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steve2470

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4. yes single payer won't pay for everything !

Reply to treestar (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:22 AM

Mar 2014

The whole fuck you POS line was wayyyyyyyyyyyy over the line IMHO. Call up Anthem and get the CEO and tell HIM or HER that !

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FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush... [View all] Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 OP

Interesting that FDR should not have been told "FU" treestar Mar 2014 #1

excellent point steve2470 Mar 2014 #2

and even with single payer there will be times the government doesn't cover something we want treestar Mar 2014 #3

yes single payer won't pay for everything ! steve2470 Mar 2014 #4

Medicare itself wouldn't pay for a surgery my father had treestar Mar 2014 #6

In our system, it boils down to, if you don't support Dems, you end up supporting the Repugs steve2470 Mar 2014 #7

And there it is. So the agenda is plainly laid out. Thanks. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #30

my pleasure ! GOTV 2014 ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #31

Here is Truman expressing ProSense Mar 2014 #5

You should actually Cha Mar 2014 #8

Obamacare. Romneycare. Nixoncare. Three peas in a pod. progressoid Mar 2014 #9

Do you ProSense Mar 2014 #10

Do you progressoid Mar 2014 #12

Yes, ProSense Mar 2014 #13

OK progressoid Mar 2014 #14

"Romneycare" was mostly written by Mass Democrats. Romney just signed it. phleshdef Mar 2014 #32

You say LBJ failed but he got Medicare through! Jim Lane Mar 2014 #11

Have you heard of Medicare? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #15

I didn't know Medicare covered most Americans... Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #16

You said no reforms nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #17

Obviously, when discussing the ACA, I meant major reform to the entire system... Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #18

It **was** a major reform of the system nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #19

Medicare was in no way a door to any type of universal healthcare reform... Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #20

I am sorry if in this one I will defer nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #21

Let 'em agree... Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #22

And without it we would not be having this discussion nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #23

We probably would... Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #24

Why is pointing out WHY someone is "misguided" considered kicking them? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #28

I don't believe DI was trying to slight Medicare or Medicaid in anyway. phleshdef Mar 2014 #33

Third time's a charm! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #25

Thank you. elleng Mar 2014 #26

LBJ did *his* part MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #27

Well said, DI! Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #29

It's fucked up, but we got Nixon's proposal. joshcryer Mar 2014 #34