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#921 |
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Band-aid Join Date: Sep 2005
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^Excellent post. I feel precisely the same way.
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#922 | |
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2005
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Maybe he should have thrown a shoe as I seem to remember Democrats rather enjoyed seeing a president of the United States dodge leather projectiles thrown by a dissenting member of the audience. |
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#923 | |
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Way to falsely equivocate. Really lame, honestly. |
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#924 |
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#925 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I think the Republican heckler did display an appalling lack of decorum, but he was in a professional situation. Olbermann and other media members cannot be held to the same standard in this case, their jobs are to report relevant information, and I do believe this information was relevant to understanding possible motivations of the congressman. |
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#926 |
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So, if an "illegal" (and really, are people somehow "illegal"?) needs medical care, we let him die on the street? I'd like a real answer from someone, please. Anyone.
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I have BCBS Illinois, but live in TX, due to my employer's corporate office in Illinois. In some aspects my plan is much better than most of those living in TX, but in other ways it's very limited compared to a plan I would purchase in TX. The not being able to buy from state to state is mainly set up by the insurance companies themselves. Go "free market"! Why? Take podiatry for example: podiatry in TX is defined by any procedure from the forefoot to an inch above the ankle, Georgia is up to right under the knee, and Ohio is just the forefoot the ankle isn't included. (now these may not be exact by state) But the point being is that regulations differ from state to state so in order for the insurance companies not to be screwed they worked collectively and compromised on regulations not allowing some policies to be sold state to state. |
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#928 |
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#931 |
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i watched some of the speech and some of the before and after commentary on fox news. 3 times in a row during commercials the FIRST commercial was that one where the woman is bitching about the canadian healthcare that the government is trying to force on us. "say NO to government run healthcare!" pretty much 3 anti-healthcare reform commericals first during 3 commerical breaks.
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#932 | |
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i guess if we have to pay for healthcare for people in jail and prison, whats the difference. yes, they shouldnt be here, but it's not the American way to let people "die in the street", although the insurance companies dont feel the same way, even towards our own citizens. take the money we blow overseas and spend it on border security (and other things) instead. then we wont have an "illegal" problem. |
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It's easier to think of them as not deserving proper treatment as humans if we can think of them as illegal. |
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It's actually conceivable that one individual specialist is booked up months ahead of time, but you know what? That woman would have had the right to check with as many specialists as she wanted to, in order to see if someone could have seen her sooner. We've actually run into something similar. My mom was seeing this cardiologist, but he was impossible to get into in a timely manner. We told her family doctor, and his exact words were "if you can't get in to see him when you need to, it doesn't matter how good he is, he's not helping you." So, he found her someone else, she was able to get in to see the second doctor within a few days, and everything was fine. I rolled my eyes through that commercial last night. I wonder how many Americans thought it was completely accurate. |
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#937 |
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#938 |
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Honestly, it's no wonder. I've heard some crazy things about Canadian health care via American cable news, from commentators right through to actual politicians, the latter of whom are supposed to offer some degree of truth and accuracy, and when they tell such bold face lies, it's not difficult to imagine why many Americans are scared shitless of Canadian-style health care.
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#939 |
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By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau reports that the number of people lacking health insurance rose to 46.3 million in 2008. That's up from 45.7 million in 2007, due to a continuing erosion of employer-provided insurance. Still, the level remained just below the peak of 47 million who were uninsured in 2006, because of the growth of government insurance programs such as Medicaid for the poor. The nation's poverty rate increased to 13.2 percent, up from the 12.5 percent in 2007. That meant there were 39.8 million people living in poverty. It was the highest rate since 1997. The statistics released Thursday cover the first full year of the current recession. The median — or midpoint — household income declined slightly to $50,303. |
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Rock n' Roll Doggie
Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: The American Resistance
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Tell us about prop 187 as well and what happened. |
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