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In reply to the discussion: You didn't get a public option or you didn't get single payer and now your pissed. [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)87. Hey you!!
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You didn't get a public option or you didn't get single payer and now your pissed. [View all]
upaloopa
Jun 2012
OP
Quit with right wing talking points bull shit already! You think doctors shouldn't make a profit?
upaloopa
Jun 2012
#3
wadsworth dragged me on another one of his blasted safaris. i can't stand the heat
dionysus
Jul 2012
#90
Not if it means that people have to die because the PRICES of the medical care and drugs
rocktivity
Jun 2012
#19
I totally agree. A progressive tax to fund health care would be the perfect funding solution.
Zorra
Jun 2012
#15
Thanks! That's great! I know the RW trolls that are reading this must totally hate this fact,
Zorra
Jul 2012
#88
The individual mandate was THEIR IDEA. How can there be people who still do NOT know this?
Poll_Blind
Jun 2012
#64
Then why did they propose it less than two weeks after the President was elected? (LINK)
Poll_Blind
Jun 2012
#69
some people in canada, probably the richie riches, buy private insurance to supplement the govt plan
dionysus
Jul 2012
#81
I love the ACA overall, I only hate the mandate, I vastly prefer to PAY TAXES into Medicare for All.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#56
Everyone is not covered and everyone does not have the freedom to move ...
slipslidingaway
Jun 2012
#45
With ACA anynbody who can't afford insurance but shows too much income on paper
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
#76
"Does it really matter if an insurance company or the government provides the coverage
rocktivity
Jun 2012
#16
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
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
Broke people that need a free lunch, working to middle class families with children
TheKentuckian
Jul 2012
#73
Jeez, I'm guessing you're under 18 and completely unaware of how healthcare is run.
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#35
The most logical explanation is that the President got EXACTLY what he fought for. No more, no less.
Romulox
Jun 2012
#68
Well, we might as well conjecture that Martians intervened, if all speculation is equally plausible.
Romulox
Jul 2012
#74
Appeal to authority notwithstanding, you have no evidence for your claim. All known evidence is to
Romulox
Jul 2012
#91
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
Laugh until milk comes out your nose; a lawyer shouldn't be proud of being ignorant of the rules of
Romulox
Jul 2012
#106
The OP is a nonsensical swipe a Straw Man; nobody thinks Single Payer is free. nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#67
no one wants "free" health care (maybe a few dolts, not many). single payer\public option
dionysus
Jul 2012
#80
They could bring costs down with that money, insure more people, and help employer be more
julian09
Jul 2012
#102