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Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate

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america really loves a system where, when you're up, you're up, when you're down you're DEAD, with absolutely no middle ground whatsoever

pretty sad.

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What I really can't believe is that they are still pushing this and to come on the lowest of blows, they keep the medicine prices high.. This has become meaningless.

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they just forget about the money portion of it." That's true, but what a lot of other people forget the price for malpractice costs. The US is a sue happy country. I asked one of my superiors, who was an Army Dentist one time as to why he didn't just get out of the army and make those big bucks, his answer was flat... he didn't want to pay the malpractice insurance. This whole thing needed to have started in a backwards motion. You are aware how hard it is to sue a Japanese doctor aren't you?

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"we will go bankrupt" ---> we are already technically bankrupt, so Obama's threat doesn't really work.

Why is our medical system in trouble: Free healthcare (emergency) for everyone that cannot afford it for starters. ---> don't get caught in the emergency room after the clinics close.

Sue happy legal culture. ---> same people as above sue about their free health care disproportionally.

This is typical Lib stuff and instead of taking responsibility they plan another attack on the system and say the system is broken and must be changed (from their policies).

***Innovation lowers costs over time. Many diseases can be cheaply treated now and many drugs are generic $4-5. I believe in high deductible insurance plans tied in with a health IRA account = if you are healthy the account will grow and deductible gets higher and payments cheaper.

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Mr Obama looks a real loser! Get rid of Pelosi and Ried, and you'll see him win a lot more

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Mr Obama looks a real loser!

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No GOP vote was needed for this to be passed. Most Americans don't want this. Sanders is a socialist.

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For the old guys.... is it normal not to read a bill before its voted on?

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I told you guys that they needed to work from the other direction first. Anyway, they just handed the insurance companies a lot of biz on a silver plater. Now, the big question, are they going to change the state regulations on how insurance is sold, such as if you buy insurance in one state where its cheaper, can you use that same insurance in another?

Basically, this is starting to look like a waste of time, but it could be good if you are going to do business with hospitals, insurance carriers and even making smaller insurance companies.

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Insurance lobby is very very strong.

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This wasn't any surprise except, why'd it take the GOP so long to throw out these delaying tactics? But everybody's been waiting to see when the GOP were going to start their stalling tactics. < :-)

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