Preference on healthcare reform issue

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Anyone who doesn't think we need healthcare reform laws needs to read this. Its gonna get really ugly in the next few years with health care costs:

Insurers Set To Raise Prices, Walk Away From Consumers: Goldman Report


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_487684.html

[Danzig]

my energy bill, property tax, car insurance, grocery bill, and telephone have all gone up since a couple years ago. maybe the govt can take care of that too.

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Originally Posted by Danzig

my energy bill, property tax, car insurance, grocery bill, and telephone have all gone up since a couple years ago. maybe the govt can take care of that too.

The government already well-protects your consumer interests regarding your telephone, energy, and groceries.

Of course, in the currently popular small movement to get rid of the government, that can go away. I'd say you'd miss it.

Edit: you know, one poster here mentioned he pays $269 a month for health insurance. Hope it's still affordable this summer at $300 a month, or even $330.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

The government already well-protects your consumer interests regarding your telephone, energy, and groceries.

Of course, in the currently popular small movement to get rid of the government, that can go away. I'd say you'd miss it.

Edit: you know, one poster here mentioned he pays $269 a month for health insurance. Hope it's still affordable this summer at $300 a month, or even $330.

Wasnt the telephone industry deregulated?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Wasnt the telephone industry deregulated?

Yes. And?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Yes. And?

So the govt gets credit for regulating it but it isnt regulated?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

So the govt gets credit for regulating it but it isnt regulated?

Sigh ...

I said:

The government already well-protects your consumer interests regarding your telephone, energy, and groceries.

Do you think that "deregulation" means there is no federal government involvement in consumer protections regarding telephone service?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

The government already well-protects your consumer interests regarding your telephone, energy, and groceries.

Of course, in the currently popular small movement to get rid of the government, that can go away. I'd say you'd miss it.

Edit: you know, one poster here mentioned he pays $269 a month for health insurance. Hope it's still affordable this summer at $300 a month, or even $330.

well protects? my interests? i doubt it. pols protect themselves.

as for the insurance, i'll trade that poster. mine is higher already than the highest you just posted. but you know what, i don't even think about it. everyone hates their insurance(auto, home, life, disability, etc) and how much it costs...til they need it.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

well protects? my interests? i doubt it. .

You can doubt it, yet the reality is you benefit from it every day.

everyone hates their insurance(auto, home, life, disability, etc) and how much it costs...til they need it

Yeah, they especially hate it when it gets so high, they literally cannot afford it any more.

But this is America - our motto seems to be, "I got mine. So who cares. You're on your own".