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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:08 PM Original message |
"None of the healthcare bills guarantee that you can keep your employer based healthcare benefits" |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. What people are scared of is being forced into a public system |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. The bill doesn't force anyone into the public system |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I know no one's forced into a public system |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Exactly, it does the opposite. It forces nearly everyone in big companies OUT |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. I still cant get over how Odd the American Healthcare system is |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. yeah, for the supposed "beacon of freedom and innovation" that |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Employers can change the health care plan now, today, and the |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Your Exactly Right - Let's Say Health Reform Doesn't Pass...... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Employers will be more likely to keep their insurance if the bill passes |
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DarthPortnoy (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Question |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They can do either or neither. It's up to them. If they want, |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. So you can drop your employers healthcare insurance and be permitted to pay the full premium cost of |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I've read the bill |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. How many employer insurance plans cost an employer more than 8% of annual salary? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. That could be |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Which bill? We have four of them plus an Obama administration proposal which might be made |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. HR 3200 |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Which bill? We have 4 bills and a 5th one coming. |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. The implication is the government will not make you change your plan. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. There is a whole section about grandfathering in current plans |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good God...Unrecommends for what? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. For making it sound like Obama is lying. Any employer can change your insurance plan/doctors you |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Obama should say, "Any more than you could BEFORE this bill." Employers could take |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Under the bill, employers who drop coverage |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Thanks for the informative post. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Sure, employers do it all the time. Before I retired, my employer changed the terms of my |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. I guess some people are that gullible--- |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is Donna Smith really that stupid, or just pretending? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Talk about stooping down to GOP level |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. We won't be forced into a public plan? What if we don't want to be forced into the private plan? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Captain Obvious, Sir, Seems To have Had Another Blinding Flash Of It.... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is a new low, even for you. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. i can smell the flop sweat. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. oh, you think the insurance co's will be forced to keep patients who are "unprofitable"? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That will be part of insurance reform. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Actually they will |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. For small business owners, health care cannot be employer based. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. We don't have that guarantee now. My employer dropped |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. And you won't have a legal right to keep your private insurance in 2013 when the health plan begins |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
41. My employer-based health insurance changed very often |
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