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SunSeeker

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9. I'd say it's like replacing the engine with a bus ticket.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 04:54 PM

Dec 2011

A bus ticket that takes you only so far, then you're on your own--and doesn't guarantee to get you where you need to go. Oh yeah, and you paid about $10,000 for that bus ticket.

Now that's "reform"!

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Wendell Potter: When Medicare Isn't Medicare [View all] marmar Dec 2011 OP

Except I don't think this would be like replacing a Ford with a Hyundai. pnwmom Dec 2011 #1

Ii see it as putting a cage with a squirrel in it under the hood MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #2

Good point. A go-kart that costs you twice as much as the Ford. subterranean Dec 2011 #3

I'd say it's like replacing the engine with a bus ticket. SunSeeker Dec 2011 #9

It wasn't clear from the article customerserviceguy Dec 2011 #4

Huh? It is crystal clear which plan is being discussed. spooky3 Dec 2011 #5

I guess I skimmed it pretty fast customerserviceguy Dec 2011 #12

That's just not true. The Republicans are deliberately and with Malice Obstructing hlt care reform CarmanK Dec 2011 #8

Both parties know that the system cannot survive on its own for more than a few years customerserviceguy Dec 2011 #13

Social Security and Medicare are the canaries in the mine shaft. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #11

Love your post! nt BlueMTexpat Dec 2011 #16

Wendell Potter is an American hero, but did great damage Faygo Kid Dec 2011 #6

the Paul Ryan REFORM of Medicare, is a new PRODUCT of national health care delivery. CarmanK Dec 2011 #7

Bingo. But the Repugs sure know how to market something! SunSeeker Dec 2011 #10

Ford aren't really Fords any more & neither are republicans..... Historic NY Dec 2011 #14

GOP's last 'save' nearly bankrupted it, a pat on the back with a knife. This one's at the throat. freshwest Dec 2011 #15

Everybody shouls read this housewolf Dec 2011 #17