Rush Limbaugh HEARTS status quo healthcare

[guido911]

Rep. Anthony Weiner on the status of the pile:

Hopefully this will dampen usruf's "free handout" spirit, at least for a little while.   

[FOTD]

Gwee,

Get ready because you sure aren't going to like where this is headed....we'll give you a year to catch on.

FOTD aka AOX

[guido911]

Pray tell where this is headed? Oh, and could you post another stupid/irrelevant cartoon?

[FOTD]

Pray tell where this is headed? Oh, and could you post another stupid/irrelevant cartoon?

It's headed into a new realm....wait and see....

[guido911]

It's headed into a new realm....wait and see....

What in the f$ck are you talking about. Just say it without being so freakin cryptic. jeez.

[Conan71]

What in the f$ck are you talking about. Just say it without being so freakin cryptic. jeez.

Maybe Shadows could translate it.

[FOTD]

What in the f$ck are you talking about. Just say it without being so freakin cryptic. jeez.

It would be amusing if Snowe ends up being known as the one who saved health care reform. Maybe she'll become the Lieberman of the Republicans, albeit without the whiny voice and perhaps with a few principles. This probably will not happen but anything is possible when in Massachusetts independents split off 3 to 1 yesterday (recall, the state popped for BO by 26% margin) and recently voted 65 to 35 to legalize marijuana. The current health care bill is not favored by the intellectual state while it is their number one priority in polling.

"President Clinton provided some crucial insight when he said, "people would rather be with someone who is strong and wrong than weak and right." http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/01/relieved.php

Time will tell, but you can bet that there will be reform in health care and the dems are far from over...look at your alternative....another toon for you!

[guido911]

All your ambiguity and obfuscation just to avoid saying "there will be reform in health care".  Someone needs his bong water changed.  

[guido911]

Apparently, a Canadian province premier HEARTS the U.S. status quo healthcare.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/02/01/nl-williams-heart-201.html

How's that single payer system working out for him? bwahahahahahahaha

[Breadburner]

All your ambiguity and obfuscation just to avoid saying "there will be reform in health care".  Someone needs his bong water changed.  

I think he runs it through his brita then drinks it.......

[FOTD]

This proves little except that the man made a choice to spend his own money on a personal decision.

Wise up. Single payer is the only real solution for the majority.

[nathanm]

Apparently, a Canadian province premier HEARTS the U.S. status quo healthcare.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/02/01/nl-williams-heart-201.html

How's that single payer system working out for him? bwahahahahahahaha

I wonder how many people do the reverse?

It's long been true that people who have means will come here from around the world to get treatment. That part of our system works pretty darned well. It's the financial part that is broken irrevocably. It's dragging the hospitals towards bankruptcy.

[Conan71]

I wonder how many people do the reverse?

It's long been true that people who have means will come here from around the world to get treatment. That part of our system works pretty darned well. It's the financial part that is broken irrevocably. It's dragging the hospitals towards bankruptcy.

Anecdotally, doctors and hospitals are claiming it's Medicare and Medicaid pre-determined procedure prices which don't take into account real-world economics that's breaking them.  Just repeating what I'm hearing.

[nathanm]

Anecdotally, doctors and hospitals are claiming it's Medicare and Medicaid pre-determined procedure prices which don't take into account real-world economics that's breaking them.  Just repeating what I'm hearing.

They're getting seriously squeezed by private insurers also now. That's why the rack rate is so far in excess of actual cost these days. They're both paying too little. It's worse with the private insurers, however, because they have to spend a lot of money keeping up with so many different insurers that they have to employ quite a few people to make sure they get paid. So not only are they getting paid peanuts, but it's costing them a lot to get those peanuts.

Combine that with the increased delinquency on whatever remains of the hospital bill (or the entire thing, if the person was uninsured), and they're having a hard time keeping afloat.

I'm not at all sure what the best solution to our health care problem is, but I know for damn sure that there is a problem, despite what some people are trying to claim.

[FOTD]

Anecdotally, doctors and hospitals are claiming it's Medicare and Medicaid pre-determined procedure prices which don't take into account real-world economics that's breaking them.  Just repeating what I'm hearing.

It's lawyers....sorry. But if they sue and lose, they should pay all the costs associated with the suit....