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	<title>Comments on: Sen. Johnny Isakson thinks a public plan competing against private health care programs is a &#8216;good system.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: NOLIESPLEASE</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692662</link>
		<dc:creator>NOLIESPLEASE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elbruce...massive instability? Hopefully never. Well I hate to tell you....but.....The banks were crashing (instability), housing crashed(instability), no industries that build (instability), millions without health insurance (instability)and claiming bankruptcy, no regulations in the stock market (instability), no equal rights for gays (instability), propaganda in the MSM (instability)....the country borrows every day from china(instability) ......So when were you going to take it to the streets??????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elbruce&#8230;massive instability? Hopefully never. Well I hate to tell you&#8230;.but&#8230;..The banks were crashing (instability), housing crashed(instability), no industries that build (instability), millions without health insurance (instability)and claiming bankruptcy, no regulations in the stock market (instability), no equal rights for gays (instability), propaganda in the MSM (instability)&#8230;.the country borrows every day from china(instability) &#8230;&#8230;So when were you going to take it to the streets??????<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692662', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;NOLIESPLEASE Says:

I admire the Iranian people, look what they are doing....when am I going to see this in America again&lt;/em&gt;

Massive instability?  Hopefully never.  But the election night celebrations surrounding the White House weren&#039;t entirely dissimilar.</description>
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<p>I admire the Iranian people, look what they are doing&#8230;.when am I going to see this in America again</em></p>
<p>Massive instability?  Hopefully never.  But the election night celebrations surrounding the White House weren&#8217;t entirely dissimilar.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692570', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: NOLIESPLEASE</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692528</link>
		<dc:creator>NOLIESPLEASE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;P.D. Says: 
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@20, They don&#039;t know any better. They are the type of people who were born and bred on the notion &quot;America is the best&quot;. Don&#039;t get me wrong, America is the best.&lt;/em&gt;

P.D. ....I respectfully have to disagree with your statement. America is NOT the best, far from it. Go look at stats and you&#039;ll see America has major work to do. 

This stat sums it all up....America (the richest nation in the world)is 24th in the world for infant mortality rate. Third world countries have a better stat then us. 

Propaganda is the reason this nation is falling apart. The lies the MSM is putting out....have you ever wondered why the MSM won&#039;t go to Canada and speak to its citizens and ask them how do they like their single payer health system??????The answer....the truth would kill your system of health care....sorry wealth care....you have no health care...i forget....sorry!!! 

I admire the Iranian people, look what they are doing....when am I going to see this in America again</description>
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<p>@20, They don&#8217;t know any better. They are the type of people who were born and bred on the notion &#8220;America is the best&#8221;. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, America is the best.</em></p>
<p>P.D. &#8230;.I respectfully have to disagree with your statement. America is NOT the best, far from it. Go look at stats and you&#8217;ll see America has major work to do. </p>
<p>This stat sums it all up&#8230;.America (the richest nation in the world)is 24th in the world for infant mortality rate. Third world countries have a better stat then us. </p>
<p>Propaganda is the reason this nation is falling apart. The lies the MSM is putting out&#8230;.have you ever wondered why the MSM won&#8217;t go to Canada and speak to its citizens and ask them how do they like their single payer health system??????The answer&#8230;.the truth would kill your system of health care&#8230;.sorry wealth care&#8230;.you have no health care&#8230;i forget&#8230;.sorry!!! </p>
<p>I admire the Iranian people, look what they are doing&#8230;.when am I going to see this in America again<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692528', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RFIDemocracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps Sen Isakson would like to explain how Canada&#039;s public health care system costs 1/3 as much as the US, everyone is insured, noone be denied coverage, and reliably consistent, good quality health care is a basic right of every citizen, though many insurance industry shills would have the public believe otherwise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps Sen Isakson would like to explain how Canada&#8217;s public health care system costs 1/3 as much as the US, everyone is insured, noone be denied coverage, and reliably consistent, good quality health care is a basic right of every citizen, though many insurance industry shills would have the public believe otherwise.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692377', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RantingTommy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ccrider, I&#039;ve been to Grady after an automobile accident. It&#039;s very overcrowded, but the staff is amazingly dedicated.

Atlanta keeps Grady going because the alternative is lots of sick, indigent people dying in the streets.

People that reflexively oppose all public support for people in need don&#039;t understand the practical need to keep these people from dying in the street, as it affects our quality of life to have sick people unable to get help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ccrider, I&#8217;ve been to Grady after an automobile accident. It&#8217;s very overcrowded, but the staff is amazingly dedicated.</p>
<p>Atlanta keeps Grady going because the alternative is lots of sick, indigent people dying in the streets.</p>
<p>People that reflexively oppose all public support for people in need don&#8217;t understand the practical need to keep these people from dying in the street, as it affects our quality of life to have sick people unable to get help.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692375', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ccrider27</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isakson is not really talking about &#039;public&#039; like it is meant in Obama&#039;s proposal. Emory is a privately owned for profit hospital. Grady is publicly owned and gets tons of subsidies from the City of Atlanta. Grady is the only hospital which &#039;welcomes&#039; indigents as a part of its charter. But if you are not indigent and you go to Grady then you pay like every other hospital. There is no such thing as an &quot;Emory Health Plan&quot; or a &quot;Grady Health Plan&quot;.

