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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:04 PM Original message |
Thom Hartmann persists to endorse a Medicare-for-all system |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course it does. We've been talking about it here for over two years (where does it go?) |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kennedy's 2007 "Medicare-for-all" bill is excellent. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It would be a MUCH better deal for taxpayers! |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Great but Congress needs to solve two major problems, funding and low fee schedules for primary care |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The difference in payments is largely the cost of Doctors and Hospitals administrative fees... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. My friends who are primary care physicians tell me the same story discussed in article below. |
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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So what's the answer? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Answer is simple, pay primary care doctors more. Medicare needs to increase fees for primary care |
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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If such a bill is properly funded IMO it should be a viable competitor for HCR. n/t |
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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yes, funding would especially become a critical point. I hope for a bill like this... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm less than encouraged also. n/t |
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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. However... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good. How to divert 1.5T$/yr from Insurance Co's? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. When the public option was first conceived of, the idea was to make |
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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. makes perfect sense to me (nt) |
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Mr Generic Other (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. single-payer, universal health care coverage is the only acceptable |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. You pay into it. Shouldn't you be able to benefit from it? |
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flakban (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. great points! (nt) |
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