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Of course they did nothing for the 6 years they controlled Congress. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 19/01/2010 12:39:44 AM
having insurance follow you when you leave job. Most republicans support insurance reforms just not as radical as what the dems are putting out there. They don't see the insurance companies as the enemy. Also as mentioned they support tort reform, which the dems oppose because it would hurt trial lawyers.

They don't have complete agreed up on plan but then again neither did the dems until they spent most of the year hashing one out. They still don’t have one they can agree on. Minority parties don't typically put forward complete pieces of legislation.


Typical politics I guess - don't do anything until someone else has a plan you need to oppose (both parties are guilty, I'm just saying). And, I don't get the insurance across state line thing. No one who brings this up can explain how I've had Blue Cross of Michigan while working in Michigan my entire career once. Every other job I've ever had I've had Blue Cross form different states. Texas, Maryland, Delaware. I think I even had it form Nevada but can't remember for sure. No one ever told me that was illegal. *shrugs*
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Tort reform - 18/01/2010 10:33:01 PM 153 Views
purchase insurance across state lines - 18/01/2010 10:44:54 PM 156 Views
the dems don't see insurance companies as the enemy either - 18/01/2010 11:09:24 PM 153 Views
Exactly. - 19/01/2010 02:09:49 AM 259 Views
that simply proves they are inept - 19/01/2010 01:45:33 PM 153 Views
Of course they did nothing for the 6 years they controlled Congress. - 19/01/2010 12:39:44 AM 162 Views
That isn't true, my mother-in-law can now afford to buy her medicine - 19/01/2010 01:57:28 PM 234 Views
Curious about the last part. - 20/01/2010 12:05:40 AM 245 Views
There are some basic flaws in your argument - 20/01/2010 03:18:58 PM 153 Views
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