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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:42 PM Original message |
How exactly do any of these "insurance reforms" help anybody? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd like to know, too |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. What "important role" do insurance companies play? nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. They kill and bankrupt people for profit n/t |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Seems To Me That's Why The Public Option Providing Them Competition...... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. However, the public option cannot increase the deficit. |
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NoUsername (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. "It's likely that the public option will insure the sickest people." |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm with you. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. The public option as described tonight is not going to provide |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. You're not missing a thing. It was a centrist pander and a betrayal. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. For one, preexisting conditions. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. For my daughter and I this is critical, we both have life threatening diseases and are scared |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But if we pass a law that says they have to pay |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. yeah: it helps insurance companies |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yeah, without at the minimum a stronger public option, this all helps insurance more than us. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Me and my husband are having the same discussion. We |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. You're forgetting the insurance executives. It will help them A LOT. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. +1 |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. They definitely help the insurance companies. And Mitt Romney is now a prophet. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Silly. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I heard the word "affordable" many times tonight. I don't think the prez considers $5k affordable. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think if you listen to the speech again that was one of the rules that |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, but when you're forced to get an individual policy and you've BEEN sick , |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Okay I see what you are saying, We still have some lobbying to do. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Agreed! n/t |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. oh yes they can! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not only are you WELCOME to buy the high priced coverage. You'll be forced to. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. take a look here, we're likely to end up with this atrocity of a reform: |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. The bait and switch. |
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Scarsdale Vibe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. Every bill prohbits cost discrimination on age, geographic location, and pre-existing conditions. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. My premiums go up every year |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Wrong. Age discrimination is written right into HR 3200. n/t |
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