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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/o...ermid=23287948
As an American who moved to France in 1995, I can only shake my head in disbelief as I follow from afar the tortured healthcare saga in my homeland. Selfishly, I also breathe a huge sigh of relief: My oldest, 19, has cerebral palsy and her sister, 17, was born two months ahead of schedule. Had I still been living in the US – even with a good job and solid health coverage – my wife and I would have spent the last two decades battling insurance companies and fending off bankruptcy. In Paris, we have never seen a bill for all the surgeries, weeks of intensive care, regular therapies, medication, etc. Ditto the removal of a benign tumor from my spinal column which, in the US, would have likely cost me $100,000 out-of-pocket. The very affordable single payer + complimentary insurance system here is not perfect, but it is surely preferable to the game of Russian roulette that Americans – even many with insurance – are forced to play with their health. Is basic health care a human right? The rest of the developed world seems to think so. Surely even pull-up-your-bootstraps libertarians and Republicans must one day see that allowing the principle of self-reliance to include shouldering the burden of no-fault-of-my-own health catastrophes is simply uncivilized.
Single Payer.
Join the civilized world!
Moondoggie (07-18-2017)
Just wondering...
How did Gerg get SHITCANNED from this thread?
Oh, and...
Are any of you RIGHTARDS that voted for Twump tired of all that WINNING he promised?
Charlie Sheen, he obviously ain't.
Start here:
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...52#post1969752
and then skip a page to see Tavy's response.
Last edited by Moondoggie; 07-18-2017 at 06:14 PM.
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InstantOn (07-18-2017)
We find out today that trump had a no-witnesses meeting with Putin that he tried to keep secret. Deplorable groupies squawk, "Nothing to see here!" in zombie parrotry.
It's very hard not to be condescending, when you're explaining something to an idiot. - Bill Maher
Hey, PMSProphet. I can see you get a real girly giggle out of editing quotes to say something different, but I have a question. Did you get more than a quarter, when you sold your pride in able to do such self-mocking impotence without dying from embarrassment?
It's very hard not to be condescending, when you're explaining something to an idiot. - Bill Maher
I see trump has decided to approach health care like he did his businesses: "Let it fail!"
Okay, to be fair trump has made a fair amount of money laundering money for Russian oligarchs and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
It's very hard not to be condescending, when you're explaining something to an idiot. - Bill Maher
cnm (07-19-2017)
When you start a thread, you can ban any poster you want. I thought about doing it to Millie, aka Corazon, who gums my ankles from a hide-from bunker or behind the skirts of others, but I decided he is good human testimony as to the cowardice of Deplorables. I thought about doing it to MuckyTheDeviantTwitch, because he has responded to his feelings being hurt by our departure by being even more repulsive than usual. Then, I decided he is good human testimony as to what sick fucks rightards tend to be. Then, I looked at ChlamydiaBear saw no redeeming value at all. Oh sure, he's a dumbass and makes a fine example of TBagger dumbassery, but there is no shortage of that kind of testimony here, already. So, this thread is now free of ChlamydiaBear droppings. Oh, he still bangs on the window with his impotent "groan"s, but that is easy enough to ignore.
It's very hard not to be condescending, when you're explaining something to an idiot. - Bill Maher
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