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2009-03-17 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 2009-03-17 01:35|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If they wish to tax medical benefits provided by employers, they'd better hurry. "Employers" are vaporizing at a rather astonishing rate.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-17 08:22|| 2009-03-17 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 an interesting question is whether Obama wants to have a British style single payer system where the rich can buy their own premium health care or a Canadian style single payer system where the rich are stuck with the national health system (unless they fly across the US border and buy US medical care A la carte

Posted by mhw 2009-03-17 08:53|| 2009-03-17 08:53|| Front Page Top

#3 You mean like the public school system Obama's daughters don't attend?

Posted by ed 2009-03-17 08:55|| 2009-03-17 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 My friends in the UK tell me of a flourishing "medical tourism" business going to India. That's for the middle class that can't afford the local private practices but don't want the crap service of the NHS and can afford the trip.

Posted by AlanC 2009-03-17 10:28|| 2009-03-17 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Thus far, single payer health care has been a political black hole, sucking the gullible into itself. I hope it doesn't change.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-03-17 11:55|| 2009-03-17 11:55|| Front Page Top

#6 The Democratic Danger to Obama

They may remeber, in the nick of time, that they're leftists-Americans?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-17 14:12|| 2009-03-17 14:12|| Front Page Top

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