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In reply to the discussion: Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(549 posts)26. When will the American people ever realize that every plan the GOP has for them is bad for them and good...
...for the already-fat buzzards circling over the carcass of their futures?
This is another all-too obvious ploy to further enrich their wealthy donors at the expense of what is actually good for the average American.
But this only happens because too many people are too easily manipulated into voting squarely against their own interests.
And the worst part of this latest plan by the Get Off my lawn Party is that it does nothing to encourage the proactive health habits and care that we know lowers costs for everyone.
But we've never had a "health" care system; just a "sick" care system. Just imagine how it could be if politicians actually cared about people more than they care about money....
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Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Monday
OP
They ruined it from the beginning by eliminating the individual mandate. Now we are still paying for people to go
Walleye
Monday
#1
It's really tragic because medicine has actually made great strides in the past couple of decades
Walleye
Monday
#15
Same bullshit republicans are always espousing. Health savings accounts that won't pay for shit and
Ray Bruns
Monday
#4
I agree, when they say Medicare for all, and I'm on Medicare and like it, I noticed I'm still getting medical bills
Walleye
Monday
#17
The problem for too many American is that their wages are too low to even enroll in a plan
dlk
Monday
#9
A serious medical issue can easily cost a person/family 10's of thousands of dollars.
patphil
Monday
#10
Cassidy is the moron who foisted bob jr into his job to destroy the federal medical institutions
PSPS
Monday
#16
Of course they do! Insurance companies LOVE being paid and knowing people still can't afford using benefits.
Attilatheblond
Monday
#20
When will the American people ever realize that every plan the GOP has for them is bad for them and good...
Ol Janx Spirit
Monday
#26