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White House Appears Open To Insurance Co-Ops ["Bi-Partisan Consensus" Expected?]
NYTimes ^
| August 16, 2009
Posted on 08/16/2009 2:29:50 PM PDT by Steelfish
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:29:51 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:31:10 PM PDT
by
dforest
(Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
To: Steelfish
It is no better than the public option. The entire bill is a bad idea fro the mandates to the health & death panels, the entire bill should be scrapped.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:31:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(bookmark my new FR back-up site - http://unitedcitizen.proboards.com)
To: Steelfish
Starting to smell like they pushed as hard for the public option as possible to flush out the opposition, then will counter with a more “acceptable” co-op option.
It’s all incrementalism... This “reform” needs to be voted down entirely and Congress wiped clean next year.
Just about too late to save the Republic...
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:33:07 PM PDT
by
cliniclinical
(space for rent)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:33:09 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: Steelfish
It appears they are just changing the name. They aren’t dropping anything. What don’t they get about NO? We don’t trust them to fix anything. Don’t be fooled.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:33:10 PM PDT
by
Maelstorm
(Bigger government is not reform.)
To: Steelfish
Gibbs is a cheap tool. zer0 got His yellow liberal ass handed to him and all the other socialist takers out there in this great land.
By people who read this web site.
KOS KITTENS will be up set about this.
Ha Ha Ha
go get a job
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:34:23 PM PDT
by
reefdiver
(So how's that HOPE & CHANGE working out for ya ?)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:34:33 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Steelfish
Blue Cross is non-profit. Duhhh.
To: Steelfish
I smell a slimy Demo-trick
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:35:38 PM PDT
by
hemogoblin
(Obama - The Potentate of Parasites)
To: Steelfish
Who's going to pay the bill? We still have Peggy in Florida who thinks Obama will pay for her car, gas, cell phone, etc.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:35:51 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Color me red, white and blue - I attended a tea party on July 4th.)
To: Steelfish
What I am saying is the bottom line for this for the president is, what we have to have is choice and competition in the insurance market,
Humana, Blue Cross, and name any other insurance company.
Sounds like there’s already competition
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:36:13 PM PDT
by
5Madman2
(There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
To: Steelfish
Co-op instead of Public Option -
A Distinction without a Difference
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:36:29 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
To: Steelfish
They will be called “cooperatives” but in reality will be “collectives.” Profit will not be a motive in their operation. They will consistently receive government funding (tax dollars) to stay afloat and put private insurers out of business. Same result. Different tactic. And RINOs are dumb enough to fall for it.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:36:39 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(Caligula's horse as Senator was smarter than our current Congress)
To: Steelfish
Government cannot provide competition, only prevent it. The whole purpose of government is to be a monopoly—a monopoly of power, force and compulsion. Politics is all about who will do slave labor for the benefit those in power.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:38:00 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Obama Lied. The Economy Died!)
To: Steelfish
Democrats are desperate to not have this go down as strictly a Democrat plan
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:38:38 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: Steelfish
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:39:23 PM PDT
by
fullchroma
(flag@whitehouse.gov: come and get me.)
To: fullchroma
I say NO too. But, if the article is correct, it looks like the Republicans have already flashed a green light on this.
To: Steelfish
Time to visit the Republican town halls,, shouting.
THEY are the weakest link now.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:41:39 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Steelfish
With one swoop of his pen, Obama wiped out welfare reform (a fair bipartisan plan that worked well for years and benefited those moved from welfare to work). Payback to his constituents who voted him in. What is he going to give those same constituents with this health care legislation?
Taxpayers like us are going to pay for it. Savers like us will have their capital gains taxed at a higher rate. Savers, you are suckers...the government is sitting there waiting to push you aside and grab your pot. The government is laughing its a## off at you.
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posted on
08/16/2009 2:42:05 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Color me red, white and blue - I attended a tea party on July 4th.)
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