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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:53 PM Original message |
Give me the best argument for single payer health care, rather than regulation |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. We already have it and love it--it's called Medicare |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Regulation opens up an eternal struggle between those who would keep insurers honest... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. *Everyone* covered for *every* necessary treatment, with no risk of going bankrupt |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Universal single-payer health care would cost 2/3 of what we're paying now |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cost for one. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Best one paragraph summary I've seen |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Thank you |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. I doubt very much |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Amen |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Put an end to medical rationing. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. No one should have to choose between bankruptcy and an ER visit. |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Simple makes better. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. We all fight together for the best system instead of fighting in small |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Remove cost from business, |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Efficiencies of scale |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Narrowing it down to one is self-defeating. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. Peoples lives should not be sold |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Single payer does not |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "single-payer would limit the cost of malpractice suits" !!! n/t |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Current malpractice suits |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Exactly...and then doctors order more tests in case they are sued. n/t |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reduced cost to the providers |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. kick - thread is being unrecommended n/t |
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Jersey Ginny (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. It will bolster American innovation and creativity |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. K & R. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. We won't have to worry about the current problems we have |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. For-profit health care is immoral, inefficient, and unhealthy. n/t |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. ^This. K&R -nt |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because healthcare is not a commodity. And single payer is "free." |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Single payer the goal is quality healthcare, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Keeping jobs in America. n/t |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. simplicity! just think of it as Medicare from cradle to grave. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. two main reasons that have already been covered: |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. Covers everyone for everything and by golly it costs lots less. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. K&R |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Freedom. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. I love the current +6! |
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