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OECD - US 26th of 34 in healthcare outcomes, 1st in cost. What if that were a fighter aircraft? by bowser November 22, 2013 9:35 am
  • What's included in the per capita figures? by RobVG 2013-11-22 19:25:54
    • The OECD 2013 report can be downloaded... by TB 2013-11-22 20:25:31
    BIG BROTHER by Jody November 19, 2013 10:31 am
    • Funny how republicans never cared about big brother until we elected a brother. by BuckGalaxy 2013-11-21 12:57:03
      • You've been on this board a long time, and you know that's not actually true, don't you? by TB 2013-11-21 17:09:34
        • To some degree I believe it is true. by BuckGalaxy 2013-11-22 17:35:49
          • Paranoia? by TB 2013-11-22 17:56:39
      • Anyone there look like you, Jody . . . ? by DanS 2013-11-20 12:35:55
        • *red faced* by Jody 2013-11-21 14:43:12
          • Thank god they don't have that here yet by FrankC 2013-11-22 09:42:30
            • Hey, wait a minute . . . by DanS 2013-11-22 08:42:15
              • OMG Dan! by Jody 2013-11-22 09:17:29
              • I live at the right time . . . by DanS 2013-11-21 17:14:35
            • Cheek swabs are a standard technique to obtain your genetic information. by TB 2013-11-19 11:00:03
              • Exactly. by Jody 2013-11-19 11:17:47
                • I would have to have said no . . . by DanS 2013-11-20 12:37:38
              No one in the history of the world has been this dumb. by bowser November 19, 2013 12:25 pm
              • One of many contingencies, b . . . by DanS 2013-11-20 11:54:25
                • Well, we always knew there would be a 51st State... by FrankC 2013-11-19 18:14:57
                  • The Trailways bus ride'll be hell. (n/t) by DanS 2013-11-20 11:55:14
                  Meanwhile in Venezuela... by TB November 6, 2013 9:08 am
                  • 100 businessmen arrested and jailed in Venezuela. by TB 2013-11-15 08:55:12
                    • Probably something they did. by bowser 2013-11-18 11:57:00
                    • Venezuela - a 3rd world country which nationalized it's oil. by bowser 2013-11-12 21:15:07
                      • Like I said below. Nobody will learn a thing. by TB 2013-11-13 11:21:13
                        • Yep, look at the US. by bowser 2013-11-13 19:11:43
                          • I am. by TB 2013-11-13 20:25:15
                      • And more from Venezuela... by TB 2013-11-12 20:56:54
                        • Isn't it the standard lesson that we've all learned a long time ago? by alcaray 2013-11-13 14:04:28
                        60 Minutes retracts Benghazi report by hank November 9, 2013 6:13 am
                        • Um, we actually "do" know what happened in Benghazi. by RobVG 2013-11-09 10:50:20
                          • Lying is usually sufficient to disqualify you from being a source. by alcaray 2013-11-09 15:07:19
                            • Not when the source's lies are essential to preserve conservative dogma. n/t by hank 2013-11-09 16:27:45
                              • Remember that Iraqi expatriot who informed the Bush admin about all the WMD programs in Iraq? by alcaray 2013-11-09 16:37:36
                                • And of course . . . by DanS 2013-11-09 21:08:07
                                  • So you would trust Saddam's word??? by alcaray 2013-11-09 23:37:21
                                    • Hardly . . . by DanS 2013-11-10 09:02:23
                                      • Impeaching the witness was what I thought we were talking about. by alcaray 2013-11-10 10:23:38
                                        • Simply history. (n/t) by DanS 2013-11-10 10:29:11
                            • If I laogh too hard, it really hurts . . . by DanS 2013-11-09 13:07:23
                              • There's a small problem with the liberal thinking process here. by TB 2013-11-09 12:56:08
                              Lord help me, by podrock November 7, 2013 7:36 pm
                              • There are a lot out there like him. The Pope is just the one they take pictures of. by TB 2013-11-08 08:13:31
                                • Yep. by bowser 2013-11-07 20:09:32
                                  • Many fear change. by alcaray 2013-11-07 23:05:02
                                  Massive sting operation on internet child abuse by TB November 4, 2013 4:55 pm
                                  • Sharp! (n/t) by DanS 2013-11-07 13:08:22
                                    • YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS! by Jody 2013-11-04 19:15:24
                                      Important info (though not the proof or the statistics that we are waiting for) by alcaray November 4, 2013 12:31 pm
                                      • Cool by RobVG 2013-11-04 20:49:07
                                        • "Deceit" by TB 2013-11-04 21:20:41
                                          • What occupies my mind and in what percentages... and whether the percentages are correct... by alcaray 2013-11-05 11:34:42
                                            • Do the math. by TB 2013-11-05 11:59:06
                                              • The insurance companies do not currently have the info to do the math. Only a liar would say that he does. by alcaray 2013-11-05 12:07:40
                                                • Was Gruber lying then? by TB 2013-11-05 12:20:04
                                                  • Were you? by alcaray 2013-11-05 13:08:51
                                                    • I know someone who was. by TB 2013-11-05 17:25:06
                                            • People will listen to what they want to hear. by RobVG 2013-11-04 21:49:46
                                              • Some pay more; some pay less; some pay the same. by alcaray 2013-11-05 11:37:41
                                                • I didn't present any numbers did I? by RobVG 2013-11-05 17:13:51
                                                  • You said "all people are talking about". I thought you might be talking about me, so I clarified my position. by alcaray 2013-11-05 18:31:47
                                                    • I didn't mean you. Mainly prominent people in the news. Also I've started to listen to NPR. by RobVG 2013-11-06 08:27:49
                                          • Did you read the actual letters (linked in the article)? by TB 2013-11-04 14:35:27
                                            • I looked at them as opposed to reading them. by alcaray 2013-11-05 11:50:10
                                              • "I certainly did not go to their websites. How is that pertinent when the accusation was about their marketing?" by TB 2013-11-05 12:47:53
                                                • Next time you make the "they refuse to note the facts" argument, please recall this thread. by alcaray 2013-11-05 13:10:26
