GOP alternative to OBAMACARE? Anyone?

Quote Originally Posted by Colts03:

I would rather each state have their own healthcare and not have the federal government trying to have 1 plan for everyone.

Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose:



Let me ask you straight out (no pun intended), do you personally know any h-omosexuals or l-esbians?  Have you ever had any serious, in-depth, discussions with any h-omosexuals or l-esbians?  Do you have any family, immediate or otherwise, that are h-omosexual or l-esbian?

I am guessing that your answers are going to be a big fat 0-3.

G-ay is not a choice.  It is not some kind of fad.  G-ay is the person inside the body.  It is what they are born to be. 

Even person Cheney, more right-wing than you could ever imagine, understands this as a parent. 

Am I making any sense to you at all???

Quote Originally Posted by bowlslit:

I say let each doctor, health care company and facility, and specialist write off a limited number of patient expenses per year. Find out a workable percentage or dollar figure and go with it.

What health care professional wouldn't take advantage of that?

Where is the flaw with that?

Quote Originally Posted by Villemure30:

why do we need nationalized healthcare

Quote Originally Posted by canovsp:

Can anyone explain bi-sexuality? Are they born attracted to both sexes? Or are they born attracted to only one sex and at some point in their lives suddenly get a hankering for the other sex?

Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:



a lot of people can explain bisexuality.  they are called bisexuals.  if you talk to them, they will tell you that at some point, they were wired to like both sexes, just like heterosexuals will tell you that one day, they realized they like the opposite sex, person*xuals will tell you that one day they realized they liked the same sex and christian values rightwingers will tell you over and over they really, really, really are not happy in a convincing larry craig/manti teo kind of way.

Quote Originally Posted by bowlslit:



Timeout.

I have. I had a friend who fit all the stereo types and had a low self esteem at the wrong time and I really believe that he and his high school friend convinced himself that he was h/omosexual.

I don't think its absolute as you think that people are born G A Y.

I think we have much studies to do on the effects of low self esteem at vulnerable points in a person's life.

Otherwise, why would stereo types exist at the levels they do?

Quote Originally Posted by canovsp:



huh?

Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:



you asked if anyone can explain bisexuality.  i said the best people to explain bisexuality would be bisexuals.  just like homosexuals can explain what they have going on and heterosexuals the history of their sexual orientation and we can all, if we want to be honest about it, understand that one day we wake up and we are attratced to who we are attracted to.

and of course, hardcore anti-g*y family values rightwingers can explain how they are really, really not g*y, i mean really not g*y, so none of suspect that they are in fact g*y.  like manti teo, larry craig, santorum, lindsey graham, rubio and many others. 

Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:

i still think outside factors influence homosexuality and bisexuality.

that may be true.  i saw staying alive when i was young and loved that chick.  (santorum has a similar experience but with the travolta character).  maybe that had a hand in me being heterosexual.  but if there were outside factors, it doesn't mean i can change my sexual orientation.  of course, everything is a choice, in a literal sense.  i choose to eat and drink too.  but if i chose to do something different, if would darn me up.  in the latter case, i'd die, in the former case, i'd turn into a republican.

Quote Originally Posted by canovsp:



You are a little bit older than me. My hormones starting kicking in around the time of Scarface so it must have been Michelle Pfeiffer for me.

Quote Originally Posted by djbrow:

So, low self-esteem leads to homosexuality? I mean, low self-esteem could not have anything to do with a lifestyle that society members (like you) still pass judgment upon.

One of your better arguments.

Quote Originally Posted by thirdperson:

Good idea but aren't they already writing off losses from unpaid account receivables when filing tax forms?  There are many deductions available but most people only take advantage of a few.

Quote Originally Posted by bowlslit:



Leave it to you to assume that I meant that all people with low self esteem will turn out to be g a y.

Some people cope with the low self esteem better than others.

Why can't people be born neutral and their life experiences help form their identity?

Is that concept to complex for you dj?

Quote Originally Posted by djbrow:

Quote Originally Posted by dl36:

This reminds me of how the 14 alias talked about his choice of heterosexuality was a choice that he worked hard at...

I actually believe him...

What history has shown us is that bowSlit simply regurgitates the prescribed viewpoint dictated to him and then when questioned on why crumbles...

At least that is what history shows us

Quote Originally Posted by djbrow:

ObamaCare is far from a liberal idea, starting with its centerpiece, the mandate (originally a Republican idea).

Liberal ideas for healthcare reform would be more for a one payer national plan. ObamaCare is more corporatist than anything else.

Re: your post 3, my suggestion is to try the exchanges when they become more user friendly (or more like, if) as most have reported lower prices based on the competition between the companies.