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Fri Sep 13, 2019, 05:41 PM

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4. Agreed

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This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy [View all]	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	OP
And there is this:	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#1
Not entirely true	Boomer	Sep 2019	#18
While your situation is good, it is the exception. As the article makes clear.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#19
And I agree with you completely	Boomer	Sep 2019	#42
That's great, I love that you have ...	aggiesal	Sep 2019	#23
Is that a rhetorical question?	Boomer	Sep 2019	#43
Lucky for you that you could afford the $2,000 deductible.	luvtheGWN	Sep 2019	#24
Apparently you didn't read all my post	Boomer	Sep 2019	#41
I too am lucky to have what I think is excellent health care...	Joe941	Sep 2019	#49
Most households don't have $2,000 in case of emergency. Not even $400	bitterross	Sep 2019	#58
DURec	leftstreet	Sep 2019	#2
It is tiring to read the many threads explaining	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#3
Agreed	blm	Sep 2019	#4
Also, many people think Medicare is free	leftieNanner	Sep 2019	#5
IMO, there's no reason NOT to include dental, vision, and hearing aids.	Eyeball_Kid	Sep 2019	#9
And hearing loss is closely connected	leftieNanner	Sep 2019	#11
My dad tried so many pairs of hearing aids and the only thing that worked	renate	Sep 2019	#64
Cool idea	leftieNanner	Sep 2019	#67
I have no idea	renate	Sep 2019	#69
This may not work with you, but it did for me..	at140	Sep 2019	#74
Thank you for the suggestion	leftieNanner	Sep 2019	#77
Agreed that many voters need to be informed.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#14
The Medicare for All plan that Bernie and Liz are supporting includes	Autumn	Sep 2019	#31
Nice.	leftieNanner	Sep 2019	#34
Yes, it's well known that you pay for Medicare. It can be called a premium if you chose	Autumn	Sep 2019	#35
Thank you for your persistence.	Mike 03	Sep 2019	#8
One problem is that insurance companies spend billions in advertising/propaganda.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#16
And lobbying	leftieNanner	Sep 2019	#20
Yup.	AllyCat	Sep 2019	#13
It's also tiring to read threads on how people just love their private insurance	Bradshaw3	Sep 2019	#27
Agreed. Many people literally have no idea	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#38
"offered" being the keyword	uponit7771	Sep 2019	#50
My guess is that most Americans, if given a choice,	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#60
I've seen no polling in this	uponit7771	Sep 2019	#63
pretending that what works in every other advanced democracy will somehow not work here is	Poiuyt	Sep 2019	#6
Exactly	blm	Sep 2019	#7
Perhaps, but it is shaped by history.	Caliman73	Sep 2019	#89
Recommended.	moondust	Sep 2019	#10
Very well stated.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#15
Some media like ABC or Fox	moondust	Sep 2019	#26
True, or hope that many voters will beceome bored.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#37
I know a lot of people who	Bettie	Sep 2019	#12
Agreed, but we regularly read/hear that most Americans are happy with their	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#17
No, that's simply not true	Boomer	Sep 2019	#25
My dad had triple heart bypass surgery.	mwooldri	Sep 2019	#32
But you admit that you work for a top tier company,	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#36
You didn't qualify your statement.	Boomer	Sep 2019	#44
I never claimed that you do not exist.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#47
I must have somehow understood the intent of your statement.	Boomer	Sep 2019	#48
And that was my fault for not making a more qualified statement. eom	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#59
My daughter - with $200,000 in billed medical expenses each and every year	Ms. Toad	Sep 2019	#82
Yes, the ACA is an improvement,	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#83
Not a surprise.	warmfeet	Sep 2019	#21
It's not paradise everywhere else, just worse in the States.	DFW	Sep 2019	#22
Health issues also cause many people to retire early when they'd been planning on working	captain queeg	Sep 2019	#28
Or conversely, to postpone retirement	Boomer	Sep 2019	#45
IN the rest of the civilized world	shadowmayor	Sep 2019	#29
Exactly. I never saw a medical bill til I moved here.	mwooldri	Sep 2019	#33
Most of my family still lives in Quebec.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#40
Immigrating to United States is the reason I have few medical expenses	at140	Sep 2019	#55
An under-reported national shame. They need you sick to make $. Like guns, a uniquely US issue.	Evolve Dammit	Sep 2019	#30
And the US system is profit-centered,	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#39
Therein lies the problem. Only country that doesn't negotiate with drug co's. Shameful.	Evolve Dammit	Sep 2019	#46
majority of health problems are self-inflicted	at140	Sep 2019	#51
I dont know if a majority are self inflicted, but...	VarryOn	Sep 2019	#52
------------Bingo---------------	at140	Sep 2019	#53
When my 36 in the waist pants started cutting me in two...	VarryOn	Sep 2019	#54
Food is so much cheaper in USA compared to Europe	at140	Sep 2019	#56
I disagree.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#61
Heart disease, strokes, bone joint disease, lack of energy,	at140	Sep 2019	#62
Baloney	treestar	Sep 2019	#71
I remember Walter Payton since I spent 37 years in Chicago	at140	Sep 2019	#73
Exercise will not prevent accidents!	treestar	Sep 2019	#76
You did not mention accidents	at140	Sep 2019	#78
So if it is not an accident but due to repetitive use	treestar	Sep 2019	#79
There are definite exercises available for Carpal TS, lower back,	at140	Sep 2019	#80
Obesity is a factor, but so is heredity.	Coventina	Sep 2019	#84
I am not so sure!	at140	Sep 2019	#85
Now you are changing your argument. You were saying that obesity causes these things.	Coventina	Sep 2019	#86
Simple- Lack of regular exercise contributes to Obesity	at140	Sep 2019	#87
Well and good, but MANY people experience cardiac issues without obesity being a factor	Coventina	Sep 2019	#90
I never said obesity is the only factor towards cardiac problems	at140	Sep 2019	#91
No but you said the MAJORITY of health problems are self-inflicted. I say BS	Coventina	Sep 2019	#93
LOL ok most health problems are hereditary...sure!	at140	Sep 2019	#96
we did it when we were in our late 20's. I had to have a hysterectomy	demtenjeep	Sep 2019	#57
Got gallbladder removal surgery last month and paid $0 with Covered California	ansible	Sep 2019	#65
Join the club, my gall bladder was removed in 1990,	at140	Sep 2019	#75
And the really sad thing is they'll keep voting for the people who put them there.	Initech	Sep 2019	#66
Some years ago now a researcher for the Rand Corp.	Hortensis	Sep 2019	#68
CEOs -need- their vacation mansions!	Hermit-The-Prog	Sep 2019	#70
Well, change happens very fast these days, while the people's	Hortensis	Sep 2019	#72
Well done.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#81
In the United States, unless you are among the obscenely wealthy	Snake Plissken	Sep 2019	#88
And that is the plan.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#92
We got a letter today demanding that	Bettie	Sep 2019	#94
And those are costs that are never measured.	guillaumeb	Sep 2019	#95

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