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hughee99

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25. In this case, though, the problem isn't the insurance company.

Reply to Old and In the Way (Reply #24)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:44 PM

Feb 2012

I'm sure those same insurance companies that probably provide services (Blue Cross, for example) provide BC to other clients. The employers may even have to ASK the insurance companies for a choice of plans that don't offer it. The insurance company is likely NOT the problem here, it's the employer. In any case, I agree that insurance companies should offer BC. It may be a matter of commerce (which the government certainly has a role in regulating), but not "freedom".

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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