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thomhartmann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:05 PM Original message |
Medicare Part E: Everybody |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R. Yes please. I agree. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes! It's simple, familiar, proven, and all of those teabagging seniors |
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Boku-Wa (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. This certainly reasonable and I suspect achievable (I'm not a health care wonk). |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Agreed. Health Insurance is a Ponzi Scheme. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've heard that Medicare is relevant to the budget |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Please. |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Perfect! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks Thom, feel free to steal my avatar |
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wildflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. I heard the discussion on the show today of Walmart and the public option |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Walmart and the public option? |
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wildflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm sorry, I should have expanded on that... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, that part sucks big ones |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. President Obama used the bully pulpit for a noble purpose. |
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ThorDem (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. A good idea |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. Enthusiastic K&R nt |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. That sounds like a very reasonable, lucid, realistic and fiscally responsible proposal ... |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. As always, I agree with you on health care for everyone. Great idea. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. Call it Medicare Part "S". |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. wrong. I'm not sick but I want some routine preventive tests like mammograms, etc. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Wouldn't it be cheaper for you to just pay for the checkup? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I haven't really priced checkups but assume they are exorbitant |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You also don't know what the cost would be of this proposed Medicare Part E. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Or for people who are price-gouged by private insurance |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Doctors don't accept private-pay patients. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thanks for that information. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. It'll never work. Too simple and easy. Congress is incapable of legislating anything that |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sad that our leadership positions are such bad gigs |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. Force the congress critters onto it as well |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Or make Congress critters independent contractors. They'd have to get |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. Beautiful.... Why do the K street, insurance industry, have their |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm upset that I was too late to recommend this. I completely agree. |
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