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IronLionZion

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15. Someone is getting something they don't deserve

Reply to Doctor_J (Reply #8)

Wed May 7, 2014, 02:05 PM

May 2014

Corporations are getting money they don't deserve. GOP says people are getting benefits they don't deserve. Why do you care what someone else gets?

Nonprofit insurance co-ops and Medicaid/Medicare exist. The nonprofits compete with the for profits and have proven very popular in some states. There are taxes on expensive insurance plans, medical devices, and tanning, amongst other stuff including capital gains and dividends. Conservatives whine about that all the time.

Medical care was significantly simpler and cheaper when programs like Medicare and NHS were started.

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Getting serious about a single payer system [View all] eridani May 2014 OP

, blkmusclmachine May 2014 #1

Is Baucus gone yet? Demeter May 2014 #2

He's gone...replaced by John Walsh brooklynite May 2014 #13

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth May 2014 #3

How criminal it is that one person can usurp the will of tens or hundreds of millions of people. Flatulo May 2014 #4

It might not be technically illegal but it sure ain't a bit nice. Enthusiast May 2014 #5

Oh, I know - I meant in the moral sense, not the legal. With very few exceptions, Flatulo May 2014 #9

unfortunately the president disagrees Doctor_J May 2014 #6

Canada got it one province at a time IronLionZion May 2014 #7

They never locked the for-profits into a half trillion dollar per year guarantee Doctor_J May 2014 #8

Someone is getting something they don't deserve IronLionZion May 2014 #15

Doing nothing in 2009 would have led to SP much faster Doctor_J May 2014 #16

Do you know how many times single payer was attempted in our country? IronLionZion May 2014 #17

Agreed. US states are much more like Canadian provinces than like any European-- eridani May 2014 #12

I Think Dirty Socialist May 2014 #10

K&R me b zola May 2014 #11

I'd like to see it. But I think we're 10 years away from it. NT Adrahil May 2014 #14