No Medicare for us

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Friday March 30, 2012 · 10:49 AM PDT

2012/03/30 · 10:49

Forcing everyone to purchase private products from our uniquely American health unsurance industry with no right to Medicare is analogous to forcing every American to purchase private retirement plans from Wall Street banksters (or pay a fine) instead of enjoying the right to Social Security. I find it unbelievable and demoralizing that this bill is supported by progressives.

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Monday August 10, 2009 · 5:53 AM PDT

2009/08/10 · 05:53

I've known for a while that Sarah Palin comes from Parallel Simultaneous Backwards World, but so far haven't seen anyone pointing out the (additional) utter hypocrisy and human irony dripping from her recently because of the following reason.

Sarah Palin: "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil."

Palin's parents undoubtedly have Medicare NOW. Plus she and other parents of Down's Syndrome babies do not have to worry NOW about whether or not their children will receive the health care they need and deserve only because of Medicare Disability. Does she want to take that away and leave them instead to the mercy of the same profit-driven non-system the rest of us (with no other choice) are NOW?

Or do you think the rest of us should have the right to the same health care protection that Sarah Palin's parents and Down's Syndrome baby have?

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Should everyone

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Should everyone

Be at the mercy of private health insurers?

1 vote

Have the right to the same health care protection Sarah's parents and baby have?

45 votes

Honest and real solution to save our economy

bthespoon

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 2:15 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 14:15

The solution for our economic woes as a nation is based on the concept that "Health care IS the economy, Stupid!" I don't mean anyone in particular is stupid, but rather that the collective "we" are really (really) stupid. The truth is that our for-profit health insurance industry makes our oil barons and military industrial giants look like chump changers. The amount of savings we could reap by fixing our energy and war problems combined ...total less than half what we would save by fixing health coverage alone.

Here's a hint for Massachusetts, Arnold, Blagoivich, McCain and Obama: feeding the beast that is the (biggest part by far of our) problem (namely the profit-driven health insurance industry) more taxpayer financed corporate welfare dollars...will not solve the problem.

bthespoon

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 8:07 AM PST

2008/01/06 · 08:07

Obama represents the "Audacity of False Hope" on health care. Specifically, his plan says health insurers would have to "JUSTIFY" charging large premium differences, as if financial discrimination against people when they are sick and at their most vulnerable is justifiable at all. With friends like this who needs enemies?

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Do you think America's health care system

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Do you think America's health care system

Works fine; leave it alone

1 vote

Could use minor adjustment

2 votes

Could use major adustment but we like our health insurance

2 votes

Is broken and needs complete overhaul

37 votes

What system?

8 votes

New York may be 1st to enact real health care reform

bthespoon

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Wednesday October 10, 2007 · 1:12 PM PDT

2007/10/10 · 13:12

I don't have time to read all the rules now, or to do this so I'll just remove the diary.....I only posted it because I sent the article to my daily kos group and one person responded with an email asking why it wasn't posted as a diary. So I thought I would post it as a diary. Excuse me.

Healthcare Horrors for Halloween

bthespoon

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Wednesday October 03, 2007 · 7:44 PM PDT

2007/10/03 · 19:44

My husband and I are not as fortunate as some, but luckier than many. The Law of Relativity exists everywhere I suppose. Our problem is that we went from living the American Dream (literally) to living an American Nightmare in a relatively short time. Thankfully we have our health, each other, a home, small business and sixty acres of absolutely gorgeous land. Our children, now young adults on their own, are doing well. We own everything outright, but worked hard and smart to earn what we have. We used to have six other employees. Afta NAFTA & CAFTA kicked in a "new economy", we had to let them all go. Other particularly important issues for us (besides healthcare) are ending the pre-emptive Invasion of Iraq, protecting our environment & education, reforming election laws and campaign financing.

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No Medicare for us

Earth to Palin

Honest and real solution to save our economy

The Audacity of False Hope

New York may be 1st to enact real health care reform

Healthcare Horrors for Halloween