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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:22 PM Original message |
Democrats say "Goodbye" to the YOUTH demographic. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ok here is a clue |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Oh, I agree with that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Everybody will, not just the youth |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
79. the solution is Universal Health Care funded by progressive taxation, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. As much as I agree wiht you, it WON'T happen in this country |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
103. it WILL happen, sooner or later, but possibly not in our lifetime. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #103 |
121. It's as close to universal as you're going to get in a a |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. I'll argue the capitalist part |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #121 |
136. ALL developed capitalist countries except the US have universal health care. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #103 |
124. No, it does not work this way in the rest of the world |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
120. BINGO!!!! n/t |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Very true, but you can't just fire 2.5 million insurance industry jobs. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
151. Progress sometimes leads to massive job loss |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
110. I'm not arguing Right vs Wrong. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #110 |
137. And write a check for product that may still not give them access to health care |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
87. This is kinda like taxing the rich |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #87 |
127. Yes. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. then make it a tax |
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Dr_Willie_Feelgood (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. As long as my participation doesn't require more than about... |
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Scarsdale Vibe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. Make less than 12k a year? You will be fully subsidized. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #65 |
104. Subsidized how? tax credits? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Pre-bates. Those that poor will never have to put a dime on the table for premiums. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. It'll have to be... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
100. Your participation will be free with that income. Good news for you I'd say. |
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Dr_Willie_Feelgood (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
129. Good news would be... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Yes. Anybody could, God forbid, get in an accident |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
112. You will still be FORCED to join "The Exchange", |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. single payer provides both in a palatable |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
83. And as much as I'd rather prefer that |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
109. it's really the only alternative to a runaway, unfettered capitalist orgy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. Look carefully at how coverage |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #126 |
146. as usual, we will utterly fail on the "regulated" part, |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #126 |
153. I disagree on both points |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. So just fucking expand Medicare already |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
84. There is what I want to happen |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:22 PM Original message |
Fuck that. Universal Coverage means GOVERNMENT/TaxFunded |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. An old joke is appropo - Are the Dems ignorant or apathetic about the consequences of their |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Much of the young and invulnerable |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They still won't LIKE it. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Do you have a formula to determine eligibility for a subsidy? |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
138. What part won't they like? The free, subsidized health insurance part? Yeah, they'll hate it. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. So I guess 'youth' don't get in car accidents, don't develop diabetes.... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Didn't say that. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Really? And you know that how? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Speculation..... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Ahhh, so you really don't know what you are talking about re the 'youth'.. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
113. Now THAT is "wild", unfounded speculation. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
139. Bingo. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
96. Pretty good stories on this very subject on NPR. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #96 |
114. Thanks. |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #114 |
149. Not only that but they will be REALLY pissed when they discover that |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #96 |
144. Do you have a link? Was it a poll or simply a 'walk around and ask"'kind of survey? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #144 |
158. Just walk around and interview people. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Uh, no. It's not that they don't have health care needs, it's that they are in general healthier |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I believe that is what my post said... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
91. No, your post said that the OP was naive. Whether it's cost or some other reason is not the point. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #91 |
145. The OP was sheer speculation, the OP poster has already admitted so... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. Can't have facts before they exist. That's why speculation based on past trends is helpful. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. No, and the youth don't have lots of babies, either. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Really? There are no babies being born to anyone under 25? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
128. Take that post to be sarcastic. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. More Whiney little deadender |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
130. Or he's considering cause and effect, |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
141. So says the purist, So shall it be. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Tucker Carlson has maintained the same point - why should a young healthy person |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
131. "Affordability" is a strange concept. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Do me a favor and do NOT ever be a campaign manager for a candidate that I want to win |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Don't worry. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. good reply |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
77. +1 |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
119. +10000! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
118. rose colored glasses are fun, aren't they? |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ignoring tuition costs isn't helping either |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Nice Broadbrush... |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. It's a general observation |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. And I'm Paying The Debts of The "Greatest Generation"... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. or they say HELLO to all the young & uninformed |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Preach to them, not me. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:39 PM Original message |
Resenting "old folks" is part of being young |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
