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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:27 PM Original message |
Why Not Universal Health Care Coverage? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. I just wanna know how YOU are doing? |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Me too. |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because insurance industry and healthcare industry are big |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Definitely |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. BTW, K & R |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. thanks friend |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Check. It's the great unanswered question of American politics |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Follow the money |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because Americans don't want THEIR money going for OTHER |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You got it, I think |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I've seen polls indicating most Americans support it |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Here you go: |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Thanks, WS |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Thanks for the information. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Well, certainly, you could be right. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Obviously you've never heard about what a terrible country |
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wysi (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. We were close in 1993 |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Not really. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I agree about the Clinton plan |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Pete Stark introduced a version of Clinton's plan that did that.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because the ruling elite sees money spent on stuff like that as WASTED |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Oligarchy. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Needs to be done, absolutely |
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jeffgad (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Easy. Because it's Socialism, and that's the same as Communism, and |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nobody can get rich from universal health care. n/t |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Bingo! That's the real reason. It's about getting rich, not healthcare. |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. I read somewhere, |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. It might help someone we don't like. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because It Would Be Cheap, Effective, and Nobody Would Get Rich |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think it should and I think the Dems would bring it home for us |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's like gay marriage, and to a lesser extent gun control and the abolition of the death penalty. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. There is no evidence that UHC is unpopular. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Because we only pretend to be a civilized nation. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Stella, I wish I'd seen this post before you edited it |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. haha |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. OK, that clears that mystery up |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. No, stellablue, you don't quite have that right |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Polls show |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. real Republicans simply don't care.. |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. Here's a "reason": only free-market competition will lower healthcare costs |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. CONTROL!! |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Universal healthcare would also help small business. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. I got to add that as a plank on our platform |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. Because Government by the rich, for the rich and of the rich |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. IMO, universal coverage isn't perfect but it's probably a good idea |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The rich can always pay for special care. |
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