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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:11 PM Original message |
Why am I so pissed about Health Care Reform? Here's why. |
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WillFranklin (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. And all of these Mamby-Pamby Moderates |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. "I truly hope, at the end of the day, I will have to eat large flocks of crows." So until then, |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Mandated insurance is not health care. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. A whole lot of people |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Can you tell us why YOU do |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If it passes a bad bill millions of Americans will.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If, if, if. You're in full complain mode, ignoring the facts for hypotheticals |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. "enforce regulations" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. And they will get a subsidy to pay for it |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. How about healthcare that's fair to everyone -- including the middle class? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. A question for you...If they are gong to mandate coverage, why not make it Medicare? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Why not |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I actually agree setting the bar a bit younger for Medicare like 55-60. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Because YOU are not the King of the World |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Why not at least allow everyone to choose government, if that is their choice? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The "kings", the insurance companies, won't allow it. That's how free we are. n/t |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I'm obviously not King of the World -- If I were I'd be ,making a lot more money |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Mandating Medicare is not a CHOICE |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. "You have to get coverage, but you can CHOOSE whether it's public or private" |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. NO they are moving towards mandates with no choice |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Simply? It's inefficient and the current system would not be able to handle the influx of people. |
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smoochpooch (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Doesn't it create an incentive to quit your job if the insurance sucks? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I call that FREEDOM, Finally n/t |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Are you thinking logically?! I mean seriously, your statement is the stupidest yet. |
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smoochpooch (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 07:52 PM Original message |
That is the point. If you are sick and your insurance won't cover you, you would be forced to quit. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
45. Then you're insane. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kabuki Theater. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The subsidies will go to the Public Option too |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Basically. Most don't understand natural progression. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe this will help you understand it. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I'd rather see fighting than excuse making among our leaders |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. How are Democrats so "inept"? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. Even Dean knocked out your last comment abot Medicare. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I've been hearing variations on that theme ablout most issues for decades |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. So he supports it and you know it but he's not pushing it. |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. He hasn't threatened to veto a bill without it |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That'd make me happy if it brought results |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Your post is full of crap. I don't know if you're being sarcastic or serious. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Here's my problem with what you are saying |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I am not condoning the actions of Dems. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. In response... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. "Realists" who talk about nothing but "what's politically possible" are killing us |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Until you join the system to change it...you'll have to deal with it. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. No, we don't |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Since This Issue First Began It's Been Changed In So Many Ways... |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Most people in Washington don't have a clue how real people live. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. The subsidies are the most important part |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. At the end of the day people have died and are suffering |
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