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re: "What I desire..."

gbaikie — 1/21/2007 3:53:13 AM (archived)

"When I was born (I've seen the hospital bill), health insurance was for dire emergencies, and normal care could be paid for out of pocket. What happened?"

There was a wage freeze doing WWII, and to get around this companies offered health insurance as a way to attract employees. It's grown since.

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Anybody else think it's ironic that Castro is dying from crappy medical care? - TB - 1/18/2007 3:58:53 AM
- re: Anybody else think it's ironic that 41 million citizens of the richest country in the world don't have health insurance? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 1/18/2007 6:38:46 PM
  - Thank you Laurie - Lindy - 1/19/2007 1:39:26 AM
    - Don't need to spit. - TB - 1/19/2007 7:13:57 PM
      - "What's that about?" - Lindy - 1/20/2007 1:00:03 AM
        
        Don't remind me about tax time. - TB - 1/20/2007 3:23:16 AM
  - Are 41 million going without needed medical care? - FrankC - 1/18/2007 7:48:32 PM
    - Nope, but it's not efficient. - azstrummer - 1/18/2007 10:17:50 PM
      - McDonalds is efficient. Would you like Heart bypass surgery with your McChicken Sandwich? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/22/2007 3:04:50 PM
      - Yep. They only get emergency care. Cruel, sort of like war, huh. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/18/2007 11:16:36 PM
      - Inefficient is a word often associated with national health care programs - FrankC - 1/18/2007 11:00:48 PM
        
        re: Inefficient is a word often associated with national health care programs - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 7:39:30 PM
        
        I'll pass on that - FrankC - 1/19/2007 8:41:05 PM
        
        Gee Frank........... - Lindy - 1/22/2007 12:02:35 AM
        
        If wishes were horses... - FrankC - 1/22/2007 1:48:43 AM
        
        "What I desire..." - TB - 1/19/2007 11:15:05 PM
        
        re: "What I desire..." - gbaikie - 1/21/2007 3:53:13 AM
        
        What happened? - FrankC - 1/20/2007 1:42:39 AM
        
        I think you misread - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 10:04:32 PM
        
        The only ones who understand American healthcare are American conservatives? - alcaray - 1/19/2007 7:11:31 PM
        
        Is that what I said or just the way you perceive what I said? (n/t) - FrankC - 1/19/2007 7:58:48 PM
        
        What you said: - alcaray - 1/19/2007 8:34:58 PM
        
        So everyone in America is a radical leftist dreamer or a conservative? (n/t) - FrankC - 1/19/2007 8:43:24 PM
        
        Were you not refering to the "leftists" in this thread? Or were you bringing an uninvolved group of people into the discussion? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/19/2007 8:47:20 PM
        
        If the shoe fits, anyone is free to wear it but.... - FrankC - 1/19/2007 10:05:03 PM
        
        You responded to Raoul. Can I assume that he was the European you referred to? - alcaray - 1/22/2007 3:28:14 AM
        
        I guess you mean Laurie - FrankC - 1/23/2007 6:38:08 AM
        
        re: I guess you mean Laurie - Laurie Street - 1/23/2007 5:10:08 PM
        
        Anecdotal - FrankC - 1/23/2007 7:18:38 PM
  - Ironic, no. Par for the course, yes. - Fox - 1/18/2007 6:57:05 PM
- 80 years old? Smokes cigars? Drinks like a fish? - Robert - 1/18/2007 5:19:49 AM
  - Seriously, speaking of irony - Robert - 1/18/2007 5:39:52 AM
- I do. Apparently he didn't follow advice. Friends who have visited Cuba - - - - Bowser - 1/18/2007 4:47:16 AM
  - Good ol' Bowser. - TB - 1/18/2007 5:27:08 AM
    - Arles, France, August 3, 1997 - Alan G. Archer - 1/18/2007 3:00:58 PM
      - "Well into her hundreds she drank a glass of port before lunch and another before dinner." - Lindy - 1/18/2007 4:57:36 PM
        
        Reservatrol - azstrummer - 1/18/2007 10:22:41 PM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 1/19/2007 1:43:44 AM

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