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Forum: US Politics Topic: Debunking the 47 million uninsured myth |
| Toro |
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:42 pm
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| I really did not want this thread to turn into another Canada v US medical system debate, though of course that's what it will turn into. But since we're going that way, A recent excellent unpublished study by Samuel Preston and Jessica Ho of the University of Pennsylvania compare mortality rates fo... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: Debunking the 47 million uninsured myth |
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:37 pm
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| Is everybody ignoring my post on purpose? According to that study, 75% of bankruptcys due to medical bills happened to people WHO HAD INSURANCE at the onsent of the illness/injury. You don't just risk bankruptcy by not having insurance in the States. You risk bankruptcy by needing medical care in t... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: Debunking the 47 million uninsured myth |
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:39 pm
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| But still, those 29 million (just less than one in ten Americans) face potentially serious repercussions for their choice not to have coverage, and you cannot simply delete them from the count and say there's no problem. Or are health care costs not really one of the leading causes of bankruptcy in... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: Debunking the 47 million uninsured myth |
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:34 am
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| Wait, what? So 29 million could be insured but choose not to be, so they don't count, even though if they get some condition while uninsured, that then becomes a pre-existing condition, and they'll have a really hard time getting it covered if they can at all. The issue concerning this demographic ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: AC DC - JOHNSON CONSIDERING ROCK RETIREMENT |
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:13 pm
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| I don't blame Brian Johnson. I saw Judas Priest last summer. Those guys on stage were older than when my father retired. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Porn star mulling senate run has tough week |
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:44 pm
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That's awesome. I wonder what she'd promise me for my vote!
More porn stars in politics, I say... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: AC DC - JOHNSON CONSIDERING ROCK RETIREMENT |
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:43 pm
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Forum: US Politics Topic: Debunking the 47 million uninsured myth |
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:41 pm
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| Let us break down the infamous '47 million uninsured.' According to the Census Bureau, of that 47 million, 38 percent of them (18 million) have personal incomes of more than $50,000 a year. This means that they can afford coverage, and choose not to purchase it. Is it just to tax other working peop... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Chavez says to send troops to Colombia border |
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:28 pm
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GreenTiger GreenTiger: Perhaps the best way to approach Mr Hugo is the same way Hillary Clinton is treating Kim Jong Il(l), don't give him the attention that he so desparetely craves and he will start to act like an adult.
Yeah, that or invade Venezuela, take over the oil fields and make Hugh our bee-atch. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Financial adviser Earl Jones surrenders |
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:26 pm
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| He was really good in Star Wars... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Chavez says to send troops to Colombia border |
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:32 pm
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| Hugh must need a vote passed or is lagging in the polls or something to divert attention from home. |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Recession is over: Bank of Canada |
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:08 pm
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| We'll see. Much of the stabilization is due to the enormous amount of stimulus injected into the economy the US and Chinese governments. At some point, the real economy must start picking up, but there are still huge imbalances and problems in the economy right now. I would not be surprised if we fe... |
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Forum: Computer Tech & Internet Topic: Blue screen of death |
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:13 pm
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: Canada - Healthcare "Parasite." |
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:35 am
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| Fiddledog Thanks for tracking down the requirements. I knew that Canada paid the median of other industrialized countries. I did not know the other requirements. A few points (which may be hypothetical, because I do not know if they are all true). If costs are rising faster than the CPI, that could ... |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: Canada - Healthcare "Parasite." |
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:20 pm
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The US is certainly not the only country developing drugs. However, there is a disproportionate amount developed in America.
Canada develops very few drugs relative to the size of its economy. |
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