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Response to upaloopa (Original post)

I am more than happy to pay taxes to cover my health care costs Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #1
Quit with right wing talking points bull shit already! You think doctors shouldn't make a profit? upaloopa Jun 2012 #3
More fucking RW talking points and name calling. DevonRex Jun 2012 #8
oompa loompa, doopity doo, he has RW talking points for you... dionysus Jul 2012 #79
Hey you!! DevonRex Jul 2012 #87
wadsworth dragged me on another one of his blasted safaris. i can't stand the heat dionysus Jul 2012 #90
Freeloader is one word, not two.. Fumesucker Jun 2012 #12
Favorite group: RKBA. nt DevonRex Jun 2012 #14
I am no freeloader, I pay taxes and for insurance Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #18
We in Canada don't pay the cost of drugs you arthritisR_US Jul 2012 #89
I support socialized medicine, what makes me obtuse? Bjorn Against Jul 2012 #101
Not if it means that people have to die because the PRICES of the medical care and drugs rocktivity Jun 2012 #19
20% to insurance companies v. 2% to public administrators. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #94
I totally agree. A progressive tax to fund health care would be the perfect funding solution. Zorra Jun 2012 #15
Yes we would riot. laundry_queen Jun 2012 #28
Well, the ACA contains a progressive tax frazzled Jul 2012 #84
Thanks! That's great! I know the RW trolls that are reading this must totally hate this fact, Zorra Jul 2012 #88
"What you want is not to have to pay for your medical care." girl gone mad Jun 2012 #2
You've been paying those parasitic middlemen up till now treestar Jun 2012 #32
I got news for ya Zalatix Jun 2012 #57
Insurance companies were against it all along treestar Jun 2012 #60
Actually they weren't, MadHound Jun 2012 #63
The individual mandate was THEIR IDEA. How can there be people who still do NOT know this? Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #64
How can one not know what is not true? treestar Jun 2012 #65
Then why did they propose it less than two weeks after the President was elected? (LINK) Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #69
+1 DJ13 Jun 2012 #34
Your two-tiered system doesn't really make sense frazzled Jun 2012 #4
some people in canada, probably the richie riches, buy private insurance to supplement the govt plan dionysus Jul 2012 #81
The OP wasn't talking about supplemental insurance, I think frazzled Jul 2012 #83
Fellow DUers, don't let the ignorance of this post bother you. senseandsensibility Jun 2012 #5
I love the ACA overall, I only hate the mandate, I vastly prefer to PAY TAXES into Medicare for All. Zalatix Jun 2012 #56
Well, work for it then. We have a foundation now to build on. Skidmore Jun 2012 #72
Wrong. tosh Jun 2012 #6
Maybe, but making them cover everyone is a step treestar Jun 2012 #30
Hi, treestar. I agree with you 100% tosh Jun 2012 #51
So you think everyone in the UK doesn't want to pay for their medical care? Fumesucker Jun 2012 #7
They do pay, and they know they do treestar Jun 2012 #29
Everyone is not covered and everyone does not have the freedom to move ... slipslidingaway Jun 2012 #45
I thought the UK had a national health care plan. treestar Jun 2012 #61
?????? This sentence refers to the UK system .... slipslidingaway Jun 2012 #66
Who is not covered under the ACA? treestar Jun 2012 #70
With ACA anynbody who can't afford insurance but shows too much income on paper limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #76
People in that group get subsidized treestar Jul 2012 #82
You are wrong in several ways. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #103
This message was self-deleted by its author DevonRex Jun 2012 #9
You're. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2012 #10
I want to pay for my health care in a single payer system Marrah_G Jun 2012 #11
Oh, I get it! We liberals want to do nothing but freeload! backscatter712 Jun 2012 #13
"Does it really matter if an insurance company or the government provides the coverage rocktivity Jun 2012 #16
is this your flame out post? quinnox Jun 2012 #17
"what they really want is a free ride" marmar Jun 2012 #20
there's a free lunch in Canada Enrique Jun 2012 #21
Dear Skinner, et al- PLEASE bring back "Un-rec", if ONLY for this single OP!?!?! stlsaxman Jun 2012 #22
