Althea
Althea told me...
How so?The article is a couple of years old but it said the argument that the recovery would have been more robust without Obamacare is valid
How so?The article is a couple of years old but it said the argument that the recovery would have been more robust without Obamacare is valid
http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparisonCountries like France, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden all do single payer health insurance and get generally excellent results with it.
If your contention is that California cannot do what France, Germany, and Sweden do I think you are either underestimating Californians, or you have a vested interest and an ulterior motive in making sure single payer does not happen.
The USA is the only country in the fucking world where an insurance corporation is ALLOWED to make a profit selling health insurance to human beings.
The rest of the world views this as a moral issue...
In the USA, republicans view this as a money making issue...
Republicans suck.
Do tell. And don't try and sell us the 2% profit margin crap.Completely inaccurate and false. Learn something before posting talking points idiot.
How so?
Because we believe defense spending is the most important item in the budget
:0) Strange, but not really, how most of the developed world can provide universal healthcare to their citizens, but somehow, we can't figure it out.
It's just too hard. :0(
The U.S. stands almost entirely alone among developed nations that lack universal health care
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:0) Strange, but not really, how most of the developed world can provide universal healthcare to their citizens, but somehow, we can't figure it out.
we also stand nearly alone as the prime destination of anyone seeking the best medical care on the planet.
hmmm, maybe there's a connection
for God sakes think before you speak man

thats because we still pay full price for drugs. price controls are needed.
That is indeed part of the problem.
True .. that's where Congress steps in and steps up to control the costs.
Consider this ...
Iraq war cost: $6 trillion. What else could have been done?
We spent about $550 billion on Medicare last year. Six trillion bucks would fund our healthcare coverage for seniors and disabled people for roughly a decade.
Federal spending for Medicaid, the healthcare program for low-income people, ran about $250 billion last year. So $6 trillion represents nearly 20 years of funding.
The federal government spends an estimated $524 billion on public elementary and secondary school systems annually. With $6 trillion, you're looking at a massive infusion of cash into our cash-strapped schools over a number of years.
The Environmental Protection Agency had a budget of about $9 billion last year. With $6 trillion, you could run the agency that protects Mother Earth for more than 600 years
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/18/business/la-fi-mo-iraq-war-cost-20130318
It's not that we can't do it .. it's matter of priorities.
I understand that completely. Most could stay employed by the military .. just end the needless wars.
End the needless social welfare programs. $22 trillion wasted with zero improvement.
Well over 50% of the budget is S.S., Medicare and the military. If one truly cares about spending those are the issues that need to be addressed.
Same noise about Obamacare.
We spend trillions upon trillions of dollars on needless wars killing people .. including innocent women and children.
Try life.

I understand that completely. Most could stay employed by the military .. just end the needless wars.
The USA is the only country in the fucking world where an insurance corporation is ALLOWED to make a profit selling health insurance to human beings.

The rest of the world views this as a moral issue...
In the USA, republicans view this as a money making issue...
Republicans suck.

Countries like France, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden all do single payer health insurance and get generally excellent results with it.
If your contention is that California cannot do what France, Germany, and Sweden do I think you are either underestimating Californians, or you have a vested interest and an ulterior motive in making sure single payer does not happen.

Because we believe defense spending is the most important item in the budget
Yes...it's always a failed attempt due to cost. How much of Cal's budget goes to supplying health insurance to public employees? Deduct that from their costs. Also....auto insurance should go down, as there is no longer a need for PIP.