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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:49 AM Original message |
Here is the Trojan Horse of the Insurance companies. They're running scared! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Really, if the insurance industry is for it, all decent people should |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. A hard point to debate. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Amen to that. Only a fool lets themselves continued to be tricked. Single Payer NOW !!! nt |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. They'll simply shift the financial burden to other groups... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE LIKE VULTURES! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Look at the new products being advertised: pet insurance, car & house repairs |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. The old saw about waiting in line is BS. We have "rationed" healthcare right NOW in the US ........ |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. While I don't know about benefits or underwriting... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well something is wrong somewhere |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. As with a lot of state regulatory schemes, |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, that is true |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Sure there's negotiation |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I am unaware of that ever happening |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Politics and business float on a sea of bribery called "campaign donations" |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. That's very interesting and, as I imagined, thoroughly evil. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. If we accept mandatory insurance, it will be the same mess as Medicare. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Same mess as Medicare? Explain. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. You have not heard of the cost over runs, fraud, |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Then we should deal with those and not throw out the many parts that work |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. How exactly are people that are out of work going to pay for mandatory health insurance?... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. +5 -- i see this as foretelling of what's coming at us. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. So, why didn't they do this years ago? |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yet they STILL want to RED-LINE, as in: |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Ah ha! They see a tidal wave of change on the horizon and are trying to ameliorate it. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I agree. They are scrambling to keep in the game and show they can compromise but |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Bingo!!!! Ding-Ding-Ding!! We have a winner !!! nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. Without a Public Non Profit Alternative.... |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. evil fuckers. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Why Do We Need a Health Insurance Industry? A Parasite on the Health Care System |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. kick! |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. like when a NBA player commits a foul, he holds his hands up |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. So, they admit they've been ripping us off for decades? |
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