Comments on: New NBC/WSJ Poll: 21% Approve of GOP on Health Care Reform http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:57:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959992 Cujo359 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:19:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959992 <p>Same here. Dean and the various progressive blogs and organizations had much more to do with it. Didn’t stop others from taking credit for it, though.</p> Same here. Dean and the various progressive blogs and organizations had much more to do with it. Didn’t stop others from taking credit for it, though.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959991 Cujo359 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:16:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959991 <p>Thanks. I left this question, though somehow I doubt they’ll be, ummm, able to get to it:</p> <blockquote><p> Medicare is a successful government program. It’s more economically efficient than private insurance, and has much better customer satisfaction ratings. I’d pay for Medicare coverage, because I know I could count on it. Yet none of the bills in Congress support extending Medicare to those who want it, even if they are willing to pay premiums. Instead, another bureaucracy is being proposed to do virtually the same thing for a public option. Why? </p></blockquote> <p>This has mystified me almost from the start of the talk about a public option.</p> <p>And I love how you are sent to a contributions page after filling out the form. All rides end at the gift shop nowadays, don’t they?</p> Thanks. I left this question, though somehow I doubt they’ll be, ummm, able to get to it:

Medicare is a successful government program. It’s more economically efficient than private insurance, and has much better customer satisfaction ratings. I’d pay for Medicare coverage, because I know I could count on it. Yet none of the bills in Congress support extending Medicare to those who want it, even if they are willing to pay premiums. Instead, another bureaucracy is being proposed to do virtually the same thing for a public option. Why?

This has mystified me almost from the start of the talk about a public option.

And I love how you are sent to a contributions page after filling out the form. All rides end at the gift shop nowadays, don’t they?

]]> By: AngelsAwake http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959990 AngelsAwake Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:16:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959990 <p>I think they have figured out that Republicans are worthless to them, but I think they found it out when the Sixty stood up and said ” No.”</p> <p>Then Obama realized that, for all his worrying if any Republicans would join his team, he had to worry more about his fellow Democrats.</p> I think they have figured out that Republicans are worthless to them, but I think they found it out when the Sixty stood up and said ” No.”

Then Obama realized that, for all his worrying if any Republicans would join his team, he had to worry more about his fellow Democrats.

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959989 RonD Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:13:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959989 <p>I give most of the credit to Dean, and the dfh’s.</p> I give most of the credit to Dean, and the dfh’s.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959988 Cujo359 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:09:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959988 <p>Emmanuel has always struck me as someone who gets by more on shamelessness and self-promotion than on actual ability. He had the gall to take credit for the Democratic gains in Congress in 2006, when most of his chosen candidates failed to win. Someone even wrote a book about how Rahm was the architect of victory.</p> <p>That might be an unfair judgment based on limited information, but he hasn’t given me any reason to change my mind yet.</p> Emmanuel has always struck me as someone who gets by more on shamelessness and self-promotion than on actual ability. He had the gall to take credit for the Democratic gains in Congress in 2006, when most of his chosen candidates failed to win. Someone even wrote a book about how Rahm was the architect of victory.

That might be an unfair judgment based on limited information, but he hasn’t given me any reason to change my mind yet.

]]> By: Gitcheegumee http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959987 Gitcheegumee Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:08:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959987 <p>Health care in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIsrael has maintained a system of socialized health care since its establishment in 1948, although the National Health Insurance law was passed only on …<br /> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Israel - Cached - Similar</p> <p>Telegraph.co.uk The US health care debate‎ - 1 day ago<br /> For instance, medical records in Israeli health funds are computerized, … and transferred to the health funds via the National Insurance Institute. …Jerusalem Post - 507 related articles »</p> <p>Israel Has Rx for U.S. Health Care | Opinion | Jewish JournalAug 19, 2004 … Israel’s universal health care is characterized by its “national health … Universal access to Israel’s national health care basket means …<br /><a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12681" rel="nofollow">www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12681</a> - Cached - Similar</p> Health care in Israel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIsrael has maintained a system of socialized health care since its establishment in 1948, although the National Health Insurance law was passed only on …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Israel – Cached – Similar

Telegraph.co.uk The US health care debate‎ – 1 day ago
For instance, medical records in Israeli health funds are computerized, … and transferred to the health funds via the National Insurance Institute. …Jerusalem Post – 507 related articles »

Israel Has Rx for U.S. Health Care | Opinion | Jewish JournalAug 19, 2004 … Israel’s universal health care is characterized by its “national health … Universal access to Israel’s national health care basket means …
http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12681 – Cached – Similar

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959986 RonD Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:06:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959986 <p>Beard the lion in the den. Could drive a wedge into their bloc.</p> Beard the lion in the den. Could drive a wedge into their bloc.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959985 Cujo359 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:05:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959985 <p>Jane’s theory is a good one. It’s supported by the facts. I’ve been wondering about this, too.</p> Jane’s theory is a good one. It’s supported by the facts. I’ve been wondering about this, too.

]]> By: Gitcheegumee http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959984 Gitcheegumee Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:05:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959984 <p>Tell the GOP about the government health care in Israel.</p> <p>Wiki has a very informative entry.</p> <p>This is just the first paragraph.</p> <p>Worth a trip over to read in its entirety,for edification purposes.</p> <p> Health care in Israel is both universal and compulsory, and is administered by a small number of organizations with funding from the government. All Israeli citizens are entitled to the same Uniform Benefits Package, regardless of which organization they are a member of, and treatment under this package is funded for all citizens regardless of their financial means…..Wiki excerpt</p> Tell the GOP about the government health care in Israel.

Wiki has a very informative entry.

This is just the first paragraph.

Worth a trip over to read in its entirety,for edification purposes.

Health care in Israel is both universal and compulsory, and is administered by a small number of organizations with funding from the government. All Israeli citizens are entitled to the same Uniform Benefits Package, regardless of which organization they are a member of, and treatment under this package is funded for all citizens regardless of their financial means…..Wiki excerpt

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959983 RonD Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:04:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/new-nbcwsj-poll-21-approve-of-gop-on-health-care-reform/#comment-1959983 <p>Well, with some judicious editing, I just sent your letter to Bill Nelson. Thanks.</p> Well, with some judicious editing, I just sent your letter to Bill Nelson. Thanks.

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