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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:00 AM Original message |
Will we ever have a "single payer" public insurance system here? |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Don't hold your breath |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. The last and only chance for single payer was 2008. That opportunity will not happen again /nt |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Really? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. not in my lifetime /nt |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. You can add the Supreme Court to the list of problems |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. No. Our model is built on $500,000 salaries for docs and specialists |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Insurance execs are making hundreds of millions. n/t |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. That's an exception |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. Not until after the next revolution. n/t |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. No. (N/T) |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. If Single Payer means rich people won't get richer, then we'll NEVER see Single Payer. nt |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. The rich ALWAYS get richer. Question is: Will the poor get richer too? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, but we have to endure a lot of pain getting there. Since we |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think we may see certain states implement a single-payer-like plan. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Vermont is working on Single Payer and Gov Scweitzer is seeking |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Yes, these are the single-payer-like systems that I refer to. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. If I remember correctly |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Actually, it never nationalized in Canada. It's still run by the provinces. n/t |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Thanks for the correction. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Really? I mean... what kind of healthcare system do you think your state will set up? |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:05 PM Original message |
Dupe |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. My state will be one of the last to set up any kind of SP system I'm pretty sure |
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queenjane (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm more likely to become Queen of England |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, but first we have to over throw our self appointed rulers. |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Never |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not in my lifetime. eom |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes it is economics |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. yes, we will eventually |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. only when we get... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. That was one big reason I proudly voted for the Obama-Biden ticket. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Me too, and now I see where that got us. I voted to eliminate the Bush Tax Cuts too. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The Wars, were big, too. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. They need to unleash Biden. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
26. NO. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Mexico has a better health insurance system now than the USA |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. No |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not without revolution. |
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