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surrealAmerican

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11. What an idea.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 09:09 AM

Mar 2014

... and guess what, we could lower health care costs even more by just closing down all the hospitals, and not paying doctors ever! There couldn't possibly be any downside to this - just think how much money we'd save!

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Georgia Gov. Deal- Cut access to the ER for poor people. [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Our governors Feral Child Mar 2014 #1

Every time I think we have reached the bottom of the barrel, brer cat Mar 2014 #4

Thanks, brer cat! Feral Child Mar 2014 #40

Can't pay? Well die already. It's the Republican way. nt MrScorpio Mar 2014 #2

Don't get SICK !!! SamKnause Mar 2014 #3

Evil. That's all there is to it. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #5

+ 1 woo me with science Mar 2014 #22

Same old Republican Health Care Plan: Die Quickly. nt truebluegreen Mar 2014 #6

No Deal! And you can take that Every Way Possible! Demeter Mar 2014 #7

Ammo for Carter. nt Ilsa Mar 2014 #8

Rachel Maddow covered this Friday night Sienna86 Mar 2014 #9

So, FDR gave us the New Deal .. ananda Mar 2014 #10

What an idea. surrealAmerican Mar 2014 #11

No, the healthcare industry is far too profitable for that to be a reasonable approach. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #23

The race to the bottom is going through the basement floor. NO surprise. kairos12 Mar 2014 #12

Millions, perhaps tens of millions of people will agree with this, to their own detriment. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #13

But but but but REAGAN signed that! nt valerief Mar 2014 #14

In 1986, when the law was passed, freedom fighter jh Mar 2014 #15

Good post. Thanks. n/t Laelth Mar 2014 #38

What a creep! hrmjustin Mar 2014 #16

Universal health care would also take care of that problem, guv'nor. tanyev Mar 2014 #17

and supposedly the ACA would take care of most of it rurallib Mar 2014 #24

He has refused to expand medicaid coverage under the ACA n2doc Mar 2014 #26

Exactly n2doc! And public hospitals are closing due to lack of funds in Georgia kmlisle Mar 2014 #28

Yes..... Swede Atlanta Mar 2014 #35

+1. historylovr Mar 2014 #36

This is fucking horrible. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #18

EXACTLY what I was thinking. Little makes me more sick than the Mammon worshiping supply side Jesus TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #39

The bumper stickers should be simple malaise Mar 2014 #19

Next step of course... durablend Mar 2014 #20

Denying poor women emergency treatment is a GOP virtue Politicub Mar 2014 #21

Still not ONE word in any Georgia press about this Glitterati Mar 2014 #25

What a suprise.... giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #27

Stunning, isn't it? Glitterati Mar 2014 #29

I live down here right on the border of GA & SC giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #30

It's a pretty heartbreaking state to live in Glitterati Mar 2014 #33

My parents are in FL... giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #37

Of course not n2doc Mar 2014 #32

that's where I heard about it too CatWoman Mar 2014 #41

It's infuriating Glitterati Mar 2014 #42

Who Would Jesus Admit To The ER? jsr Mar 2014 #31

More of those "deeply held beliefs" Glitterati Mar 2014 #34

Jason Carter for Georgia Governor 2014 Chiquitita Mar 2014 #43