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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:46 AM Original message |
Say They Raise Medicare to 67. What Difference Can Two Years Make? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Let's just say it, McCamy(and you pretty much did) |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I damn near cried reading your post |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. sadly I agree.NT |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I agree that it is killing americans... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Without Medicare and Social Security younger seniors would have nothing. |
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mlevans (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's truly heartbreaking. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes - a 2 year loss of coverage will see the reduction of the avg life expectancy. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. My Mother would still be alive |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. It is a 12% cut in Medicare for those eligable. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. A HUGE difference. It makes everything more expensive. Some info: |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Raising the age would equal murder imo. There will be blood |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Galbraith is calling it what it is: "an abitrary cruelty". |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Except that there's nothing arbitrary about it |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's their own fault |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. "No Medicare Abortions!" |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Recommend |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. Recommended. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. My neighbors mother died from breast cancer |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. "The bank which had employed her for the last eighteen years had laid her off, .. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Peas. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yup. really really big peas... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Or, as old folks did back in the Seventies... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. Correct. And that isn't even counting the hit everyone took on the |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
53. You are so right. Many Americans lose their jobs in their 50s and 60s. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. The golden rule..those with the gold make the rules. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Sallys and Teds of the US world would be sacrificed at the alter of |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Sallys and Teds of the US world would be sacrificed at the alter of |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
54. +1 |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Why are we having a discussion |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. Well, if you are 65 and in dire need of medical assistance |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Just like Alan Grayson said about the repub health care plan: die quickly, die sooner. |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. So sadly true, and hell yes, two years can be a life and death |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. I know enough real life stories like this. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. k&r. n/t |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Neither of my parents |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
68. As unfortunate as that is |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Remember when they said "no changes" to those over 55? |
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larwdem (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. I cant believe |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Excellent post. McCamy always brings it home. n/t |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. raising the age to 67 would be a huge windfall for big insurance |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. It sure is criminal :( n/t |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. i'm just going to say 'k and r' b/c what i want to say is too ugly |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. You can be sure Congress won't be cutting their healthcare or pensions |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. Outstanding and powerful OP. |
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Lordquinton (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. I didn't read it |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's a continuation of Obama's health reform failure/betrayal. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. They should let anyone, of any age, buy into Medicare. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. One might say they're playing human chess, with us as the pawns |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Exactly - universal health care! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. Ted can not walk, but tell me, can he eat his peas? |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. A bunch. I'm 62. Docs found a brain tumor last week. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #45 |
72. I'm so sorry, Somawas. |
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DocMac (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. You won't get any argument fom me! |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
48. I once thought I was proud of our country. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. HUGE K & R !!! |
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RickFromMN (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
51. Why don't the Republicans make suicide compulsory when one reaches a certain age? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. You're worth more dying than dead. |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
57. Irony: The 2 year increase would probably end up costing the government more |
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LostinNY (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
58. Have they thought about this fact-- |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 04:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Folks I know who retire from the government made less than they would have in private industry. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. However, the right wing wants to see the American workers fight among themselves, |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
59. K&R |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
61. K&R! Thank you for this. |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
62. another campaign issue.. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
63. K/R that's all I can say |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
64. Excellent piece McCamy, and you know these are just a couple examples out of thousands. nt |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
67. Jobs |
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mdm646 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
69. Cuts? |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
70. Less jobs for the younger too. Most people have to pay a very high |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
71. This is not so much a story about Medicare and the |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
73. At 57 my dad could no longer get insurance on the open market. |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
74. I am 68. I retired at 65. Right after I retired I required 2 stents. Bill? Close to 100 grand. |
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