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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:54 PM Original message |
We have been punked, or perhaps not... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. kick |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Too bad that the proposals on the table have NOTHING in common with any of those countries |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. medicare is going to be defunded. this is the reason for establishing |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. 'Medicare For All' becomes 'Insurance For All' n/t |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I think you've got it exactly, Hannah. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Voluntary buy in will not pass in the Senate... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. The bottom line is that all proposals so far are too damned expensive |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Becuase quite frankly this is the best we can get RIGHT NOW |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Then we are screwed. When the non-policy wonk majority sees NO changes through 2 election cycles-- |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. No I'm quite sure..we just got punked. nt |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. no invective here, nadin, those are exactly my thoughts on this. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. Unfortunately, systems like in Germany and Switzerland won't pass |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If you are willing to go for NATIONAL STRIKES |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. No matter how mad the left gets... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't know. I got a bad feeling about this.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Joanne, quite frankly, you always have a bad feeling |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. Even in other countries, universal coverage came in steps |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Both you AND Joanne98, above, make good points. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. exactly and what was presented last night |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I think President Obama was intimating that get a lot (but yes, not all) of what we want, this year. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Heavily regulated by the government is not going to happen here. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. People said SCHIP could never happen |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. SCHIP has been around for a while. It was cut back during the Bush administration |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. in UK: |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Exactly. That question is THE question those who could do something about |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. We are not making it universal... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. if you look at modern us history, there were two such sustained movements: |
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