Congratulations America! - Page 8

merrylander · #71 01-20-2010, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by piece-itpete

England expects every man to do his duty, and die before his medical bills are too high

It would save us a great deal of money though

Pete

Actually it was a former governor of Colorado who said that we old folks had a duty to die off before we bacame a burden.

cabinover · #72 01-20-2010, 09:25 AM

Exactly my point, increased profits for the investor class. Why wouldn't those nasty greedy Republican be behind this bill?

finnbow · #73 01-20-2010, 09:25 AM

While I wholeheartedly acknowledge the need to reform our broken health care system, I also am a strong believer that most laws, particularly complex ones, have unintended consequences. I think the likelihood of unintended consequences grows with the size and complexity of the legislative package. As guilty as the GOP was for saying this package would destroy America and everything it stands for, I think the Democratic faithful are just as guilty of accepting this package as a panacea for all that ails us. This package does a lot of key things, but it leaves out perhaps the key element - cost control. As written, it evolved into a windfall for insurance companies.

merrylander · #74 01-20-2010, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by HatchetJack

Can a normal blue collar hard working American buy in and be covered under
medicare?

That was proposed, open up Medicare to people 50 and above, it got killed quicker than a groundhog on I-70 When said blue collar worker reaches 65 he does not get a choice, they take it out of his SS check.

noonereal · #75 01-20-2010, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

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So you build a system that covers everyone. The right way to do it is to have everyone pay taxes that cover a Universal system. .

Exactly.
This was never an option.
Why?

finnbow · #76 01-20-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by noonereal

Exactly.
This was never an option.
Why?

'Cuz it's socialism and that's evil.

piece-itpete · #77 01-20-2010, 09:28 AM

There could be a silver lining in all this for the Dems, now they can say everything is the Reps fault.

Wait a minute...

Pete

noonereal · #78 01-20-2010, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cabinover

Exactly my point, increased profits for the investor class. Why wouldn't those nasty greedy Republican be behind this bill?

because they don't want the trade off of having to drop pre existing conditions.
They simply want the pool of people paying in to increase. Incredible greed.
Go to hell greed.

HatchetJack · #79 01-20-2010, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

That was proposed, open up Medicare to people 50 and above, it got killed quicker than a groundhog on I-70 Whe said blue collar worker reaches 65 he does not get a choice, they take it out of his SS check.

Well that could be page #1

Why would medicare not want young Americans on board that almost never
get sick. If you want to lower premiums and have more money in medicare,
that would be a start. If people starting defecting, the ins. companies
would have to lower their rates.

cabinover · #80 01-20-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by noonereal

because they don't want the trade off of having to drop pre existing conditions.
They simply want the pool of people paying in to increase. Incredible greed.
Go to hell greed.

But they cannot have it both ways. If they simply want the pool of payers to increase then they should have passed this bill.