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Old and In the Way

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24. I'm sorry...I just don't have the same 'free-market' idealism when it comes to healthcare.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:30 PM
Feb 2012

I can live with private institutions deciding what products they will and will not sell. But people can't shop for health insurance coverage without changing jobs...and in a dismal economy, who is going to do that? Readily covered services offered universally should not be left to the whims of a private company/religious institution. Especially if said company/institution is taking tax dollars to provide healthcare services.

What do you know....http://www.democraticunderground.com/101612823 yet another good reason to tell the Catholic Church to stuff it. Or maybe we start taxing them as business, then we can offer to subsidize the BC for people who want and need it. Win!

Boston Bruin Tim Thomas steps in it again [View all] LiberalLovinLug Feb 2012 OP
"Free?" KansDem Feb 2012 #1
yep - and most of the affected institutions already provide it rurallib Feb 2012 #2
So CBS Boston isn't truthful in its coverage of this... KansDem Feb 2012 #4
If they do print a correction you won't find it on the front page. You'll find it in very small southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #6
I found it also a bit of a predicative opinion... LiberalLovinLug Feb 2012 #12
Clue to Tim Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #3
Don't agree with Thomas at all, hughee99 Feb 2012 #15
Is it freedom when a private company can force you not to have this coverage? Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #16
The private company can only refuse to pay for it. hughee99 Feb 2012 #19
I'm sorry...I just don't have the same 'free-market' idealism when it comes to healthcare. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #24
In this case, though, the problem isn't the insurance company. hughee99 Feb 2012 #25
Thomas is a true moron Drale Feb 2012 #5
I am a staunch Bruins fan....and Thomas is on my shit list. Like Curt Schilling... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 #7
As a staunch Canucks fan I appreciate your candor. LiberalLovinLug Feb 2012 #13
Go Jets Go! Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #17
I am nothing if not honest!!! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 #21
Is he channeling his inner Glenn Beck here? Initech Feb 2012 #8
He's stopped too many pucks with his head. hifiguy Feb 2012 #9
Go back to your menial work, it's all you are capable of. Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #10
This dipshit needs an elbow to the head. sharp_stick Feb 2012 #11
Tim Thomas better be more concerned with the New York Rangers this year than this stuff... Jello Biafra Feb 2012 #14
Explanation for his idiocy bongbong Feb 2012 #18
Before I read this I didn't know who Tim Thomas is. TroglodyteScholar Feb 2012 #20
Shut up and stop the puck, Tim (n/m) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2012 #22
HAHAHAHHAA , what a fucking dumbass JI7 Feb 2012 #23
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