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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:10 PM Original message |
I SO glad we got the health insurance bill through Congress! |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Get a lawyer, if you can... |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Wait. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It doesn't. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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neitherherenortheirs (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. haha right.. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Hi there. Welcome to DU. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. But you were saved from the horrors of Socialized Medicine |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your insurance company is breaking the law. Sue them. nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Send this to your Congressperson and Senators. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I second this. Let your critters know. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thirded. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Done and done. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. That doesn't go into effect until 2014 |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. WHY? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Because it was more politically expedient than fighting. n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. LOLOL |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. So I'm on the Republican plan for another three years and that's the best I can hope for? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Try waiting until the law goes into effect |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Good idea! I'll just wait another three years to get coverage! |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I expressed regret that you can not do this now in my post |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. For otherwise healthy adults with pre-existing conditions, the bill is worthless. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I know so many people this has happened to |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Thanks for the advice, but it isn't applicable in my case. n/t |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why do you want the Palin in 2012? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I guess I never really loved him in the first place. n/t |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That's right Manny. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. 2014 should be just another year to come. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Because it takes time to get it all set up and the ins co crybabies |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. "Getting it done" is not worth it if there is no relief - |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Yes, "getting it done" is just a campaign marketing literature trinket. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Net Neutrality is next - does this guy ever sleep? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Really? The only way to get it done? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Maybe waiting until 2014 was the best for Obama's re-election prospects |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. And those 2500 pages included a lot of good too. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. We really don't know until it takes effect |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. That's right, we don't know -- therefore, it might be better than you recognize. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. It's beyond "not perfect." |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Apparently, you have not read about the Medical Loss Ratio and Exhanges. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I don't get why folks think the MLR is cost containment. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. +1 |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. And that is where the Exchanges come in. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. The exchanges are state regulated (aka probably captured) and accessible to a tiny portion of the |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. The entire "industry" won't walk lockstep, or pigeon-toed, for long. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Why wouldn't they, at least until they break the exchange's stick? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
57. He doesn't wait until 2014 when it's important to rich folks - |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. But he plays basketball! |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Fat Lady Ain't Yet Sung |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. well, if we had got it done back when Clinton tried you would be ok now |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That would be funny if people were not dying out there. Well, just wait until 2092, |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. If I'm hospitalized or die before 2014, it won't be for the pre-existing that got me denied. n/t |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. You can apply for a pre-existing plan |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Yeah, I already looked into that and can't afford it. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. And we would be better if the bill hadn't passed? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I wouldn't say we won. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I'm just not sure how it could possibly have been better to have done nothing. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I never said it would have been better to do nothing. n/t |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Couple the displeasure of the Dems and callousness of the right, and it will be repealed or worse. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. Oh, you people and your pet issues! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
52. Sorry to hear this... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. How come tax relief and payroll "holidays" for the wealthy are immediate, |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Because all legislation takes 5 years to take effect. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. You are factually incorrect. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
59. So I guess it would have been |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
60. and from here on in, you will have to report it when and if you apply elsewhere |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yep. n/t |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'm thrilled too. My self insured family rate doubled! |
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