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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:43 AM Original message |
Is it true that there will be MANDATORY health insurance under the current plan? |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Universal coverage means everybody is covered |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well I've heard complaints about it on here so I wanted to see if it was true or not |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why don't you think it should be mandatory? |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. If there's no public option it definitely shouldn't. Why should we be forced to line the pockets of |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. And what happens to the poor who can't afford it? |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We need a public option -- any healthcare proposal without one should not pass |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. If you can afford health insurance and don't get it, what happens ifyou have an emergency |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Subsidies |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. If insurance is manditory then the Public Option will have to be free |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I think this is the best option |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. What about public subsidies |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Why not just send a certain % of my pay directly to foreign investors? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Because I don't think our government should order us to buy products from private, for-profit |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. What if there were a non-profit option? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Maybe, but your proposal is not what the President et al. are proposing... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Are you sure you are a "progressive"? Unless it is UNIVERSAL, it doesn't work |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. If there is no public option, there should be no mandate. If there is, I am OK with a mandate. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. UNIVERSAL (sic) insurance isn't terribly "progressive". |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Mandatory isn't the problem. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Exactly....I suppose I should have clarified in my OP. |
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Armchair QB (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. From what I've read it will be mandatory |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. See post #2 |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I just want to know -- if there is no public option....why should it be mandatory? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Blue Cross is far from the worst offender, but I agree with you. |
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Armchair QB (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I'd rather file bankruptcy than have the government force me to pay |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. So, when you declare your bankruptcy I am supposed to pay your bill? |
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Armchair QB (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. you're demanding to pay my bill via taxes, I'm just letting you do it |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Ah, the Randian speaks. |
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Armchair QB (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. When your medical card becomes a real id card and you've got |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. see post 23.. |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. People who choose not to have insurance would drive up the costs for those who do. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. That plus Tort Reform - amazing, isn't it? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
23. You will have to choose coverage from one plan or another.. private or public |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. My concern is people being forced to buy into PRIVATE plans with NO public option |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. My question is, what exactly does the public option entail and |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. You got it. Americans will be forced to buy for-profit health insurance, under penalty of law. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Thus making your avatar all the more apropos |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Incorrect. The public option will not be for-profit. |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Do we even know what the public option consists of at this point? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Right, but most people won't be eligible for the so-called "public option". |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Do I have this right? |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Precisely. It's like tithing to the insurance companies. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. I have mandatory health insurance where I live |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. which "current plan" are you referring to...? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. Which current plan? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. there is no final plan yet, and you know it. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. If it's forced without a public option... |
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