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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:26 AM Original message |
Will businesses drop their health benefit programs? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Looks like retirees might be protected for awhile |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. And if your employer fucks you over by dropping your doctor, then what? n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Then I guess you find a different doctor. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Or get single payer, which doesn't fuck people over by taking away their doctors n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That's where I was coming from with the different country thing. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is why we need a national single-payer system... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. and in lieu of that... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. +1 |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Good point (nt) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Obama always was speaking out of his (fine) arse, re: "can keep". Employees ARE NOT IN CONTROL. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's a mistake to have employers providing health insurance. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. And 'you can't be |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Documents reveal AT&T, Verizon, others, thought about dropping employer-sponsored benefits |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. I hope my daughter's company drops health insurance. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 04:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. And the HCR passed emulates MA in that n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. The only solution, should this happen, is the |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Without a union contract they can do anything they want |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. It happened to a friend of mine. |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. They will be subjected to a fine soon enough.....nt |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The company or my friend? |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The company.....A fine in the form of a tax to help cover people, I like the idea |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. More likely that they will offer useless health care benefits. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. SInce most businesses are in it for some sort of a profit, if the fine |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. you have to consider retention also |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. knr ... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. They aren't spending $2.4 billion a year on coverage for its employees because they are nice |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. That could be a good thing. Maybe more people will be in the exchanges and |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. The critical point you are missing is that without reform, they can drop coverage with NO penalty. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. So, how do you decide whether you are a Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze human being? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You are comparing healthcare reform to your pie-in-the-sky system. Not the previous status quo. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. A plan that drains your pocketbook before covering any actual care is useless |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 04:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. "The whole notion that available care should depend in any way on income is absolute bullshit." |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. When 82% support a public option, how is that "infeasible"? |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. Most AT&T workers have a contract that guarantees health insurance |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Labor contracts eventually expire. Do you think AT&T workers will have health care in the next one? |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 06:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Yes I do |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. Good news , let them, it will lead to single payer! We already have the VA, Medicare, Medicaid, and |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. They won't. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 04:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. "The ones that do follow through will find them unable to keep good employees for long." |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 06:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. and especially when there are 20 people wanting a job, for every job "offered" |
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