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   Man of Mind to All   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_Health_Care:_Therd=e2=80=9   
   28 Mar 17 16:44:10   
   
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   From: baron.von.mind@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/28/2017 2:10 PM, Mr. B1ack wrote:   
   >   
   > On 3/28/2017 10:45 AM, Man of Mind wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 3/28/2017 9:49 AM, Mr. B1ack wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Looking at the inflation curve for OCare - premiums, deductables   
   >>> and such - it's clear the program really won't be any good   
   >>   
   >> Gosh, and those health insurance companies couldn't possibly   
   >> be at fault for any of that, right?..   
   >   
   >    I've been saying that profiteering IS one of the   
   >    big problems.   
      
   As if it wasn't entirely obvious. I still blame Nixon..   
      
   >    But then OCare clearly created a system that's   
   >    easily "gamed".   
      
   Gosh, I don't suppose that the 'loyal opposition'   
   might have had a hand in improving that, no?   
      
   >    The relative cost of old-fashioned health policies   
   >    remained fairly stable for a long time.   
      
   Because they were 'not-for-profit' service organizations..   
      
   >    So, when govt is footing the bill, there are far   
   >    less constraints on prices   
      
   Not really..   
      
   >    Some extra, external, profiteering laws can   
   >    be enacted later as needed.   
      
   Well, write/call Congress and let them know that..   
      
   >    I'd say that medical profiteering is a sort   
   >    of "national security" issue. Identify, stop,   
   >    prosecute.   
      
   Yup..   
      
   --   
   Republicans often as not create the very problems they say   
   that they're trying to solve, while blaming the Democratic   
   Party for what they did..   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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