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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:57 PM Original message |
Serious question: Why are corporations so quiet on this health care issue? |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you talking about Health Insurance Companies? NT |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. no, I'm talking about major corporations that claim health insurance |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Oh, I get your point entirely. Thank you for the clarification. NT |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because they'll still pay for it. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. but their cost could go down too |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. do you REALLY trust the insurance companies to cut costs? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. if congress regulates it , i think it could |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. that's just it -- IF regulation is passed it will be minimal |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah, in the short term, IF the insurers reduce rates initially |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ditto |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's my thought! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. because what is being pushed is NOT true healthCARE reform |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. They really don't need us. We don't provide the high |
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Happy Hippy (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. ..... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. for large corporations, health care costs are an excuse, not an actual reason, |
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Happy Hippy (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Well..... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. we are in a class war. |
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Happy Hippy (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. That's a hard line you're taking..... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. "Belief" is irrelevant. |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ironically, I think it will help them, as well... |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. I rec'd this post, but it didn't seem to make any difference. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think so. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Birds of a feather flock together |
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thotzRthingz (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. because: the increasing threat of a PUBLIC OPTION, via reconciliation, has them spellbound... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. I imagine it's because the decision makers at the major corporations are in the top 1% |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. I asked this question last year |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Because fear of losing health benefits makes us their slaves. |
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xynthee (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. That's the only theory that makes sense to me! |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. There will come a day |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And perhaps the bloodletting will be remembered too. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. that comment needs to be a bumper sticker. |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. bumper sticker |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE THE DEATH PANELS |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Here's one opinion poll of business leaders from august 2009 ... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. The much more serious question is how can they spend so much and you not know its them? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. their ideology must be more important |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. They have our elected officials to speak for them |
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