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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:33 AM Original message |
No Strength In Numbers For Uninsured In US |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. I assume many young people and others who choose not to have insurance |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Many of them are Making Minimum Wage and Choose to Eat |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Pre-existing conditions stopped my ability |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Young people don't expect to ever get expensively sick. And you know what? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. I bet people without health insurance are bad off enough to not |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Surely that's true of some, but there are other kinds of people in opposition |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'd sure like to know what price point the uninsured would pay at |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. As I understand it, the numbers are pretty simple |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Single Payer For All Would Cost No More Than What Americans Are Collectively Paying Today |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. much less from what I hear. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It depends on how well the government sets it up. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Which means? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. When I say "NSP" I mean Medicare for all. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. +1 shout it , repeat it, spread the word, make people say OK just to shut you up. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Actually a lot (really a lot) fucking less. I don't want to get down........... |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Seconded |
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Shoedogg (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. I don't get this: |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I thought the same |
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yankeeinlouisiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think by "help" he means money-wise. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Exactly. They don't send money, so they can go die. Now, if this isn't |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. governing by bribery is kleptocracy. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. It's not the votes they're talking about . |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. So this politician is only beholden to those who can help him? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. Fuck...They been using that same "47 million" uninsured figure for.... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. They must think that '47 million' is a # we will willing accept and not raise hell over. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I think you're absolutely insighful & correct!! |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Uninsured, underinsured |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. The real #. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Thank you! This is a 'keeper" for everyone to know & show the REAL facts!! |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. Without a doubt it's far more than fifty million uninsured! |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. As I sit here |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. i'm sure that this is true -- but some things are a matter of PR and |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Ain't that the truth. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. remember the ads the republick party ran |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. remember the ads the republick party ran |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. I want the average American to get the same health coverage that Congress gets" |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. You and I want that same coverage! n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. People would be DAMN GRATEFUL if there were a few brave |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Perhaps we need to get organized, then... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. We need a million uninsured march on Washington. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'd say you're right. |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's not about "COVERAGE", dammit to hell - |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. In today's US--no money, no justice. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Very important. K&R |
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