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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:39 PM Original message |
Thirty Two Thousand Dollars a Year for Health Insurance |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh but at least we won't let socialism into healthcare !!!!! |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Need to overlay insurance company profits and CEO compensation |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. + 1 (nt) |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Bingo! n/t |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Long live the bottom...........not so much |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. dr's income - $10,000/yr about 1990 in Sweden |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Around $70,000/ yr in 2004 |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. And that's all you need to know about why there are no jobs |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. + 1 !!!! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. that's why sanders stated that it was good for businesses |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Exactly. Businesses (other than the insurance companies) support the public option. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. +2 |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. You are going to see more businesses dropping employee coverage in the next 2 yrs |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I'll be long gone by then but god help the rest of you. Awful. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yeah, that's what I think will happen too. When the population has to bear the |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You know, I firmly believe that most Americans would fork over the same $$ |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I don't see it changing, I wish it would, but I'm not sure what the enablers would |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Also, the politicians |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yep, and with only a 12% approval rating on their performance in congress. n/t |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. my hubby's cousin |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, individual plans here are about $18k per year, so thats about right. nt |
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tech5270 (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. I hadn't had insurance since I quit working in 2002 |
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offmybrain (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. My individual is just under 1200.00 a year up from 1050.00 last year |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Really? Please tell us who offers health insurance at that |
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Arger68 (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Mine is $119.00 per mont hfor $10,000 deductible. |
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offmybrain (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Mine is through Aetna |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. And your employer doesn't provide any part of it? |
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offmybrain (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I do subcontract work.I'm single no dependents. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I'm curious too, who is the carrier? n/t |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. So the plan is to make employer provided insurance so expensive |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No one could have foreseen this. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. +1 |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. +1, exactly |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. That's exactly right |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. All very well said. +1 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. So, Yo_Mama, what is your solution? |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I argued when the health care debate was going on that single payer |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. "get the insurance companies out of a lot of this" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I agree with you 100%, Yo-Mama. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. So the next time the baggers shout "No new taxes" we can point out that they're already |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. essentially a new income tax -- |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. also, students who go into the medical field, especially to become doctors |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Right. This is essential. |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. k&r for today's crowd nt |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. kick - |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good thing the Obama Administration was so quick to diss the public option! |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Good thing I'll be doing my Ph.D. work in Europe in a couple of years... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. Now THIS is a big fucking deal. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well said. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. I find it odd that Kaiser is concerned about this |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Kaiser is a corporation, but I believe that it is doctor-owned. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Kaiser is the family that came up with the current health care system |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. Remind me |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. What happens when 90% of people just don't pay for health insurance |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Don'tTreadOnMe, the answer is that the people who do not purchase coverage will |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. This is all true. Unfortunately, the GOP will use these |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. This is CRIMINAL... How can they justify - and this isn't the |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. Demand the choice for a public option or |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. What's sad is that even the 1999 rate cost $482.50 per month |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. K&R This was a Third Way gift to the corporations |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
57. Kick. nt |
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