                                            • We'll see by FrankC 2013-11-04 14:24:21
                                              • Insurance companies have just as hard a time as anyone predicting the future, when there's a big change to take account of. by alcaray 2013-11-05 12:18:45
                                                • Individuals predict the future... by FrankC 2013-11-05 14:07:51
                                                  • And using the very best data they have available. And it is always a gamble. by alcaray 2013-11-05 16:58:11
                                                • I agree by SteveS 2013-11-05 06:39:09
                                                  • Then there's the "generation war." by TB 2013-11-05 08:48:53
                                                    • And rewriting history for the new generation by SteveS 2013-11-05 09:21:34
                                                      • To be fair, the signmaker might have been thinking "small-d" democrat. by TB 2013-11-05 09:43:20
                                                Happy Guy Fawkes Day. by TB November 5, 2013 11:24 am
                                                • Amen.:) by Jody 2013-11-05 20:15:49
                                                  On the way to energy independence by RobVG November 5, 2013 10:06 am
                                                    I rejoice in our healthcare! by Jody October 29, 2013 7:57 pm
                                                    • Okay...so correct me...PLEASE...if I am wrong by Jody 2013-10-31 16:48:24
                                                      • Notice the smooth transition, Jody? by TB 2013-11-01 13:24:53
                                                        • It was a social experiment Tom. by Jody 2013-11-01 16:41:19
                                                          • I guess the joke's on me by alcaray 2013-11-01 18:59:01
                                                        • Your post is incomprehensible to me. I would help if I could. by alcaray 2013-10-31 19:17:33
                                                          • S'all good. You and your ilk have done quite enough already. by Jody 2013-10-31 20:19:59
                                                            • You made an extravagant claim. You gave no foundation for it. by alcaray 2013-10-31 22:45:44
                                                              • Not extravagant. by Jody 2013-11-01 07:50:32
                                                                • Who ya gonna believe? by Robert 2013-11-01 14:04:52
                                                                  • There *was* a descrepancy, you and alcaray were absolutely right!!! by Jody 2013-11-01 15:06:21
                                                                    • Even so: how was he covering his deductible for the old policy? You need to add everything up. by alcaray 2013-11-01 16:01:45
                                                                      • Give up by Robert 2013-11-01 17:22:58
                                                                        • I ain't no hoodrat by Jody 2013-11-01 18:39:49
                                                                          • Bwahahaha it is all true. by Jody 2013-11-01 17:47:20
                                                                            • Especially the numbers below that nobody wants to come within five miles of. by TB 2013-11-01 18:26:56
                                                                          • Oh trust me I have added it all up by Jody 2013-11-01 17:08:54
                                                                          • I guess I was wrong to call it "unverifiable" by Robert 2013-11-01 15:50:33
                                                                            • He is 58 years old. by Jody 2013-11-01 15:59:25
                                                                            • Did I call it or what? by TB 2013-11-01 15:43:28
                                                                              • :) by Jody 2013-11-01 17:09:47
                                                                          • Don't believe everything you read on the internet. by alcaray 2013-11-01 11:05:23
                                                                          • And PS by alcaray 2013-10-31 22:49:42
                                                                    • Another way to look at it... by SteveS 2013-10-31 10:31:35
                                                                      • #1 in cost, #37 in outcomes. And some people love the status quo. by bowser 2013-10-30 20:13:55
                                                                        • The important thing is that preexisting mental illness is now covered under ObamaCare. by Robert 2013-10-30 20:32:07
                                                                          • Heh. by TB 2013-10-31 09:01:46
                                                                        • Why did it go up? n/t by RobVG 2013-10-29 20:06:43
                                                                          • This may be one reason. by Jody 2013-10-30 01:33:45
                                                                            • Do you live in a state where they refused to set up an exchange? by alcaray 2013-10-30 09:33:19
                                                                          • Ours went up $400 a month by TB 2013-10-29 20:04:30
                                                                            • You went through the CA exchange, and shopped, right? by alcaray 2013-10-30 09:31:50
                                                                              • I have employer-provided insurance, and it's Health Net. by TB 2013-10-30 10:08:41
                                                                                • Lots of folks benefit from the competetive listings on the exchanges. You don't have to earn the subsidy to benefit. by alcaray 2013-10-30 11:45:35
                                                                                  • There have been competitive listing websites online for years. by TB 2013-10-30 12:02:57
                                                                                    • If ACA did nothing new then never mind. by alcaray 2013-10-30 12:56:31
                                                                                      • Oh, it did something new. by TB 2013-10-30 13:26:05
                                                                                        • A lot of people are finding respectable savings, and improved policies. by alcaray 2013-10-30 13:37:58
                                                                                          • Numbers by SteveS 2013-10-31 11:04:42
