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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:29 PM Original message |
Pelosi: The House Won't 'Force American Families To Negotiate With Insurance Companies' |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Stick to your guns, Nancy! We need you to be strong about this! |
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Krashkopf (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you Speaker Pelosi |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Pelosi is starting to sound like a leader |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
55. +1 |
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Theodoregrey (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Pelosi should have been VP |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd rather go without insurance than to be at the mercy of insurance companies |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I agree. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. i feel the same way |
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Theodoregrey (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
60. agreed |
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zoff (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Do insurers think they can compete against a PO via a mandate? |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. What has happened to 'off the table' Pelosi? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. She Wants a VAT |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Nonsense. But can you nominate |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You Know EXACTLY What They Would Do With It |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I don't disagree, but VAT is the one tax, if quarantined, that could keep up |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I would support a VAT that did not apply to food products other than certain beverages |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. VAT does not tax goods for export. Add to that VAT revenue carrying the cost of health care |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Thanks. Are you talking about the European VATs? |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yes European VATs and the variants I am aware of, the GST , goods and services tax |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Interesting idea about keeping the health care revenue separate. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Nancy Is Such a Comic |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oddly, while I was reading this post the phone rang. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Remember to thank everyone who is on our side. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's another name for a mandate without a public option: |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Yep. An old fashioned stick up. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. I noted the huge marketing expense... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yeah. I guess "Recision" a.k.a. Dropping Coverage |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wow, What's Happened To Nancy?? |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. S1Me2 - the 'Spine Too' flu. Payola peddlers are working on a vaccine. |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Bwhaha! |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Empty rhetoric coming from her |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. I hope she's right. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. ...but the Senate will. |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. You Go Girl!!! |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Pelosi has been brillant about health care reform |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. Pelosi Joins Fellow Democrats in Tough Talk for Health Insurers |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. She's doing... the right thing? |
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SandWalker1984 (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Insurance companies never negotiate - they just dictate |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. hmmnnn |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. you could promote and fight for medicare for all -- single payer? nt |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Without public option, the idea we can negotiate with the insurance complanies is a JOKE |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. I wish I could recommend this 100 times over. |
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BluinTX (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes!!!! |
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nvme (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Pelosi May yet earn my respect |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. applause, applause!!....n/t |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. It seems pretty obvious. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. Nancy on the right side . . . . Go, Speaker Pelosi -- !!!! |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. But but the Blue Dog says the repubs are great and we should |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. I will call and thank her tomorrow |
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chadmak09 (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. if everyone is not eligible for public option, then we all lose. |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. you forgot one thing |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Thanks, Madame Nancy!!! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. What?! A Democrat Acting Like A Democrat?! |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. Pelosi Can Blow Me... |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. Nancy is waking up the dragon in her, and losing her gullibility, which was rancid. |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..... ....n/t |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
52. Forcing people to buy anything from a private company is fascist economics. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
53. It's amazing when the best "framing" of an issue is stating the facts. |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
54. Nan, that growth you feel isn't cancer, it's called a spine. |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
57. I have to give |
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BigD_95 (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
61. WOW!!!! |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
62. A mandate is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!! How can the U.S. Legislature FORCE me |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. For all the Nancy haters...I hope you're eating crow. I love this woman. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
64. Can all the Nancy-bashers STFU now? |
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