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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:26 PM Original message |
Markey D-CO says Medicare recipients must give up some benefits to fund health reform. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Trillions to the wealthy, cutbacks for our elderly |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Pentagon should give up A LOT of funding... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. uhh, doctors already DO refuse Medicare patients |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I am an hiv/aid patient, heart patient, seizures, migraines and cancer. |
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Duval (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. You're right. Happened to me in NC |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Problem is, you can't force doctors to give good care or to spend |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
72. I'd also like to see bad doctors culled from the herd |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. CMS was to vote on this today, 8/31. Has it happened or are these changes to rates still a proposal? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I don't know. I did a search about an hour ago. Commenting time ended I know. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Still looking. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Many doctors have been refusing to take on Medicare |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes, I know that. |
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Ajaye (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Aetna pays less |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. I think it must depend on where you live |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. How about we give up a overseas war or two to fund it? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. There is no reason we can't we have the all the marbles. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And no reason why I cant wish for the US to |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant we have the power to leave both wars. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Gotcha! |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. In My Town... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just as long as the uber-wealthy don't have to give up any of their chump change to save the country |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nice spin (find-and-replace "savings" with "cuts"). |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thanks |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Where is the program for seniors refused by doctors? |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You are panicking and you are wrong... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There is no new program yet. The CMS ends comments at midnight. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. So you say they are closing Medicare? |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Geez, get a grip |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I was responding to EC who said that...not me. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Then you're fortunate. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. As I read it is not so much cuts as procedures that are no longer needed |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Fine. Then show me the system in place. Tell which procedures are not needed. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I hear what you are saying but we have all had tests that are taken |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. Madfloridian, whether we have health care reform or not, Medicare |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. So you are saying we are done....and no public health care? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I'm saying that regardless of what happens on health care reform, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Since there would be no large populations of uninsured patients" |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. It might help if you'd pick one topic ... and stick to it. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. You are attacking my post instead of answering my question. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. Huge cuts in Medicare and Medicaid are already scheduled for COLORaDo, thanks to DEM |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. As I read the section talking about specifics I realizes they were not |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. They are talking about payments to oncologists and cardiologists. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. Exactly right and good point. Now tell me why dems and pundits aren't spinning |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
73. Can I rec your post for truth? The OP is quite misleading |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. More details: comments to CMS end at midnight, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I can't believe they would discontinue therapy for these people. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. democrats lie too |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Who is lying? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Dean says make Medicare the public option. Says Dems must not wimp out. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. More details from The Atlantic on the cuts. |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. that's FUD/Markey is an idiot |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I agree about the Medicare Advantage programs. The Dems need to clarify. |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. Medicare advantage programs meant one thing..... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. If they opened up Medicare to everyone, it would be a whole lot |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. BS |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. If they deal with the private Medicare Advantage plans, I'm fine with that. |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. the public, what about us |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. call her office |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Not necessarily.. medicare now is 2.8 percent |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Medicare is already incomplete and inadequate coverage. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Medicare is a lifesaver in many ways. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
76. It would be a supreme irony for Democrats to go down to defeat |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. If the doctors didn't charge so much, |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. On the other hand, Medicare underpays for preventive services, like family med check ups. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. I agree with that wholeheartedly. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. Doctors do not get all of what they bill. Only a portion. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Was it hospital surgery or outpatient? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Well, since they are going to cut subsidies to hospitals who treat uninsured... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. Um...I do not believe that Medicare can be denied to those who qualify. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Doctors refuse Medicare patients quite often now. |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Markey's two final town hall meetings |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'll give them up when he gives up his taxpayer funded health insurance |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
62. Medicare "advantage" plans should be scrapped |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
69. If so, this is wrong, tax the rich instead |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
70. this admin has screwed this crap up,looking forward to seeing if they can get back on track |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
75. Yep, Forthright. To keep our health insurance gods in play, |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
77. pay attention late posters |
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