As usual Isakson is talking out of both sides of his mouth. He is funded by the health insurance industry. When it comes down to a vote, he will never ever vote for a real public option.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isakson is not really talking about &#8216;public&#8217; like it is meant in Obama&#8217;s proposal. Emory is a privately owned for profit hospital. Grady is publicly owned and gets tons of subsidies from the City of Atlanta. Grady is the only hospital which &#8216;welcomes&#8217; indigents as a part of its charter. But if you are not indigent and you go to Grady then you pay like every other hospital. There is no such thing as an &#8220;Emory Health Plan&#8221; or a &#8220;Grady Health Plan&#8221;.</p>
<p>As usual Isakson is talking out of both sides of his mouth. He is funded by the health insurance industry. When it comes down to a vote, he will never ever vote for a real public option.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692374', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KayInMaine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh boy...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&amp;sid=a62_boqkurbI

Two Japanese men caught on the border of Italy with $134 billion in U.S. Treasury Bonds in their suitcases!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh boy&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&amp;sid=a62_boqkurbI" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&amp;sid=a62_boqkurbI</a></p>
<p>Two Japanese men caught on the border of Italy with $134 billion in U.S. Treasury Bonds in their suitcases!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692367', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RantingTommy</title>
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		<dc:creator>RantingTommy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The media and the republicans are lying about the plan

They are making people believe that what is being proposed is &quot;Government Run Health Care&quot;. That is not the case.

Single Payer is NOT &quot;Government Run Health Care&quot;. It simply removes the insurance company middleman from the equation, which reduces costs and spreads the risk.

Think of it as a 300-million strong group insurance plan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The media and the republicans are lying about the plan</p>
<p>They are making people believe that what is being proposed is &#8220;Government Run Health Care&#8221;. That is not the case.</p>
<p>Single Payer is NOT &#8220;Government Run Health Care&#8221;. It simply removes the insurance company middleman from the equation, which reduces costs and spreads the risk.</p>
<p>Think of it as a 300-million strong group insurance plan.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692354', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KayInMaine</title>
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		<dc:creator>KayInMaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love watching the capitalists in our nation screaming, &quot;We don&#039;t want competition! Competition bad!!!!&quot;. Idiots. They look like a bunch of socialists at the moment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love watching the capitalists in our nation screaming, &#8220;We don&#8217;t want competition! Competition bad!!!!&#8221;. Idiots. They look like a bunch of socialists at the moment.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692351', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Perry logan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Perry logan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;You take competition out of health care and you’ll have less quality and a higher cost.
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This explains why the other industrialized countries are clamoring to have their single-payer systems replaced by America&#039;s Rube Goldberg monstrosity.  The envy is palpable.


&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5L3XD8oKmY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rupert Murdoch in Pain&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>You take competition out of health care and you’ll have less quality and a higher cost.<br />
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<p>This explains why the other industrialized countries are clamoring to have their single-payer systems replaced by America&#8217;s Rube Goldberg monstrosity.  The envy is palpable.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5L3XD8oKmY" rel="nofollow">Rupert Murdoch in Pain</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692350', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: candide</title>
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		<dc:creator>candide</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why change things at all?  Since competition has kept the insurance industry SO very cheap, and medical costs SO low, I can&#039;t understand why anyone would want to change things.  Lying bastrds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why change things at all?  Since competition has kept the insurance industry SO very cheap, and medical costs SO low, I can&#8217;t understand why anyone would want to change things.  Lying bastrds.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692349', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Turintr</title>
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		<dc:creator>Turintr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I reside in VA, so I apperceive the humans AmericasBack and P.D. discribe. What amazes me is how abounding of these folk will argue any accomplishment appear accessible bloom affliction as an accomplishment to &quot;take abroad their freedom&quot;, if it appears to me they are the actual ones who are chargeless to go bankrupt or go after bloom care. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arabamatik.net/&quot; title=&quot;araba&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Araba&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sacekiminasilyapilir.com/&quot; title=&quot;saç ekimi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Saç Ekimi&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I reside in VA, so I apperceive the humans AmericasBack and P.D. discribe. What amazes me is how abounding of these folk will argue any accomplishment appear accessible bloom affliction as an accomplishment to &#8220;take abroad their freedom&#8221;, if it appears to me they are the actual ones who are chargeless to go bankrupt or go after bloom care. <a href="http://www.arabamatik.net/" title="araba" rel="nofollow">Araba</a> <a href="http://www.sacekiminasilyapilir.com/" title="saç ekimi" rel="nofollow">Saç Ekimi</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692347', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They talk one way then vote another. Either way, I think we&#039;ll soon see Sen. Isakson apologize to Lush Rimjob. He&#039;s bucking the party line.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They talk one way then vote another. Either way, I think we&#8217;ll soon see Sen. Isakson apologize to Lush Rimjob. He&#8217;s bucking the party line.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692336', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are about 1,300 health insurance ompanies in the US.  Plans are divided into single person, person plus spouse, and family.  These are broken down into gold, silver, and bronze---depending on how much deductible and co-pay you would like to pay,  This makes about 12,000 plans that doctors and hospitals have to sift through to find out who can have what and who pays what percentage of what.  This is a bureaucratic nightmare that no other developed country has to deal with.

