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Octafish

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6. Think of the TRILLIONS in savings!

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 30, 2015, 03:08 PM

Nov 2015

Think of the MILLIONS in lives that could have been saved. Especially that poor kid with cancer they had a fundraiser for the in the paper tomorrows. Or my cousin.

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Yeah, we'd better just forget about ever having Universal Health Care in America. [View all] HughBeaumont Nov 2015 OP

That awkward moment where, on a board that steadfastly defends human rights . . . . HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #1

Oh, I don't know. PETRUS Nov 2015 #4

I shouldn't be worried about health for all when futility is a far more attainable goal. HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #5

it gives us something to taunt, I presume MisterP Nov 2015 #7

You know who wanted UHC back in 1961? Octafish Nov 2015 #2

Crreeeeeeeping (FRIGHT TONES) SOSHULISM!! HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #3

Think of the TRILLIONS in savings! Octafish Nov 2015 #6

I've donated to three such crowdfundmes for people's out of pocket medical bills. HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #8

Hey, Hillary's bankster/MIC BFFs NEED that money. hifiguy Nov 2015 #9

Hush money, however, buys a LOT. HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #10

Indeed it does. hifiguy Nov 2015 #11

For the forseeable future, yes you should. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2015 #12

What's weird is we DEMOCRATS had all that in 2009. Octafish Nov 2015 #13

"Democrats" . . . used loosely and facetiously, of course. HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #15

And before we retake state legislatures . . . . HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #14

If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ... Scuba Dec 2015 #16

+1 think Dec 2015 #17

sigh... Phentex Dec 2015 #18

c'mon man, forcing americans to buy overpriced insurance corps is the best we can hope for... KG Dec 2015 #19