#523723 - 07/29/09 12:46 AM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.
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And yet all those donkeys voted for the incumbent.........or at least 85% of those that gave Congree a 29 % favorable score did. Hey..........maybe they're only 29% favorable because 85% of the goats will vote for them no matter what. And no Poli-Sci degree, either.
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#523781 - 07/29/09 08:55 AM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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And now what I'm hearing is that I will have to accept less care, longer waits, hospice and end of life counsoling after I retire. Total unadulterated bullchit Jerry, I sort of surprised you'd even trot that line out here. Yer hearin' that on Fox, Hannity, Limbaugh and other assorted wingnut propaganda. It's amazing that so many of the posters here haven't a clue what this is all about. I take that back, it isn't amazing, it's to be expected. Especially from wingnuts....................... Don't watch Hannity and haven't heard Rush in 10 years(guy in the shop had him on his radio), you can't add 47 million more people to the current health care provider system without reducing care for those already insured. If in one instant the amount of landscapers increased 25% would that affect your business? Obama himself was the one talking about hospice taking a pill instead of an operation.
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#523793 - 07/29/09 10:11 AM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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Coverage for everyone would be a big win for employees. No more will you worry about whopping monthly insurance costs if you lose or quit your job. You'll truly be able to say "take this job and shove it" and not have to worry about paying $500 a month. Corp America loses a big hook.
Here's what I think should happen but won't:
We regulate the insurance industry now. If they want an increase it needs to be approved/justified. That justification comes from the ever rising costs.....drugs, machines, etc. Why not regulate the costs? I had a CT scan. Took about 20 minutes. The bill came to $1,500. Are you kidding me? Machines should be break even not for profit. I was prescribed a drug last year. For me it was a $50 copay for a 90 supply. The total charge, however, was over $2,000. Are you kidding me? Then those little pills ended up swelling up my veins and putting me over night in the hospital with the same symptoms as a heart attack. Co pay to me but total cost for less than 24 hrs in a bed over $15,000. Are you kidding me?
What's truly wrong with our health care system is the raping and pillaging going on and the politicians who condone it.
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#523862 - 07/29/09 04:29 PM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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If the decision-makers on The Great Plan are anything like this clown, we're all doomed http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51610&print=on
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#523920 - 07/29/09 09:16 PM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.
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So, some yahoo who likes contact sports and gets himself hurt on a regular basis with his high risk behavior will be covered??? Those idiots making youtube videos and hurting themselves on purpose should be covered??? People who refuse to practice safe sex should be covered when the get some sort of STD? Those who get hooked on meth and other illegal substances should get coverage? Those with chronic alcohol problems should get health insurance too? I looked back to see where I typed anything close to that, but couldn't find it.
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#523930 - 07/29/09 09:40 PM
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.
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Uh, no.
I only included two groups who are a huge burden on the health care system in the interest of time.
But if you'd like to add up the cost of smokers, other tobacco users , and the obese on the health care system, and compare it to the costs of all accidents, illicit drug use and STD's and see how they stack up, fine with me. The comparison borders on asinine.
You mean my bias derived from being a Copenhagen chewer who would be subject to being kicked out of my own plan if I didn't quit?
Yeah.............my bias has everything to do with it, and the burden placed on the health care system by smokers and the obese has nothing to do with it.
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#523931 - 07/29/09 09:42 PM
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Why should I pay for peoples insurance who have health problems due to promiscuity, stupidity or illegal drug abuse? For the same reason taxpayers pay for military spouses' care that have health problems due to promiscuity, stupidity or illegal drug abuse.
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#523974 - 07/29/09 11:40 PM
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Not nice to talk about your own spouse like that... My wife's not a military spouse, she's a retiree, and she's taken well enough care of herself that she'll never be near the drain on the system that you are.
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#524029 - 07/30/09 09:03 AM
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Personal attacks before 6 am?!? Give it a friggin' rest. Go eat some bran flakes or something...
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#524052 - 07/30/09 10:39 AM
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Hankster, the bill I see is from my inurance company and lists the amount paid to the clinic. The contracted rate. $1,500 for a 20 minute CT scan.
So let's do your math:
1.5 mil for the machine and we'll round up to another 1 mil a year for your senior tech working in a major city, radiologist at the highest end, $300k a year for maintenance and we'll leave the doc out since he doesn't see a dime unless there's kickbacks:
$2.5 mil a year / 4,500 hr = 555 hours = 69 days = 13.8 weeks to break even.
Thank you for agreeing with me.
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#524059 - 07/30/09 11:06 AM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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River Nutrients
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Give it a friggin' rest. Go eat some bran flakes or something... With lots, and lots, and LOTS of sugar.
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#524067 - 07/30/09 11:58 AM
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River Nutrients
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You know what they say
"If you can't stand the heat....there's a drug for that"
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#524084 - 07/30/09 12:47 PM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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D.E.A
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There seems to be some kind of a "theme" developing here with this thread...
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#524085 - 07/30/09 12:59 PM
Re: Cash for Clunkers "kind of sad"
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Same theme that eventually develops in all of 'em...and it seems that most everyone sees it and recognizes it for exactly what it is except for a very few, who either can't see it or are foolish enough to think that no one else can.
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