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   Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, about 1 year ago

   If anyone asked her, she’d throw poo at them and bite.
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   Orion said, about 1 year ago

   That’s not so different from running calls at the Retirement Home.

   Orion
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   psychlady said, about 1 year ago

   Sounds like it’s easier to be an aging animal!!
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   scottbruce said, about 1 year ago

   So if I want tax subsidized health care, I will have to live like an animal in a cage?
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   lightenup said, about 1 year ago

   @psychlady

   As long as you have a good home with patient caregivers.
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   sjsczurek said, about 1 year ago

   BRAVO! BRAVO! Send this strip to every health insurance carrier in the U.S.!!! And to every pharmaceutical company!!!

   BRAVO!!!!!!!
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   sjsczurek said, about 1 year ago

   @Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist

   Maybe that’s what we should do to the insurance carriers and medicine makers. >:D
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   Kab Buch said, about 1 year ago

   Animals in zoo have better life then humans out of work.
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   gocomicsmember said, about 1 year ago

   OK, here are the facts. If the insurance company knows they have to pay out for pre-existing conditions, they know they have to get that money from somewhere, and the only way is by increasing premiums. In essence, insurance is a common pool, paid in advance, ready to be paid back out as needed. If people decide they really want to pay more out in advance, then OK, but they really need to realize that is what they will be doing, rather than imagine that money magically comes from nowhere.
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    philogaia said, about 1 year ago

    Perhaps I’m the only one in the Portland area who didn’t realize until this moment that Jan is an Oregonian. As soon as i saw “Coco the Chimp” it was very clear. Coco is an elderly matron chimp at the Oregon Zoo. Only a local would know that. Heck of a deal. Given the tone of the strip it makes a lot of sense. I love the side-swipe at our ridiculous health care system. And we call ourselves a first world country.
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, about 1 year ago

    @sjsczurek

    Jeebus Xmas, it’s a comic strip.
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, about 1 year ago

    @philogaia

    Hang on to your hats. Europe is rapidly descending to third-world status, thanks in significant part to all that free health care.

    Rule 1) There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

    Rule 2) Rule 1 applies to everything, whether perpetual motion or government benefits. Entropy rules.

    Rule 3) When in question or in doubt, Rule 1 will always win.
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, about 1 year ago

    BTW 1) “Pre-existing condition” is a redundant barbarism. A condition exists, or it does not. Saying “Pre-existing” conveys no additional meaning which “existing” does not. 2) It is literally impossible to “insure” against a condition which already exists. The most you can do is subsidize the costs. Insurance is protection from something which has not happened yet.

    Calls to “Insure pre-existing conditions” do nothing but muddy the dialog and confuse the issue. Gee, sometimes it almost seems intentional…..
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    comicsssfan said, about 1 year ago

    The solution? Eat healthy meals and exercise. You can get top quality medical advice from the Dr. Oz show on TV, if you can stand him. Other than that the Internet has a wealth of info.
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    Milestheglassguy said, about 1 year ago

    @Philogia: You might also notice that teh paper in Wally’s hands is the “REG GUARD”. Eugene’s newspaper is the Register-Guard. Jan’s definitely letting us know she’s a local.
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