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Old 03-21-2010, 01:05 PM
 
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Great... those people go bankrupt and get forclosed on when they get sick... must be fun for them being second class citizens.
You mean the contract and 1099 workers the government hires, who don't get health insurance benefits?
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Old 03-21-2010, 01:09 PM
 
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It didn't get passed because of the lobbying against the National public option which government employees and the military have enjoyed all these years... They don't want anybody else to have what they have.
Um... not all government and military employees. The government and military also hires contract and 1099 workers. They don't get health insurance benefits.
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Old 03-21-2010, 01:10 PM
 
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Since you claim I have been accurate on my quotes...
Well... yes... you have been accurate in quoting propaganda.
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Old 03-21-2010, 01:12 PM
 
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Try Wallymart or McDonalds or Burger King or Target or .....
P/T..under 40 hours..on purpose.
That's exactly what employers in Hawaii do to avoid providing state mandated employer-provided health insurance. Works for them...
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Old 03-21-2010, 01:31 PM
 
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You mean the contract and 1099 workers the government hires, who don't get health insurance benefits?
No the full-time employees that do get Health Insurance.
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Old 03-21-2010, 01:48 PM
 
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No the full-time employees that do get Health Insurance.
What about the contract and 1099 workers the government and military hire? Why don't they hire them as full-time employees and give them benefits?
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Old 03-21-2010, 02:00 PM
 
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What about the contract and 1099 workers the government and military hire? Why don't they hire them as full-time employees and give them benefits?
Exactly...
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Old 03-21-2010, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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It didn't get passed because of the lobbying against the National public option which government employees and the military have enjoyed all these years... They don't want anybody else to have what they have.
government employees dont get a public option

government employyes get a choice of many PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES...with premiums that constantly go up


And ther military get tricare...lower paid than medicaid...and worse........see the papers about walter reed???? that's tricare...it SUCKS

Moderator cut: personal attack

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Old 03-21-2010, 03:55 PM
 
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Just like Rush Limbaugh who praised the Health Care he got in Hawaii but then balked when he found out got state run Health Care. Or Sarah Palin who flew her family to Canada to get Health Care.

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Old 03-21-2010, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Just like Rush Limbaugh who praised the Health Care he got in Hawaii but the balked when he found out got state run Health Care. Or Sarah Palin who flew her family to Canada to get Health Care.
Individual states may make insurance requirements.
It is not in the authority of the Fed
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