89. May I ask your age? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I was once 29.. and had a handicapped child who had surgery 3 times a year |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
148. If you're a full-time student, can you get health insurance through |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
154. I hope to some day have your maturity |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. macro v micro |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. You've got good social skills |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. Many of my friends among The Youth would be overjoyed to get coverage |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. I agree |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Definitely |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. So you didn't BUY Health Insurance.... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
107. I didn't say that |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
82. i know i would be |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
155. Pretty much |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Either that, or 'they' know the phony "War OF Terror" will conveniently 'heat up' again |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. What about the costs associated |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Tell that to the guy... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. That guy will qualify under the subsidy |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Okay, you're in good health. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think so. The age bracket of 19 to 29 is one with a low insurance rate, but not because they |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Well let's not let that get in the way of our hilarious stereotypes about under-30s |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. You are correct. That's exactly the conclusion reached in the article I quoted. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
105. I can only go by my outlook at 20 |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Part of reform will include coverage up to age 25. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Shit, I carried insurance and a healthy amount of supplemental as well |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. i hope the democrats say goodbye to the defeatist demographic |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. Do you really? |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. that is unlikely AT BEST |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
122. I'm sick of "Centrists"... |
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steelmania75 (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Democrats aren't losing the youth vote. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Tell that to the guy... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Oh please that guy will buy that game platform the SAME way |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
95. The young voters did a ton to get Obama elected |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. do you have evidence for ANY of your claims? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. and more to the point |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
135. He doesn't. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. They aren't all pocketbook |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh my, you've pissed off the faithful, |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. Worked with a young man a few years ago who didn't want health insurance -- |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Taxes might be the best way to go. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. So, I take it you don't favor universal coverage? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
115. No. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #115 |
142. I agree with much of what you've written. Of course, I also think a SPHC system makes the most sense |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. You are wrong. Youth care much more about social issues than fiscal issues |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Good. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. yes, and we may lose the progressive vote but not all the youth vote |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. Who forced us to get automobile insurance? |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. They should vote for Republicans |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
57. Respectfully disagree. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. k&r for the truth. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. No they haven't--and I'll bet you anything the younger voters will still be Obama's strongest |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. One of the few things I'll recommend in this thread |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. No. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
99. I doubt it will hurt Obama much either. It's our numbers in congress that worry me. |
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YoungAndOutraged (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. Make the richest 10% pay for everyone |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I could support that. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
98. It wouldn't cover even a small fraction of the cost. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
72. Maybe "Goodbye" to the stupid ones. They probably didn't vote anyway in any numbers. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
73. When you're young, you often get insurance through your parents or your college. n/t |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
75. the two party system HAS GOT to go. thank god for the internet, or else... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
117. I wish we had a Two Party system. |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #117 |
152. Hey c'mon now. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
76. They don't need Social Security and Medicare much, either.... So?? nt |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. Yeah, I saw that too. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
81. On your edit, I mentioned that in a couple of posts today. 4 years..curious amt of time? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
85. Your concern is noted. n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
86. I remember in 1993 when I passed on my univ's health insurance because I was sure Bill & Hillary |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
90. And young people can very easily get into car accidents |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. No young people are the by far the most likely to have an accident. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
94. Just because a person is young doesn't mean they are always so stupid |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #94 |
116. Wait until they are forced to write out that check every month.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #116 |
143. What check? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
97. i know a hell of a lot of young adults going to hospital for cold, not paying there bill and |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
101. don't presume to speak for others |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
102. How do you know the premium for young people won't be low? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
108. Jobs aren't coming back until into 2014. wages are flat and have been for years. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
123. When I went through college, most of us that went w/o insurance didn't like doing it |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
132. No, more like the DUMB demographic. I got health insurance |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. you said it all, the young folks who don't understand the importance |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
133. Old People, People with No Kids - They pay School Taxes |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
140. Young people get cancer too. They should be insured. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
150. As long as we can buy high deductible catastrophic care |
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