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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:48 PM Original message |
Blame the Swiss... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. "You don’t wait. And it's covered." |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. They have what, 10 million people? We're talking 330 million here. Can't be the same. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not so much a comparison. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. "mandatory insurance plan offered by the private companies must be on a non-profit basis" |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. 85% of payments have to go for treatment |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. even better: the insurers would have no $$$$ left to buy |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Lobbying Reform - The Next Mountain to Climb |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. If they need more money.. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. that's why i really wanted the cost controls and regulation, if nothing else |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Medicare does it on about three percent... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I go for the former... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Newsflash.. They currently spend 75-80% so an extra 5% is not really a big deal. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Howard Dean mentioned this on MTP Sunday. n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think "uncanny resemblance to the Swiss system" is stretching it a mile |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The Senate Bill leaves out quite a bit... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Bullcrap. |
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PeaknikB (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. We don't let you drive on public roads w/o insurance... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I can walk on the public roads, take a bus, take a taxi... |
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PeaknikB (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. but if that taxi is in an accident |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. You seem confused. |
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PeaknikB (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. we require them to insure themselves |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. You seem confused. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. You are not FORCED to drive a car. No car, no insurance. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Switzerland does not allow abortion on demand, only for life and health of the mother |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. i never said 'kill it'; i just wanted it to be more like the Swiss system |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Was the 2002 law in Switzerland changed? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. The Swiss are VERY socially conservative. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. my "favorite" Swiss law is no food sales on Sunday |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-23-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Really.... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Looks like the fundies in Switzerland tried to make abortion illegal |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. the Swiss. Damn that Helvetian Confederation!! |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. And don't get me STARTED about the cheese... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. what has Switzerland ever done for civilization? |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. At least they haven't been busy killing their neighbors.. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Not a big chocolate fan, are we? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Don't forget the Chevrolet brothers! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. "the mandatory insurance plan offered by the private companies must be on a non-profit basis" |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Swiss insurance companies are NOT allowed to make a profit |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Actually, they are allowed to make a profit... |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. i never trusted those swiss... |
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