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Yes, exactly - suspiciously similar.
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yes, exactly - suspiciously similar.
I read somewhere today that Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are very clear; grand jury testimony is secret. There is no such thing as a "public interest exception".
July 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I read somewhere today that Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are very clear; grand jury testimony is secret. There is no such thing as a "public interest exception".
All of it. He's doing all of the stupid shit.
July 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
All of it. He's doing all of the stupid shit.
If you talk to the rank and file Culinary workers, they will tell you Medicare For All is cheaper and better. Many other unions, and their leadership, are solidly behind this. Check the NNU/CNA nurses.
July 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If you talk to the rank and file Culinary workers, they will tell you Medicare For All is cheaper and better. Many other unions, and their leadership, are solidly behind this. Check the NNU/CNA nurses.
IMO, Warren and Pete are both wrong. people don't like being told by their for-profit insurance companies what doctor-recommended treatments they can have.
July 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
IMO, Warren and Pete are both wrong. people don't like being told by their for-profit insurance companies what doctor-recommended treatments they can have.
Oh...damn. I forgot the Iran hostages. You're right. He cooked the election. I should've known, I was on the USS Kitty Hawk in '79, with those helicopters.
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Oh...damn. I forgot the Iran hostages. You're right. He cooked the election. I should've known, I was on the USS Kitty Hawk in '79, with those helicopters.
Nope - I did not. Re-read the start of my replies. I'm talking about the structure of healthcare and why the public option is doomed to fail. Those are the goalposts.
June 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nope - I did not. Re-read the start of my replies. I'm talking about the structure of healthcare and why the public option is doomed to fail. Those are the goalposts.
I'll ask one more time, can you justify further enshrining the profit motive at the heart of our system? Show me the value added by that, and tell me why sucking a giant amount of money out of the system does anyone any good?
June 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'll ask one more time, can you justify further enshrining the profit motive at the heart of our system? Show me the value added by that, and tell me why sucking a giant amount of money out of the system does anyone any good?
TheA OC quote from the same timeframe acknowledges the Congressional roadblocks. Why would that be? Pharma money? Insurance company lobbying?
June 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
TheA OC quote from the same timeframe acknowledges the Congressional roadblocks. Why would that be? Pharma money? Insurance company lobbying?
Oh - sorry, I think there is a misunderstanding. I am accusing Axelrod of posturing, not Pete. I'm trying to point out that the flaw in the "public option", aka "Medicare For All Who Want It" is that it fails to address the root cause of why healthcare in this country is 2x more expensive.
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh - sorry, I think there is a misunderstanding. I am accusing Axelrod of posturing, not Pete. I'm trying to point out that the flaw in the "public option", aka "Medicare For All Who Want It" is that it fails to address the root cause of why healthcare in this country is 2x more expensive.
You are confusing political posturing with discussion of the merits of universal single-payer. Can you justify further entrenching the profit motive in the heart of US healthcare system? I'll wait...
June 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You are confusing political posturing with discussion of the merits of universal single-payer. Can you justify further entrenching the profit motive in the heart of US healthcare system? I'll wait...
What Pete proposes here is not universal single-payer healthcare.
June 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What Pete proposes here is not universal single-payer healthcare.
This will not work in the long run, as it concentrates the sickest (and most costly) people into one risk pool. There is no way to contain costs, so, like I said, costs will spiral out of control and the whole system will crash.
June 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This will not work in the long run, as it concentrates the sickest (and most costly) people into one risk pool. There is no way to contain costs, so, like I said, costs will spiral out of control and the whole system will crash.