In Britain, it is pure simplicity.  I had appendicitis one year and a root canal another year and paid zero each time.  The state actually paid me a few hundred for being out of work---not my employee---the government.

100 million Americans have no dental coverage.  You can die of an abcess tooth.

We can cover everyone and save $350 billion every year at the same time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are about 1,300 health insurance ompanies in the US.  Plans are divided into single person, person plus spouse, and family.  These are broken down into gold, silver, and bronze&#8212;depending on how much deductible and co-pay you would like to pay,  This makes about 12,000 plans that doctors and hospitals have to sift through to find out who can have what and who pays what percentage of what.  This is a bureaucratic nightmare that no other developed country has to deal with.</p>
<p>In Britain, it is pure simplicity.  I had appendicitis one year and a root canal another year and paid zero each time.  The state actually paid me a few hundred for being out of work&#8212;not my employee&#8212;the government.</p>
<p>100 million Americans have no dental coverage.  You can die of an abcess tooth.</p>
<p>We can cover everyone and save $350 billion every year at the same time.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692288', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;What we have got to guard against is becoming a single-payer government system.&lt;/em&gt;

Screw your guarding, single payer is the way to go!  Competition works against efficiency in a system that&#039;s geared around pooling more people together to minimize costs.  The more competing pools you have, the fewer the people in each pool and therefore the less efficient it is.

Insurance doesn&#039;t really provide a service.  It groups people together, processes some forms, collects premiums and pays out benefits.  There&#039;s no value added to that.  There&#039;s no way of doing it &quot;better than the other guy.&quot;  In short, there&#039;s no basis to compete on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>What we have got to guard against is becoming a single-payer government system.</em></p>
<p>Screw your guarding, single payer is the way to go!  Competition works against efficiency in a system that&#8217;s geared around pooling more people together to minimize costs.  The more competing pools you have, the fewer the people in each pool and therefore the less efficient it is.</p>
<p>Insurance doesn&#8217;t really provide a service.  It groups people together, processes some forms, collects premiums and pays out benefits.  There&#8217;s no value added to that.  There&#8217;s no way of doing it &#8220;better than the other guy.&#8221;  In short, there&#8217;s no basis to compete on.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692277', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692230</link>
		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t see how &quot;competition&quot; is going to help health care, when competition to save money has resulted in insurers denying care and denying plans to people with preexisting conditions. If we want to compete with the world in health care, we&#039;d better get with the program and provide health care, instead of worrying about providing profits for private companies that are only concerned with making money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t see how &#8220;competition&#8221; is going to help health care, when competition to save money has resulted in insurers denying care and denying plans to people with preexisting conditions. If we want to compete with the world in health care, we&#8217;d better get with the program and provide health care, instead of worrying about providing profits for private companies that are only concerned with making money.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692230', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hormiga brava chavez</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692192</link>
		<dc:creator>hormiga brava chavez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>katy - colbert was tooooooo funny!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>katy &#8211; colbert was tooooooo funny!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692192', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Megaloptera McWars</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692191</link>
		<dc:creator>Megaloptera McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nevertheless, good to see one GOP senator come out in tepid support even if it&#039;s just words.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nevertheless, good to see one GOP senator come out in tepid support even if it&#8217;s just words.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692191', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: blackwidow</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692188</link>
		<dc:creator>blackwidow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;But healthcare should not be a money maker - there is something inherently evil about making money off of someone&#039;s ill health. Take the corporations out of healthcare and save TRILLIONS. &lt;/i&gt;

Amen and Amen and So say we all....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But healthcare should not be a money maker &#8211; there is something inherently evil about making money off of someone&#8217;s ill health. Take the corporations out of healthcare and save TRILLIONS. </i></p>
<p>Amen and Amen and So say we all&#8230;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692188', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Megaloptera McWars</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/isakson-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-5692186</link>
		<dc:creator>Megaloptera McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The HCA criminal continues to show his face on my TV. When it becomes clear to people like him that neither he nor his message is liked, they rub it in your face a little more. Not out of desperation to convince you, but to annoy you, to make you feel that no matter how competent you are on the issue, you&#039;re powerless to change anything.

The republican campaign on health care: Our sick profiting and middle manning is bad, but it could be &lt;em&gt;a lot worse&lt;/em&gt; if guv mint gets involved. 

One question wipes all that away: Where were the free market solutions during the conservative majority?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The HCA criminal continues to show his face on my TV. When it becomes clear to people like him that neither he nor his message is liked, they rub it in your face a little more. Not out of desperation to convince you, but to annoy you, to make you feel that no matter how competent you are on the issue, you&#8217;re powerless to change anything.</p>
<p>The republican campaign on health care: Our sick profiting and middle manning is bad, but it could be <em>a lot worse</em> if guv mint gets involved. </p>
<p>One question wipes all that away: Where were the free market solutions during the conservative majority?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5692186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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