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This isn't even a plan. It's a "Hey, let's list some things that sound good on paper but give no indication of how to achieve them." It's an outline. They provide no details on how to achieve anything.



Businesses already can. My old office was based in Georgia, but our health insurance was through United Healthcare of Connecticut.

Who is going to regulate this interstate health insurance exchange? Oh right, Congress has the power to oversee interstate commerce. (Constitution (Art. I, sec. 8)) So there we go, implementing over-state-line health insurance automatically means more government involvement. I thought Republicans were against that?



That sounds suspiciously like approving of something that labor unions do. This is also the "co-op" suggestion made by many democrats, and shot down completely by every GOP senator during deliberations.



What the hell does this even mean? Are we talking about the same sort of innovation that led to mortgage backed securities? States ALREADY have the right to set all the regulations about healthcare that they want. And it's not enough. If they set too many regulations, then the health insurance companies don't want to do business within the state. This has resulted in virtual monopolies in most states, where only one or two major health insurance companies will even do business.



The precious pubbie tort reform. Which they could have gotten more of in the healthcare bill if they had agreed to play along instead of giving the Dems the middle finger. (And if I remember a Jophiel quote correctly, only contributes about 2% to the cost of healthcare annually.)

Do you think that after agreeing to a plan, paying into that plan for years, then being struck with an illness that necessitates you use your insurance to help cover the costs since your insurance plan covers the illness you have, that insurance companies should be able to deny you reimbursement anyway?

You should try clicking the links.

Cat,



Not according to rasmussen



http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

turtle,



Here's where your twisted little mind is mistaken. Most pre-existing conditions are the result of the behaviour of the person, not God. No wonder you're such an angry person. Someone who smokes for 30yrs doesn't have lung cancer because God is angry with them. While certain illnesses are beyond a persons control most are not.

Man, your dad must be one retarded motherfUcker to allow you to sit behind a desk in his office, even if it is a Fisher Price desk.

Wait, that was your takeaway from that article? You idiot. The hospital could have apologized. She freaked out because she got a bunch of test results she didn't expect. I think that'd be traumatic to anyone.

The personnel at the hospital said:


I mean, really, wtf?

Edited, Dec 22nd 2009 1:47pm by Annabella

Next week: most second opinions including expensive blood work are a waste of money, say leading GOP pundits.

Again, if the GOP is so adamant on getting tort reform, why didn't they vote in favor of the tort reform addition on the bill?

They have two choices when they're the minority:

1) Push for GOP-favorable additions to the health care bill
2) Oppose the bill entirely and not have the parts they want in the bill

Oddly enough, in a supreme **** move, they've opted for #1 while always almost unanimously opposing the entire bill.

Wow. Just wow. Anyone with a chronic condition has only themselves to blame.

Wow.