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Very good point. Many of us are trapped in our jobs due to pre-existing conditions. RagAss Aug 2012 #1
Same for me, just with unemployment. nt AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #4
Or just the threat of losing health insurance for a protracted period. Especially anyone with kids. DCKit Aug 2012 #22
How much money would we save? Confusious Aug 2012 #2
Yes indeed. Jack Sprat Aug 2012 #3
I have said that for years... Yooperman Aug 2012 #5
That's why a single payer government-run health system would be better Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #18
Person X is a cop, paid by our taxes, represented by the police union NightWatcher Aug 2012 #6
people who bitch about Big Government and taxes, work for the same said big govmt........... lunasun Aug 2012 #12
Socialism did not make their success possible. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #7
We most certainly do, we just don't call it Socialism. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #9
We may have an extremely watered-down version of a social democracy, kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #11
The one's I know; 1 Retire from the military, 2 Go to work contracting for the military for 5 - 10 Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #8
Much of the 1% Takeover is Built with Non 1% Hands n/t LarryNM Aug 2012 #10
Too true Hydra Aug 2012 #21
K & R! lonestarnot Aug 2012 #13
Know them?? I'm related to them!! n/t KarenS Aug 2012 #14
or bluemarkers Aug 2012 #15
Yep. Over and over I see that those who most complain SheilaT Aug 2012 #16
Single payer health care JEB Aug 2012 #17
No. I don't know of any such person. GoCubsGo Aug 2012 #19
These kind of people believe the DESERVE it... VPStoltz Aug 2012 #20
They're called Limbeciles Doctor_J Aug 2012 #23
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