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Obama dropped the public option so he could get his healthcare plan through
With all the heavy lobbying from the healthcare industry it was the only way to get it passed. Supposedly the fight was similar when Medicare was proposed, although even with the hassles you couldn't get people to give Medicare up.
Yes, Obamacare at least there was some start for people to have healthcare available for all. Countries that have NHS don't seem to want to change to what we have. If you have pre-existing conditions, your covered! Lost your job? Your covered! For elective surgery there may be a wait, but emergency surgery is taken care of promptly.
I just think it's funny, if you're traveling in a country with NHS and have an accident, (break a leg skiing etc), Your covered, NO bill!, vacationers that come here, often purchase policies to cover them for their vacation. I was in the Army in the 70's, stationed in a little town about 65 miles from the main hospital in Stuttgart. My CO's wife had her 2nd or 3rd child and wasn't going to get to the hospital on time when she went into labor, so they went to the local hospital. The only thing they were charged for was the circumcision. Here you go to a hospital, your doctor may be participating, but the anathesiologist (sp) may not be, (it happened to me, I didn't even think to ask) so you get a bill 2x what your health plan pays, or a radiologist, etc.
Cuba amongst many other countries have lower infant mortality rates than the US. Probably because they get more pre-natal and post birth care, without someone counting pennies for their stay in the hospital.
I'm also happy for Sherrill but it's disgusting you're congratulating a criminal, unethical Senator and using him to mock/taunt Republicans.
Gee, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? Kavanaugh is OK for the Supreme Court because the allegations against him were unproven.
I wonder what would have happened at a big law firm if he was applying for a position?
"OK, Mr Kavanaugh, thanks for your application here at Dewey, Screwem, and Howe, LLP , and for coming in for the interview. We have some other candidates we are looking at and want to get the best person for the job. We'll get back to you."
I shouldn’t have said criminal, but corrupt. Though not being convicted doesn’t mean he isn’t actually guilty and that he didn’t do what he was accused of doing. Does anyone actually think OJ didn’t kill Nicole and Ron? The Senate Ethics Committee felt it had enough proof to “severely admonish” him. Semantics at this point, you all know what I meant.
And unsurprisingly people are still sticking up for him. Shocking.
How stupid can we be...Murphy, Menendez, Booker and the other bats**t crazy libs.
Haven't we seen what has happened to states and cities where democratic policies have been
in place for years if not decades. Nothing good folks!
Open your freaking minds and stop parroting the mindless and idiotic talking points of the left!
Exactly! Just look at New York City in the 70's and 80's when Dinkins and other democrats were mayor. The city was a crime infested wasteland. Then when Giuliani (Republican) took over in the 90s, NYC became the safest big city in America with a booming economy and housing market.
How stupid can we be...Murphy, Menendez, Booker and the other bats**t crazy libs.
Haven't we seen what has happened to states and cities where democratic policies have been
in place for years if not decades. Nothing good folks!
Open your freaking minds and stop parroting the mindless and idiotic talking points of the left!
I didn't vote for Menendez for the same reasons everyone else didn't. But I DID vote for Murphy (sorry). I'm heavily invested in seeing the cannabis sector take off and I just needed a better shot at it. I was also hoping that the revenue from the sector could help off-set some of the crazy spending he'd try. Other than that, Murphy is trash and looks like he's not delivering on the ONLY thing I wanted him to do.
No convictions (and they had 2 chances) means he's not a criminal.
Sorry, try again.
Feds tried to prosecute capone several times before they finally convicted him. RM must have the greatest number of attempted prosecutions than any other senator in the tri state area.
If not for the recent decision in MD re pay for play, RM would be wearing an orange jumpsuit.
If the kavanaugh standard applied by democrats , were applied to RM, he would not have been elected.
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