Comments on: McCain Adviser: Our Health Proposal Sucks (for Other Reasons) http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169 Just another Firedoglake weblog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:26:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: foothillsmike http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8340 foothillsmike Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:05:17 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8340 <p>I think that it would be best to expand Medicare to all. Charge for it based on income and subsidize those who can’t afford. If the rich want something more let them get it.</p> I think that it would be best to expand Medicare to all. Charge for it based on income and subsidize those who can’t afford. If the rich want something more let them get it.

]]> By: MsAnnaNOLA http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8332 MsAnnaNOLA Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:50:21 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8332 <p>this plan sucks unless insurance companies have to take everyone regardless of condition.</p> this plan sucks unless insurance companies have to take everyone regardless of condition.

]]> By: STTPinOhio http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8328 STTPinOhio Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:48:55 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8328 <blockquote><p>And what better way to encourage entrepreneurial spirit — how many more people would be willing to go out on their own and start a business if they didn’t have to worry about losing their health insurance? </p></blockquote> <p>Exactly. And it does away with all the damn calculus involved in deciding which plan is best.</p> <p>GM and Chrysler might not need bailouts if you took the health care expenses off their books.</p> <p>Someone needs to present this to Obama quick.</p> <p>And as for the costs involved, people far smarter than me have repeatedly pointed out the long term savings of preventative care vs. waiting until very sick people become medicare eligible and their treatment costs are sky high from day one.</p>

And what better way to encourage entrepreneurial spirit — how many more people would be willing to go out on their own and start a business if they didn’t have to worry about losing their health insurance?

Exactly. And it does away with all the damn calculus involved in deciding which plan is best.

GM and Chrysler might not need bailouts if you took the health care expenses off their books.

Someone needs to present this to Obama quick.

And as for the costs involved, people far smarter than me have repeatedly pointed out the long term savings of preventative care vs. waiting until very sick people become medicare eligible and their treatment costs are sky high from day one.

]]> By: ratfood http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8322 ratfood Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:39:01 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8322 <p>Oh well, not endorsing is better than actively opposing…</p> Oh well, not endorsing is better than actively opposing…

]]> By: jayt http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8320 jayt Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:38:51 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8320 <p>I’m gonna miss Holtz-Eakin.</p> <p>The guy’s a guaranteed laugh every single time he opens his mouth.</p> I’m gonna miss Holtz-Eakin.

The guy’s a guaranteed laugh every single time he opens his mouth.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8319 foothillsmike Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:37:53 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8319 <p>It is my understanding that Wasserman-Shultz would not endorse blue am candidate Taddeao in the adjacent district to hers in FL because she was close to repub.</p> It is my understanding that Wasserman-Shultz would not endorse blue am candidate Taddeao in the adjacent district to hers in FL because she was close to repub.

]]> By: puravida http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8318 puravida Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:34:26 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8318 <p>Spent the weekend with my sister (who lives in Ft. Lauderdale) and she mentioned it. I said there’s no way that voting hours will be extended.</p> <p>Happily, I was wrong!</p> Spent the weekend with my sister (who lives in Ft. Lauderdale) and she mentioned it. I said there’s no way that voting hours will be extended.

Happily, I was wrong!

]]> By: ratfood http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8317 ratfood Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:33:33 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8317 <p>Wasserman-Schultz is a great surrogate, although I didn’t like her as much when she was campaigning for Hillary.:)</p> Wasserman-Schultz is a great surrogate, although I didn’t like her as much when she was campaigning for Hillary.:)

]]> By: BooRadley http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8316 BooRadley Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:31:42 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8316 <p>Thanks Scarecrow.</p> <p><a href="http://digg.com/politics/McCain_Adviser_Our_Health_Proposal_Sucks" rel="nofollow">digg</a></p> Thanks Scarecrow.

digg

]]> By: ratfood http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1169/comment-page-1#comment-8315 ratfood Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:31:01 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1169#comment-8315 <p>No love lost between Crist and McCain.</p> No love lost between Crist and McCain.

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