sparkling husband primitive takes a poll; hoar-frosted hippies respond

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2875830

Oh my.

Husb2Sparkly  (1000+ posts)       Sat Feb-16-08 11:53 AM
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Poll question: True or False?

"I will be dead before we have *true* universal healthcare"

I am 60 years old. I think the statement is true.

Please answer the poll, but also please post your answer and age so that maybe we can get a sense of perspective on this critical issue by age.

Poll result (26 votes) 

True. I will be dead before we get universal healthcare  (22 votes, 85%)

False. I will have universal healthcare in my lifetime.  (4 votes, 15%)

monktonman (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:55 AM
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1. True....38..... pessimist.

Buzz Clik  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:55 AM
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2. I cannot see a time or situation where the US will ever have true universal coverage. 

It would require the 100% dismantling of all health insurance companies, and they will not go away voluntarily.

It's good to see the buzzy one's still around.

So few non-primitives and first-tier primitives are on Skins's island any more.

realpolitik  (1000+ posts)       Sat Feb-16-08 12:07 PM
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11. I don't want them to go away voluntarily. I want them gutted.

ThomWV  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:56 AM
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3. True - 61

Damn, I miscalculated the lilliputian tom thumb primitive's age.

Based upon his comments at various bonfires, I had speculated him to be a mere 58 years old.

Ichingcarpenter (930 posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:57 AM
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4. 56-true

zanne  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:57 AM
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5. True. I'm 55.

Disorganized  (572 posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:57 AM
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6. No contest. True - 73

laylah  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:58 AM
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7. True, 56

Hepburn  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 11:59 AM
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8. I turn 60 in a few months and IMO, I am gonna see Medicare waaaaaaaaay...

...before there is any universal health care...and IMO, I will be dead before the US makes sure ALL citizens have access to viable health care.

barbtries  (1000+ posts)       Sat Feb-16-08 12:02 PM
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9. hopefully my children and grandchildren won't be.

realpolitik  (1000+ posts)       Sat Feb-16-08 12:05 PM
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10. I am a 52 yo stroke and heartattack survivor with insulin dependent tp 2 diabetes and I take 3 antihypertensives.

I won't make 60 without it.

MrCoffee  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 12:08 PM
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12. True - 32 years old

rosesaylavee  (1000+ posts)       Sat Feb-16-08 12:08 PM
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13. I'm going with false as long as we are predicting the future. 

I'm 49 and an optimist. Universal healthcare will save the country money. It will happen out of pure economics if nothing else.

scarletwoman  (1000+ posts)      Sat Feb-16-08 12:09 PM
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14. True -- 58

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Now that it's time to pay the piper, the primitives don't want to pay the piper.

The primitives want the rest of us to pay the piper for them.

[Carl]

It would seem you are quite correct Frank in your assesment of the primitives.

These are the ones who were in their 20s during the 60s and 70s and are now reaping that which they have sown.

[Lord Undies]

I know the liberals push for "universal health care" has nothing to do with their phonyass "concern" for those who are not insured.  Their passion for "universal health care" is manifested by how much such a system will drive the USA away from its founding principles.  One must never forget the liberals ultimate goal.  

[jtyangel]

I'm always amazed that they can not see their own greed while accusing everyone else to being decadently greedy. A whole lot of "me, me, me, I, I, I" in there.

[DumbAss Tanker]

In the sense that they mean it, I doubt it will ever happen.  We'd need to at least triple the number of health care providers while simultaneously cutting both high wages and legal liability out of the picture, it would have to operate like military medical care and VA on a vast scale except dealing with a much less healthy, more demanding, and immensely larger population.

[BlueStateSaint]

I know the liberals push for "universal health care" has nothing to do with their phonyass "concern" for those who are not insured.  Their passion for "universal health care" is manifested by how much such a system will drive the USA away from its founding principles.  One must never forget the liberals ultimate goal.  

Lord Undies, I do believe that you've hit the target.  The thing is, they will probably claim that that was the Founders' intent all along . . . 

[Uhhuh35]

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