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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 09:43 AM Original message |
Report: Top five insurers made $12 billion in profits last year, dropped 2.7 million people |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Cool." - Republicon fatcat cronies |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Complete theft, come on Democrats, show what you're going to do. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
76. No - they'll pass the bill that mandates we buy "coverage" from the crooks |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. I hope that someone sends Kathleen a memo. n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Reined in", not "reigned". Editor asleep at the wheel. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ah, bloggers. nt |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Don't bother - |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
85. i happen to prefer spelling nazis. I hate it when you cannot understand the 'joke' |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
105. poo poo, reign is more funny. Make that your number 3. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Nice catch. I'm glad you did not embarrass a DUer over it. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. We need more incentive for big corps because they employ so many people |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Exactly! What's good for General Motors is good for America! Oh, wait.... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
115. There should be NO anti-trust |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Should I have put the little sarcasm thingy? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe if they drop eVERYONE (sending us to single-payer, universal care), their profits would |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
86. Businesses actually have been complaining about providing health coverage for decades |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. I hate insurance companies. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. +1 billion |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. People have in the past |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. We ALL hate insurance companies -- that's why they have to buy our elected officials --!!! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
87. I honestly don't believe they think much of people either, human health is just a dollar game. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
116. Yup. nt |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. That title should be on a huge billboard on every highway in America. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. An excellent idea... |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I think so, and tell them to go and fact check it too. We do have the |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. The truth on our side for single payer, or even the House bill, |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. That is a piece of garbage, and if that is what Obama fights for |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Yes, they do. We ALL still have choices, and it's primary season. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The DNC should be running ads explaining how these are wasteful administrative costs. nt |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Of course, this should have been the case many months, I agree. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Too bad we have no real DNC....Kaine is worse than useless. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. How would that help the Senate bill again (mandate, but no public option)? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. It's explaining to the US people how they're being ripped off and deceived. nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
127. Absolutely..They should be screaming about these profits.at a time like this...in addition to all |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
123. Yes! Big and writ large! |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. "anger is an energy" and I think they are all intentionally attempting to make us angry. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
117. "To be held hostage by corporations |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. I find it so bizarre that a business makes money by NOT giving customers what they pay for. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. "It's not capitalism, it's not "free" market, it's theft " |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. It is capitalism, it involves economic activity via the transfer and realization of capital. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. How about shifting it an millimetre, then, and |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
108. At its essence, capitalism involves the exchange of value for value, |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
74. Well done....a good way to put it... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Most people 'dropped' lost their coverage when they lost their jobs. Obscene profits. nt |
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Ed76638 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. I want to find me a teabagger or an obstructionist senator and punch them in the fucking mouth. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Good. Start with Baucus, Lieberman, Nelson, and then the rest of the Purple Snakes. |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. Their Financial Mantra--Elimanate those with PEC(pre-existing |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. Yup....how many Americans did they murder to make that profit? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #82 |
118. Death panels do exist. |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Bu$h's Base |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. You think this is Bush's fault? |
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PHIMG (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. Private Health Insurance Must Go! n/t |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. So when are we going to take it to the streets, people??? |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. +1 I think that's the only thing that will work at this point. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Don't know, but I totally agree |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. So many tried to get us to do that. Demonstrations were held in D.C., NY, etc. Even a belly |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
106. What the hell is the point of demonstrating? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. +10. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. and Yet the Teabaggers want to Preserve this current System??? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. So, apparently, does the Democratic Senate. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
71. From what I've seen of them...most are on Medicare anyway... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. good point |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
124. Edit...sorry, posted in wrong spot... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Disgusting. n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. Recommend -- and now we're going to make |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. Finding fingerprints at a crime scene should lead to convictions. Fat chance, but I can dream. |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is obscene and needs to stop - single payer NOW. rec'd |
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vegiegals (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
28. Obama started the health care summit last year by playing nice-inviting |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. It was worse, single payer advocates were detained not just "kicked under the table" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Please see Reply ##s 46 and 49, posted before I got to your post. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. Maybe they can be convinced to drop everyone |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
30. But, but, but... |
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digidigido (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. HR 676 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Oh, the bill filed in 2003, with almost 100 co-sponsors, that never made it even as far as the CBO? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. Didn't most companies see profits increase from 2008 to 2009? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. 346%? By DROPPING their consumers, a guaranty of deaths and/or bankruptcies? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
34. But at least they're not socialists |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
79. SOSHULISM BAAAAAAAAD! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. 56% jump in profits in the midst of the Great Recession |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
67. What about 346%? |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. K & R |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. This sort of thing just makes my blood boil. |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. My blood is boiling, too! I bet Alan Grayson will be ALL OVER this! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. Bloodsucking leeches. (nt) |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. Wow. Just...wow. Disgusting. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. Greedy fucks. n/t |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. The fatcats have got $12 billion that belongs to those families who can't put food on the table |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. Profits made at the expense of how much suffering and death -- ? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. It's all blood money. n/t |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. Teabaggers want the right for insurance companies to profit by dropping sick people....nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
119. Looks like it. nt |
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NeoGreen (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. The link to the report in the OP's provided link... |
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NeoGreen (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Nevermind... |
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yankee2 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
75. Chewed Up and Spit Out |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
77. Just making up the money they lost paying all those lobbyists |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
78. Bring in legislation to stop the insurance companies doing this |
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fmlymninral (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. if you look at the numbers |
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Alias Dictus Tyrant (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. You got your sensible analysis chocolate in my political peanut butter! |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. Could you please tell me where you get these figures? |
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fmlymninral (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #92 |
104. here you go |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
111. You are assuming that a profit per person figure is meaningful in some way. |
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fmlymninral (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #111 |
122. i made that point |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
84. Yeah, like this tactic has been working so far. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
88. Kicked and recommended. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
89. I think that President Obama should write them a stern letter. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
90. Business is good! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
91. That's $4444 per dropped customer. nt |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
93. How do they sleep at night? The greedy fucks. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. How do they sleep at night? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
95. We should outlaw health insurance companies like France did. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #95 |
120. They serve no good purpose. nt |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
96. The "free market" works! For insurance companies. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
97. this news inspires the following sentiment in me: |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
98. Insurance is a perfect business model. |
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Riverman (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
99. Skimming the Cream of the Crop is Profitable! Not About Health |
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sazerac (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
100. Overcharging |
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nradisic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
101. Obscene and inhumane |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
102. medicare for all. nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
103. This is the kind of ammunition that should drive the Dems to drive this legislation home |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
107. So if they don't pass health care reform when do we take it out on the insurance companies? |
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lib_n_proud7650 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
109. True scum they are |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
110. It would make Tony Soprano proud. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
112. I wonder how much money they will make if we drop them? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
113. No Senate plan without a public option and drug price negotiation. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
114. Insurers only want to insure people who pay more than they require. |
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125. One of the glaring anolmalies of the RW "argument" about... |
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126. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put these guys out of business.... |
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