Pauly Sparerib's Profile

Maybe it'll cure our rampant nationwide hypochondria, our necessity to drug ourselves up rather than just suffer it through a little, and our need to give ever yquirk an official "syndrome" name to make it sound like it needs specialist attention. Swine Flu, anyone?...

To second what Mouche said... We live in a system where we pay a small fortune to be insured only to find out that when you need it most, the insurance company drops you because you didn't disclose that you once had a zit in High School. So, yes, I'd HAPPILY pay the government what I currently pay Cigna. HAPPILY! We're so wrapped up in what 1% of people might do that we're ignoring the benefit to the other 99% of people out there. Sarah Palin's "Death Panels"? What do you call it when your PRIVATE insurer decides whether or...

turns out the wacko chick is a LaRouche democrat anyway, surprise surprise......

Does anyone want to handicap this story? I have it at 6-5 and pick 'em there's fruit and 2 veg....

Social consciousness, not socialism. As one of the countries uninsured, I would happily wait 24 hours in a waiting room if it guaranteed treatment. I would wait the 3 months for a physical. I would pay the higher taxes if it meant the quality of life would improve for millions....

This lady and her big ball of crazy has inspired me. It is clear to me now that the Government must get out of the health care business. Completely. $0 money. $0 subsidies. 0 mandates. It must all stop. As soon as possible. Why does our federal, state and local governments spend as much on health care per American as Canadian federal and provincial governments spend per Canadian? Canada legally has to. We don't. And with each dollar our governments dangle to the insurance industry, there's a new regulation or mandate insurers must follow. Maybe mandates are an excuse to...

Pablo, I think the LaRouche crowd is different from the usual Democrats. As far as waiting. I've had to wait several weeks for physicals too. Don't know about emergency or serious care. (Knock on wood). I will say, my dental insurance has been pretty spiffy....

Also .... I don't know if anyone has gone to the Eye Dr at Walmart. I have. As far as I can tell it's the same thing as the independant outfits. The guy's got a diploma. Same tests. Costed me like 40 bucks or something and it was easy to get in....

haha cool )))...

That the spectre of McCarthy still haunts every political debate in the US even after over half a century is a testament to the power of propaganda. Only in the US could the concept of free healthcare for all regardless of the ability to pay be considered a subversive concept. The groups that would lose out the most are the medical insurance companies and the pharmecutical companies. These companie pay huge amounts of money to governers, senators and political parties and in return these polititions bring out the emotive language of the cold war to frighten the people into thinking...