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Tue Mar-09-10 09:05 PM
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Howard Dean On Maddow Show About Health Insurance Cos.: "They Really Are A Heartless Industry" |
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"They really do care more about their" investment returns, "then about people."
He then told two anecdotes about people who had their care withdrawn from them by their insurance company.
"If you get sick, you've had it, because they'll pull your insurance."
He is hoping for public option/Medicare buy-in in reconciliation.
"If you could put back stuff in that the Senate bill took out," that would be much better.
"If you don't put it back in, the Democrats are going to have to answer in November."
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:07 PM
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1. He still thinks public option/Medicare buy-in in reconciliation can be done. Yay! n/t |
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Tue Mar-09-10 10:11 PM
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15. VIDEO and TRANSCRIPT Here: |
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Tue Mar-09-10 10:37 PM
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17. Of course it can be done- and EVERY SINGLE DEM who's against it needs to be called out |
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:09 PM
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2. Yes, he hopes for that public option/Medicare buy in and I do too. |
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:09 PM
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3. The president says insurance companies provide an important service. I'm not sure what it is. nt |
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:10 PM
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4. They produce a tremendous amount of employment. |
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It takes a lot of people to push that much paper around.
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:13 PM
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5. Medical industry= 17 % GNP |
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quite a bit of it is paper pushers, you got it.
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:37 PM
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12. So does the military. Except the military really drives tech innovation. But they've had to |
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Edited on Tue Mar-09-10 09:47 PM by Captain Hilts
learn to do something else too.
The Navy and Air Force have been cut dramatically under GWB.
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Wed Mar-10-10 10:31 AM
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Tue Mar-09-10 10:35 PM
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16. Um, they stuff his campaign coffers full of cash... |
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and keep congress in Moët and Beluga.
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:15 PM
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'Remember, insurance companies make money not providing health care. That is a fundamental truth about our health care system'
~ Dennis Kucinich
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:17 PM
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7. And now they are going to be married to the government. Nt |
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:22 PM
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8. Yep. The DLC'ers can take 'we'll fix it later' and FOAD. |
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Edited on Tue Mar-09-10 09:22 PM by Edweird
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:23 PM
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9. I would add: sinister, inhumane, barbaric...nt |
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:25 PM
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10. This is it and November will tell the tale. Too bad for Obama if it's a sad one. |
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:27 PM
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11. and thats why we must reward them! |
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with a mandatory insurance law!
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Tue Mar-09-10 09:46 PM
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13. None of the big corporations have a heart. I agree the Health |
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Insurance companies are worst. But anything that the republicans like is against the people.
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Tue Mar-09-10 10:07 PM
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14. Kick for Howard Dean. Medicare buy-in...... |
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Tue Mar-09-10 10:41 PM
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18. For-profit insurance is fundamentally at odds with the goal of universal health care. |
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I don't blame the insurance companies for trying to rake in as much money as they can, because they view that as their sole reason for existence. No reform is going to change that. That's why I'm skeptical that this plan (without a public option) will succeed over the long term, although it might work for a while. It has a built-in conflict of interest.
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