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Funeral At An HMO (Original Post)
lame54
Jul 2013
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djean111
(14,255 posts)1. This underscores what is wrong with the mandate to buy insurance -
Insurers balance your health against their profits. There is no "win" there.
lame54
(35,292 posts)2. You're right -it's better the old way - oh wait...
this video is about the old way
it's gotta start somewhere
the status quo won't do
djean111
(14,255 posts)3. Yes, what we have now is still the old way - just more people thrown into the insurance
maw.
lame54
(35,292 posts)4. flawed - yes - the same? - no
colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)5. Michael Moore. Hero.
True courage and morality, clothed in humor, irony, and tenacity.
A White Knight for our times.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)6. It appears you have to shame corporatists into doing the right thing...
Which isn't easy considering corporatists have no shame.
to Michael Moore!
joanbarnes
(1,722 posts)7. Repeat after me, because I say it often, "Michael Moore is a GOD!"
ctsnowman
(1,903 posts)8. K & R