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Wisconsin

Jackpine Radical

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3. Risk pooling based upon your being a legal resident of the US,

Reply to simak (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 10:35 AM

Nov 2014

with no insurance companies standing between the providers & the payors. Provider & patient decisions (monitored for various kinds of potential abuse) determine the necessity and appropriateness of treatment rather than some nurse somewhere employed by an insurance company to issue denials of coverage.

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Scott Walker: Denying health care to low-income people helps them 'Live the American Dream' [View all] Pharaoh Nov 2014 OP

Pardon me but isn't this fucking low life scum sucking pig dependent on the government? Autumn Nov 2014 #1

They do appear to be taking his quote rather out of context. simak Nov 2014 #2

Risk pooling based upon your being a legal resident of the US, Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #3

Do you mean risk pooling or cost sharing? simak Nov 2014 #5

The latter, clearly. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #6

I am one of the citizens of Wisconsin thrown off of Medicaid. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #4

That's not the context of the statement, but I can see how it's personal for you. n/t simak Nov 2014 #7

You wanted context. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #8

I don't think the assertions made in the interview reflect the characterizations made simak Nov 2014 #9

What is need is universal healthcare Pharaoh Nov 2014 #10

How about healthcare so affordable people that most people could afford it simak Nov 2014 #11

That would be called Pharaoh Nov 2014 #13

Only if you think what grocery stores sell is "universal food". n/t simak Nov 2014 #15

Walker's public actions are for sale. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #12

Are you suggesting that some politician's public actions are NOT for sale? simak Nov 2014 #14

Yes, I am saying it outright... Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #16

I favor unions. I oppose government unions. simak Nov 2014 #17