not fucking mad. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No the problem we have today is some idiot decided to waste |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. medical catastrophes are the major reason for bankruptcy |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's the system we have now. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Here's the problem with your idea |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. If I worked for the insurance industry, I would be for the mandate. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No shit, Sherlock... |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. No that isn't the problem we have today. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Possibly just evil. |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Quite the contrary-- |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. ah.... spoken like - someone I don't understand. WHAT are you talking about? |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Most people in this country don't want a mandate from the government to get insurance. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Single payer would solve alll this bullshit. |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The United States pays for Canada's health system |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That's it. You are officially ON CRACK. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. WHAT?! What about the people with chronic health problems who cannot afford insurance |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think it would be kinder and make more sense to just have mandatory insurance instead. nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. apples and oranges. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. "If health insurance becomes cheaper"... |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. Just as soon as corporations aren't allowed bankruptcy. |
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