                                                                                            • Statistics by alcaray 2013-10-31 15:32:13
                                                                                              • Assumptions by SteveS 2013-11-01 10:17:39
                                                                                                • 9 million. by RobVG 2013-10-31 18:35:07
                                                                                                  • Considerably less than that, right? by alcaray 2013-10-31 22:40:23
                                                                                                    • You're right. Let's just make that 3 million. by RobVG 2013-11-01 07:38:44
                                                                                                      • If you guys should wonder where you get your reputation as heartless bastards... by alcaray 2013-11-01 11:07:19
                                                                                                        • I had to go to work. by RobVG 2013-11-01 19:23:26
                                                                                                          • Did I say something controversial? by alcaray 2013-11-02 12:31:07
                                                                                                            • Topic by RobVG 2013-11-03 09:41:58
                                                                                                              • They aren't "sacrificed". And TB's "statistics" are merely predictions. by alcaray 2013-11-03 11:26:59
                                                                                                                • Time out. by RobVG 2013-11-03 13:08:58
                                                                                                                  • Do you honestly think "clear numbers" will make an impression? by TB 2013-11-03 13:44:53
                                                                                                                    • Well, if you weren' by alcaray 2013-11-03 13:41:06
                                                                                                      • 93 million next year. by TB 2013-10-31 20:36:26
                                                                                                        • miles from earth? by alcaray 2013-10-31 22:35:29
                                                                                                      • Wait until the employer mandate hits. by TB 2013-10-31 15:54:25
                                                                                                        • I wonder how part D would have destroyed the universe, if it hadn't been a Republican invention. by alcaray 2013-10-31 16:23:58
                                                                                                          • Nope. by TB 2013-10-31 16:42:20
                                                                                                            • I guess I am too stupid to see the connection between your post and Gruber's statistics. by alcaray 2013-10-31 18:19:33
                                                                                                              • You know, I'm going to actually give this a shot: by TB 2013-10-31 20:47:25
                                                                                                                • Sorry, when you said "statistics" I thought you contested his numbers somehow. by alcaray 2013-10-31 22:25:01
                                                                                                                  • I contested Gruber's whole damn premise. by TB 2013-11-01 08:47:47
                                                                                                                    • jello-nailing = convincing your opposite number that you are right and he is wrong. by alcaray 2013-11-01 11:11:21
                                                                                                          • P.S. by TB 2013-10-31 16:07:18
                                                                                      "Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance" by RobVG October 29, 2013 9:01 am
                                                                                      • And there are millions more without any insurance... by ER 2013-10-29 12:06:19
                                                                                        • Seriously by Robert 2013-10-29 10:17:21
                                                                                          • Serioulsy? by RobVG 2013-10-29 19:08:42
                                                                                            • Singing the praises of the ACA by Robert 2013-10-29 19:22:43
                                                                                              • zAnd that's what it's all about isn't it? by SDAI-Tech 2013-10-29 22:01:06
                                                                                                • Cool! by alcaray 2013-10-30 09:36:08
                                                                                                  • Yeah,,, by SDAI-Tech 2013-11-03 01:31:03
                                                                                                • Sniping? Posting a story that's all over the news on CE is "Sniping"? n/t by RobVG 2013-10-29 20:00:12
                                                                                                  • You've been going without insurance since 2008? by TB 2013-10-29 19:46:29
                                                                                              • Well, at least now you know what the response is. :) by TB 2013-10-29 09:34:01
                                                                                                • A one-year delay will not occur unless it is because of Republican mischief. by alcaray 2013-10-29 11:18:09
                                                                                                  • I think it's here to stay and I'd rather see them delay it than try to push through a kludge. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-29 09:55:52
                                                                                                    • A little more info on that story you linked... by TB 2013-10-29 10:33:28
                                                                                                  • Persistence by Robert 2013-10-29 09:25:55
                                                                                                    • Any time you make a law that affects insurance, then there is change to policies. by alcaray 2013-10-29 09:25:52
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