OT - when politics gets personal

On Feb 23, 5:48*pm, MajorOz wrote:
On Feb 23, 6:15*pm, DaveS wrote:





On Feb 23, 3:05*pm, wrote:

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:28:51 -0800 (PST), Larry L
wrote:

I just now heard that a friend in Idaho has been diagnosed with very
serious condition.

He and his wife have tried for years to find decent, affordable health
care insurance but to no avail, because of 'pre-existing" conditions..

They run a small business in the finest tradition of such things, work
incredibly long hours and don't make much doing so. * * They are
assets to their community in multiple ways, beyond their small store,
they are damn fine people. * They, imho, are exactly the type of
people this country should be looking out for best, not screwing
around for political reasons.

May I say, from the bottom of my heart, on behalf of them and the
millions with similar stories,
**** Republicans in the US Senate

Quick question for ya - all politics aside, who would you suggest has the
duty/responsibility to pay for your friend's medical care? *Before you answer
that question, let me ask another - are you prepared, right here, right now, to
state that you are willing to pay a proportional share of not only his, but
these other "millions with similar stories," regardless of what that mean for
your and your family's own financial situation? *And, if you know, why didn't
they get insurance before they had "pre-existing conditions?"

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1. Prepared to pay . . . . Who do you think pays for it now? Duh. Fact
is we pay more than double for half the care.

2. Buy it before they had pre-existing conditions . . . *Because they
thought it would never happen to them, like most people do, and like
most of the silly rightwinglings who mutter the cheap extended
adolescent mantras of the personality disorder known as
"conservatism."

I never thought I would hit the other car, but I bought liability
insurance.
Never thought I would back into the tree, but I bought collision
coverage.

Should I have waited until after the fact and then demanded a policy
that should pay, regardless or pre-existant sheet metal crunches?

duh !

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You bought them because you had to buy them.

But here is another news flash: I just got this from another NG.

"The dangers of "death panels" were explained to Americans on Sarah
Palin's Facebook page. Oh, sweet Lord, she must not sleep at
night...her grandson could be the next victim of "socialized
medicine".

Recently released documents from the custody battle show clearly
Tripp
Palin Johnston has socialized health care through Indian Health
Services and the Alaska Native Medical Center.

Palin's family has federally funded health care afforded to
them...but
if you had it Barack Obama might kill you. Put this on the list of
Palin's Greatest Hypocritical Hits...volume 97."

Shannyn Moore
Just a girl from Homer
Posted: February 20, 2010 05:28 PM