I can't imagine anything more cruel than pools for those with pre-existing conditions

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I can't imagine anything more cruel than high risk pools for those with pre-existing conditions, i.e. insurance ghettos. Putting all the sick people in one pool stands the principle of spreading the risk on its head.

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Trust me, they will find something worse.

I no longer believe that there is any limit to the GOP's depravity.

[dalton99a]

10. No one should ever doubt that.

[DK504]

2. Since the Recocks want a dying population

to work in the mines, and industry, how they hell can they have their slaves if we are all dying because of the lack of health insurance.

[NCjack]

3. Republican death camp. nt

[Demsrule86]

4. My mom and dad were in a pool until they reached 65...in the late 80's in their 40's they were

paying $2000. a month.

[Ms. Toad]

7. That's in the range of what Ohio charged during open enrollment

All major insurance companies had to accept everyone for limited windows each year. They were hard to get into (limited window, limited slots) and very expensive.

[Demsrule86]

9. People couldn't afford it...I saw 140,000 premium per year for cancer on either CNN or

MSNBC...might have been both.

[Ms. Toad]

5. Well - the reality was worse last time than ** just ** pools.

There were limited slots in the pools, so if you had a pre-existing condition and didn't make the cut to get into the pool, you were SOL.

I don't expect any different this time.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Thank God I live in the Republic Of California where most of us care about one another.

[CrispyQ]

8. One of the most poignant scenes in "Where to Invade Next"

was when the women from Iceland were talking & one of them said, "I would never want to live in America. You don't care for each other."