Bah, who cares. Unrec or no unrec, we can still speak our opinions. Or even trash the thread. Zalatix Jun 2012 #58
correct- and un-rec IS my opinion, tyvm. stlsaxman Jun 2012 #59
Hoo boy... derby378 Jun 2012 #23
What free lunch is to be had from Single Payer, a public option, or an NHS? TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #24
Single payer is by definition a "free lunch" for any who never pays taxes. banned from Kos Jun 2012 #40
Who never pays taxes? Fumesucker Jun 2012 #47
People who have never earned any income. banned from Kos Jun 2012 #52
Who never earns any income? Fumesucker Jun 2012 #55
All those free riding toddlers and children. girl gone mad Jul 2012 #100
Broke people that need a free lunch, working to middle class families with children TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #73
Sigh! Wrong: sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #25
Very True treestar Jun 2012 #26
Do you consider Medicare to be a free ride? Puregonzo1188 Jun 2012 #27
Don't most seniors pay for an extra kind of insurance along with Medicare? flamingdem Jun 2012 #48
Ah, well, a post and run. laundry_queen Jun 2012 #31
Huge logic FAIL eridani Jun 2012 #33
Jeez, I'm guessing you're under 18 and completely unaware of how healthcare is run. FarLeftFist Jun 2012 #35
Making the government the new middleman quaker bill Jul 2012 #99
Fail. n/t EFerrari Jun 2012 #36
You are so far off base, you're sitting in the bleachers Stinky The Clown Jun 2012 #37
"There ain't no free lunch!" pacalo Jun 2012 #38
It is not hateful. The OP agrees with Jesus and "healing the sick". banned from Kos Jun 2012 #42
I am picturing Jesus screaming "NO FREE LUNCH FOR YOU FREELOADER!!11!!!" Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #43
The OP has not said such. banned from Kos Jun 2012 #44
He sure as hell did not say anything Christ like Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #46
I admit that I am disappointed. RandySF Jun 2012 #39
What makes you think he didn't lean on them? Cary Jun 2012 #62
The most logical explanation is that the President got EXACTLY what he fought for. No more, no less. Romulox Jun 2012 #68
I disagree. Cary Jun 2012 #71
Well, we might as well conjecture that Martians intervened, if all speculation is equally plausible. Romulox Jul 2012 #74
I'm perfectly comfortable with my understanding. Cary Jul 2012 #75
Appeal to authority notwithstanding, you have no evidence for your claim. All known evidence is to Romulox Jul 2012 #91
Hahahahaha! Cary Jul 2012 #92
Oh dear. "Appeal to authority" is one of the "logical fallacies"; it has a specific meaning, and Romulox Jul 2012 #95
So you think that every time someone says that they know what they're talking about it's Cary Jul 2012 #96
This: "A former law partner of mine was a United States Senator" is an appeal to authority. Romulox Jul 2012 #98
More laughing, since you offer nothing to read. ROTFLMAO Cary Jul 2012 #105
Laugh until milk comes out your nose; a lawyer shouldn't be proud of being ignorant of the rules of Romulox Jul 2012 #106
Now you're just being ridiculous. Cary Jul 2012 #107
Fail, fail, fail and not much more to say ... slipslidingaway Jun 2012 #41
I asked elsewhere if seniors pay in addition to Medicare for extra coverage flamingdem Jun 2012 #49
Many do pay extra to help defray those added costs ... slipslidingaway Jun 2012 #53
and the people who constantly scream about "personal responsibility" zbdent Jun 2012 #50
Scream at the Swedes! Zyzafyx Jun 2012 #54
The OP is a nonsensical swipe a Straw Man; nobody thinks Single Payer is free. nt Romulox Jun 2012 #67
Dumb post is a hot pile of dumb. HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #77
The scolding is getting old Marrah_G Jul 2012 #78
no one wants "free" health care (maybe a few dolts, not many). single payer\public option dionysus Jul 2012 #80
Nice PSA from the RMoney campaigh. nt NCTraveler Jul 2012 #85
Free lunch my ass! Bake Jul 2012 #86
20% to insurance companies. that's what i'm pissed about. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #93
They could bring costs down with that money, insure more people, and help employer be more julian09 Jul 2012 #102
They are about to lose even more of their purchasing power. girl gone mad Jul 2012 #104
Can't believe y'all are still feeding this. n/t mattclearing Jul 2012 #97
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