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Cleita

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4. Yep, I finally got the health care coverage I needed at 65, which

Mon May 27, 2013, 11:15 AM

May 2013

is Medicare. If they covered the 20% copay, it would be perfect and doable by eliminating all the privatized elements of it like the privatized Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan give aways to insurance and pharmaceutical companies. I would like to see it extended to all Americans, again doable with a simple law, lowering the eligibility age to zero. Those premiums given to insurance companies by employers and unions could go into Medicare instead to fund it and it would cost half as much as those companies and unions spend on health insurance today.

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Wow, check out this comment on existing U.S. single-payer system [View all] ProSense May 2013 OP

The counter argument... Pelican May 2013 #1

You get the benefit as soon as you enter the service Kingofalldems May 2013 #2

But you have to do at least 20 years in the military to KEEP the benefit......... TheDebbieDee May 2013 #3

You only have Tricare if you're active duty or officially retired (or a spouse/dependent) haele May 2013 #5

The administration has authored unconscionable changes to Tricare. woo me with science May 2013 #9

updated link? itsrobert May 2013 #10

Link to the actual Joint Committee report of the President's plan: woo me with science May 2013 #12

Yep, I finally got the health care coverage I needed at 65, which Cleita May 2013 #4

I have Socialized medicine and I love it. I use the VA. I only pay for medicine, and that is alfredo May 2013 #6

Why is it that the right wing Republicans... ReRe May 2013 #7

K & R Thinkingabout May 2013 #27

You are EXACTLY right Poiuyt May 2013 #31

Exactly. That's why.... ReRe May 2013 #53

Essentially everything wrong in government can be traced to corporate funding of politicians. Maineman May 2013 #36

Yes we do! ReRe May 2013 #54

The Audacity of Middle-of-the-Road! bvar22 May 2013 #8

The ProSense May 2013 #11

No make NoSense. bvar22 May 2013 #13

Ha ProSense May 2013 #15

Well, its obvious you've been struggling for while, bvar22 May 2013 #16

Oh, ProSense May 2013 #17

Who is "Anti-Obama"? bvar22 May 2013 #18

The ProSense May 2013 #19

I am OK with the Medicaid Expansion. bvar22 May 2013 #20

Medicaid ProSense May 2013 #21

The entire Class Based System of Health CARE delivery is an abomination to any Enlightened Democracy bvar22 May 2013 #22

Well, ProSense May 2013 #24

You missed the point....again. bvar22 May 2013 #25

LBJ ProSense May 2013 #26

And then there is THIS little tidbit from one of your kind of Democrats. bvar22 May 2013 #32

What ProSense May 2013 #33

Me stay on topic??!!! bvar22 May 2013 #34

Here ProSense May 2013 #55

The day of Rick Warren, one of the reasons we have shitty healthcare is that equality itself angers Bluenorthwest May 2013 #42

I'm glad bullying and physical intimidation is something you celebrate and find great stevenleser May 2013 #44

Politics ain't Bean Bag, honey! bvar22 May 2013 #45

Bullies always have an excuse for their behavior. No politics in a Democracy is NOT about this crap stevenleser May 2013 #46

Did that old bastard (LBJ) hit somebody? bvar22 May 2013 #47

You missed something alright. You missed the "or" in what I said. nt stevenleser May 2013 #48

You mean the part of your post where you tried to firm up your Strawman... bvar22 May 2013 #50

You dont know what strawman means. You condoned bullying and physical intimidation. I called it out stevenleser May 2013 #56

Mischaracterizing or exaggerating someone's argument, bvar22 May 2013 #57

And I did not in any way incorrectly characterize your argument. Your pictures say it all. stevenleser May 2013 #58

Oh. I get it. bvar22 May 2013 #59

Exactly: "Gold/Silver/Bronze" = deranged and depraved bread_and_roses May 2013 #35

Exactly. nt raouldukelives May 2013 #49

+1 Marr May 2013 #37

"Single Payer" should be invisible as far as it's funding. Much like the military. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #14

...AND we have it for everyone over 65 years of age. roamer65 May 2013 #23

All you have to do is not die before age 65. NorthCarolina May 2013 #41

National health care in many countries works very well no matter what the clowns tries to tell you. Thinkingabout May 2013 #28

Many literally risked their lives for it. I don't want to! WinkyDink May 2013 #29

K&R! nt sheshe2 May 2013 #30

Well, actually FairWinds May 2013 #38

South Korea has universal healthcare davidpdx May 2013 #39

You seemed very opposed to Single Payer when the Republicans were crafting ACA Bluenorthwest May 2013 #40

Socialist? Not quite. Grins May 2013 #43

Howard Zinn says socialism is when the WORKERS own the means of their own production . . . patrice May 2013 #52

but joining the military for benefits & a secure job supports the inclination to WAR. nt patrice May 2013 #51