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   Ken Warren said, 21 days ago

   Sounds like a good plan.

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   NoFearPup said, 21 days ago

   Refills must be approved by Congress.

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   scottfreitas said, 21 days ago

   Yep. And once the private care is gone enjoy the rationing, the long lines, the flood of poorly-trained doctors with names you can’t spell or pronounce who won’t even make eye contact with you, or hear a word you’re saying if you try and talk to them…

4. 

   harleyquinn said, 21 days ago

   At least these are oral…..

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   Magnaut said, 21 days ago

   in DEMONCARE those blue things are suppositiories for us

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   charlie555 said, 21 days ago

   ^^^Like has happened at the VA since the influx of new war veterans, multiplied by “43 million”.

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   Fairportfan2 said, 21 days ago

   I notice that nobody sane (save possibly for charlie) has bothered to post here.

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   4uk4ata said, 21 days ago

   “And once the private care is gone”

   Yeah, like that will happen. Canada has private providers and a public option much stronger than what the plan pushes for, but oh, those poor American health insurance companies, how will they handle the awful competition the almighty state will throw their way…

   You hear that, guys? That was the world’s smallest tear evaporating before it even hit the ground.

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   bradwilliams said, 21 days ago

   Scott, you pretty much described the health care system we have now.

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    HARVIN GWIN said, 21 days ago

    So dark, scotty…I like it!

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    charlie555 said, 21 days ago

    Columnist Terence P. Jeffrey makes an interesting observation about forcing Americans to buy health care: it probably isn’t constitutional.

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    (Paraphrasing)

    In 1994, when Congress last considered a plan which would require participation, the Congressional Budget Office studied the issue. The CBO concluded that “The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the U.S.”

    Sen. Hatch tried to offer an amendment that would allow judicial review of the present health bill. He argued that participation could be mandated only under the power to regulate interstate commerce which was limited to what people had already freely chosen to buy. But this health bill:

    ”Rather than regulate what people have chosen to do, would require them to do something they have not chosen to do at all. If we have the power simply to order Americans to buy certain products, why did we need a Cash-for-Clunkers program? … We could simply require Americans to buy certain [products]…”*

    Max Baucus did not allow a vote on the Hatch amendment.

    http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34059

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    So, even if this bill is passed, its constitutionality will be challenged. Of course, then the Democrats can blame the courts, rather than their refusal to try limited reforms before a total grab for power.

    And while this bill is tried up in the courts for years, what are the chances any other limited reforms can be enacted to relieve the burden of the uninsured?

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    Roger said, 20 days ago

    Remember, Obama basically compared the future government health care to the U.S. Postal Service!

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    bradwilliams said, 20 days ago

    I get my mail every day on time.

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    omQ R said, 20 days ago

    Scott sneered: “the flood of poorly-trained doctors with names you can’t spell or pronounce …

    O qué, Freitas?
    I’m going to guess your ancestors more than likely came from the Açores (but Brazil or even continental Portugal would be a good guess too). How do people pronounce your name? Would you even know they’re mangling it?
    How many people on this board have managed to misspell your name (I mean those unintentionally) despite having your name spelled out before them?

    What is a “foreign” name in the USA?
    Edit:
    Mas que hipócrita!

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    d_legendary1 said, 20 days ago

    I think repos should take those little blue pills. They’ll make them feel like real men again.

    But then again they hate women, so…..There’s always Palmela!

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    akibono said, 20 days ago

    “Mas que hipócrito!”

    omQ R, esta palavra se escreve hipócrita, tanto no feminino como no masculino.

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    omQ R said, 20 days ago

    ^ Bem me parecia mas fiquei na dúvida. Assim fica corrigido, obrigado. ;-) Por acaso conhece o ET?