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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:50 PM Original message |
Isn't every single American entitled to some form of health insurance? |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dam right |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. Health care should be a right. n/t |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Problem: there are thousands of businesses that thrive off of our not having it. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Very true. Businesses thrive on our difficulty |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Its a human right. |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. We should not be stressing the ENTITLEMENT, but, instead |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I think we need to hit both arguments at once. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I think we ned to stress the financial neccesity of universal health insurance. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Back in the days when I was studying German, I read a magazine article |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. We're not even second rate |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's right! |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Daughter has to work for a YEAR to get health insurance |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Tell your daughter to call the company that makes the med |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Absolutely not! |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. In a word...or two... |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. Same answer as the "other poll" . Absolutely, 100% n/t |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. As a couple we pay $550 a month for a $2,500 deductible per person. |
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DocSavage (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, in other words |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. FYI - states differ and so do their insurance rules and regs. |
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DocSavage (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. You nailed it with the insurance companies |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Actually, I can't afford insurance so I'm at the mercy of what a doctor |
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DocSavage (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. It is the "what everyone can live with" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I'm in the never never land of being too well off for Medicaid, |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Are you seriously defending a health care system where an |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Yeah - So Much Better That We Are Spending A Billion A Week On War |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Sorry, but people should not go without health care |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Thailand? How about comparing it to Canada or Australia |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Simple. Extend Medicare To Everyone |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. yes we are, there is no excuse for a rich country letting its citizens suffer needlessly. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Would be nice |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. We should be, but I guess some of us are just sub-human, not worthy of health care. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. It isn't a matter of entitlement, it's a matter of pragmatism. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I agree with your every statement. |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. The problem is that |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. No access to health care is a real threat. Terror is not. |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yes |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Damn Right - |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. We have become second rate in every respect save military might. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. A little misunderstanding |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. yes. wonder why Rangel doesn't want to go near it right now??? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. Too bad you used the word insurance because it's at the bottom |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I agree with you. The use of "insurance" is my poor attempt to frame the discussion |
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StrongbadTehAwesome (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. YES. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Every single human is entitled to comprehensive health care. n/t |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
45. No... we are entitled to National Health Care |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
46. absolutely. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
47. Damn straight they are |
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