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Uncle Joe

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13. An excellent OP and you ask many good thought provoking questions.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 07:05 PM

Mar 2012

Having said that I do believe "general consent of the people" is actually more in tune with wanting universal single payer coverage or Medicare for everyone, it's too many of the politicians and the corporate media misinformation propaganda machine which would have us believe otherwise.

Thanks for the thread, MrScorpio.

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In America, general consent is that insurance companies are entitled to profit from your illness [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2012 OP

I've been wondering all day why liberals even CARE about health insurance company profits.... mike_c Mar 2012 #1

Same here HockeyMom Mar 2012 #2

Amen. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #20

Me too undergroundpanther Mar 2012 #21

They put Capital at Risk One_Life_To_Give Mar 2012 #3

Smaller pools incur a greater risk to capital MrScorpio Mar 2012 #4

You don't understand insurance mathematic Mar 2012 #5

Health care providers deserve to make decent wages. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #7

Illness is an inevitability MrScorpio Mar 2012 #11

They also profit from not paying claims. tinrobot Mar 2012 #18

Health insurance companies are parasites. We need national health care. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #6

They changed the laws to allow profit in the 70's I think marlakay Mar 2012 #8

yes... we live in a country that doesn't give a shit about 75% of it's citizens fascisthunter Mar 2012 #9

the trolls are thick as thieves spanone Mar 2012 #10

When making this 'reform' the President said the Insurance Companies 'deserve to profit' Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #12

He said it, because it's true. MrScorpio Mar 2012 #14

An excellent OP and you ask many good thought provoking questions. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #13

And this profit motive is the obscene fallacy at the core Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #15

and that's a pretty 'safe' bet, if i ever heard of one got root Mar 2012 #16

We need to break the association of healthcare (insurance) and employment libtodeath Mar 2012 #17

In America today corporate health and wealth is much more important that human life. Kablooie Mar 2012 #19