Single payer would help fix the auto industry but unless there is enough support nationwide we will never get real universal care!
Or you can continue to purchase on your own, but companies are opting out. When you republicans talking about bailing out the auto industry notice they want them to declare bankruptcy. Under bankruptcy they will lay everyone off and rehire without health care or pensions. Can’t afford to buy your own health care…too bad. do with out, its a dog eat dog world.

Of course here in Delaware we should be working on Markell but in reality he is also listening to the State Chamber and Delaware Policy Insitute…so good luck with that.

In England there is a backlog for care because their system is truly government run. That is not the system we propose.

Second europeans are truly a family value group of nations which is why they provide family leave when a new baby is born. A mother and father get 6wks off and the mother gets l year to nurture the child. Breastfeeding is a big healthy plus. They also get 6 wks vacation to provide time with their families.

Europe is not a consumer driven society like the US. They are more frugal with their money and they save. We have a lot to learn from them as we create a nation of change.

John Kowalko was just on Chan 28 a great supporter of single payer. He will do everything he can to push it. So will newly elected Earl Jacques. We already have 18 members in the house supporting it..Earl will be 19. So its up to us to get others to sign on, at the very least get the hearings we need. Hope everyone here will help. As Kowalko just stated “wind power” was supported by 94% of Delaware and still was about to go dead! It has to be discussed on the air and everywhere we can to make sure we get the issue addressed. Remember the State Chamber and the Public Policy Institute have 7 lobbyists to everyone of us.

My wife now has two teeth implants in the front of her mouth. During her teenage years she had fake teeth attached to braces, then in early 20s had a bridge. Eventually the doctors told her bridges are not a long term solution, they’ll keep breaking or having to be replaced, we recommend you get teeth implants.

This whole situation eventually led to us reading perhaps one of the most assinine things ever printed on an insurance claim form: “No coverage for congenitally missing teeth.”

That’s right, folks, it wasn’t that she was in an accident or practiced poor oral hygiene. She was missing two of her front teeth because she never had them to begin with! It’s a trait that shows up in her family approximately every other generation and she was one of the unlucky ones.

Gotta love when the insurance company’s attitude is “Oh, you were born without two of your front teeth and all your doctors say you should get tooth implants? Sucks for you, guess you should’ve had better genes.”

Needless to say, we now pay the equivalent of an extra car payment every month between dentist and periodontist bills thanks to our glorious insurance system. And for any repub douchebag out there who is just itching to say “But but that’s a cosmetic procedure, the insurance company shouldn’t have to pay” – I ask you, how would YOU feel if you had a job where you regularly work with the public and receive stares from people because you have missing teeth – teeth that were never there to begin with!

I never checked, but I wonder now if the insurance company would have paid for it had the teeth been knocked out in an accident rather than been congenitally missing. Perhaps I should have “accidentally” smacked her in the face with a baseball bat so we could’ve saved a couple grand.

Single-payer all the way, baby!

And that stands for Cuba also

I’ve already admitted that my insurance is pretty darn good, and yet, with every passing year, costs rise while services get cut. Are you really not experiencing any of this, Dana?

First, dental and eye care are their own branches, branches people add (and pay for) to their health insurance policy.

Second, if you want to see a cardiologist, etc. you will need a referral from your primary physician.

Truth is… we wait for all our medical care, and a lot of times are denied care. When was the last time you saw a specialist without a referral?

The last time I needed to see a specialist; I can make appointments directly with an ophthalmologist (last time earlier this year) or my GI specialist (last time in 2004) whenever I need to do so. The same is true with the dentist, though most people wouldn’t think of that as seeing a specialist.

Make Delaware one large group policy. Yes, we all pay our premiums and copays, but the group bears the burden, and it pays for itself. No taxpayer money.