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Old 10-25-2011, 06:47 AM
 
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All sounds like a great case for socialized medicine to me. If the Taxpayer is going to wind up paying for the medical coverage of half of WALMARTs employees children, why should the Insurance companies be involved
yep. my first thought was that, ultimately, these people being dropped from Wal Mart coverage WILL get care. and ultimately, this will cause the rest of us to all pay more for our coverage.

this is true whether we repeal "obamacare" or not. i haven't seen any good conservative solutions to this problem. i don't see why it's wal mart's responsibility to provide these people with healthcare.
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Old 10-25-2011, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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yep. my first thought was that, ultimately, these people being dropped from Wal Mart coverage WILL get care. and ultimately, this will cause the rest of us to all pay more for our coverage.

this is true whether we repeal "obamacare" or not. i haven't seen any good conservative solutions to this problem. i don't see why it's wal mart's responsibility to provide these people with healthcare.
Actually WALMART favored Single Payer. It meant allo they would have to do is the payroll deduction and not worry about the insurance.
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Old 10-25-2011, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Pinal County, Arizona
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Employers should not be/ are not, required to provided health insurance or other "entitlements" to employees.
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Old 10-25-2011, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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Employers should not be/ are not, required to provided health insurance or other "entitlements" to employees.
Yes, that's the government's job. Everybody is entitled to health care. The situation outlined in this article is just one more reason why we need to re-structure our outdated health insurance system with a publicly-funded, single-payer insurance system.
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Old 10-25-2011, 07:50 PM
 
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Yes, that's the government's job. Everybody is entitled to health care. The situation outlined in this article is just one more reason why we need to re-structure our outdated health insurance system with a publicly-funded, single-payer insurance system.
Give up what I have for the empty promises of a government $14T in the hole?

Screw that.
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Old 11-01-2011, 12:34 PM
 
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This is tough news. My wife's plan at Walgreens is also headed for the worse. Higher premiums, higher copays.

No good.
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Old 11-01-2011, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Pinal County, Arizona
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Yes, that's the government's job. Everybody is entitled to health care.
It's not the governments job to provide health INSURANCE either.

Everyone has access to health CARE now
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Old 11-01-2011, 06:48 PM
 
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Smokers now pay something like an extra $200 a year.
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Old 11-01-2011, 06:49 PM
 
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Yes, that's the government's job. Everybody is entitled to health care. The situation outlined in this article is just one more reason why we need to re-structure our outdated health insurance system with a publicly-funded, single-payer insurance system.
What are the promises of a government $15T in debt worth?
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:55 PM
 
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Yes, that's the government's job. Everybody is entitled to health care. The situation outlined in this article is just one more reason why we need to re-structure our outdated health insurance system with a publicly-funded, single-payer insurance system.
How you looked over to other countries that have such a system? They're having the same problems with costs (I've read they are rising even faster than here) and have the same debt problems.
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