Yet, Dick Gephardt, the former Democratic House minority leader, laughed off the idea of single payer at a health insurance conference earlier this month, and said, "There is no way you could pass single payer in any intermediate future,"
You should also know that, after congress, Gephardt became a corporate lobbyist serving Peabody Coal and Goldman Sachs, among others. He also serves on the board of the health insurance company, Centene, receiving annual compensation of around $315,000 in cash and stock awards.
IMHO, this depicts the arrogance of the insurance industry. They think they have the American public by the throat and that we can do nothing! Result: They will continue to squeeze for every penny they can get!
For example, you need only read the article "New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage" which starts with "Nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance, according to a new study published online today by the American Journal of Public Health. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2002."
The graph is done by taking the uninsured and dividing by 830, because a study - something conservatives never think to consult - said there is one extra death for every 830 uninsured in America.
T.E.C. - IowaIMHO, the real point is both the arrogance and the blindness of the insurance people and Dick Gephardt. They were specifically asked if single payer isn't an "existential threat" - a threat to their existence - and they laughed.
They cannot see the mounting rage that will consume their industry!
Alabama began 2017 by requiring able-bodied adults without children in 13 counties to either find a job or participate in work training as a condition for continuing to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
According to AL.com, the number of those recipients declined from 5,538 to 831 between Jan. 1 and the beginning of May - an 85 percent drop.
Natural gas producers drilled more than twice as many shale wells in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. About 20 additional drilling rigs are exploring for natural gas and fracking crews are suddenly in short supply.
The number of targeted immigration arrests in San Diego has returned to levels from before former President Barack Obama changed enforcement priorities in late 2014.
Trump specializes in creating strife - with our allies, between class, race and parties in the US, within his own party - even within his own cabinet. That works great for tv ratings. But it's a recipe for disaster in a leader.
Steve, whatever hundred dollar bills you're talking about weren't created by Clinton or Obama and passed off as authentic, while accusing others of doing just that.
This is just another example of Trump's use of projection. If he claims an action by others, he's grandly guilty of it himself. "Lying Ted." "Low energy Jeb." "Crooked Hillary." "Little Marco." "Fake media." "Crazy Mika."
KathleenTrump benefited from the extraordinary amount of MSM coverage, and MSM coverage certainly wasn't Hillary-friendly. However, the media that influenced too many Trump supporters was right wing and Russian-orchestrated tripe... like the story that Hillary was running a child s@x trafficking ring out of a pizza parlor.
Bob R/CAYou mean I can't convince you. That's true. It's also wholly irrelevant. What gives you agita is, you can't convince Mueller. But if your trolling is therapy, have at it.
EasTexSteveIt's like playing with a cat using a laser pointer. He just points, and they go completely distracted while he methodically dismantles Barack Obama's regulative state and erases his very existence from the historical record. I hope Trump's batteries hold out.
EasTexSteveThe liberal media complaining about this is just another display of the liberal double standard. CNN's parent company, Turner Broadcasting, sponsored the Trump assassination play. Trumps tweet just draws them out of the shadows again to expose their real hypocrisy.
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