What is Sarah Palins future?

Jul 2009
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This isn't about accepting or denying coverage based on a pre-existing condition. Its about rationing care.

The cost of care is the problem that all countries with universal/govt provided care are facing. They have limited choices regarding costs: increase taxes and fees to increase the availability of care; keep costs (taxes and fees) low and ration care; reduce the payments to health care providers to increase availability of care. None of these solve the problem and lead to additional problems.

All of the countries that I have looked at (Canada, England, Taiwan, Japan, Germany) spend less than the US as a portion of GDP, but they are all facing serious financial troubles. Some are about to collapse (Japan, for example, where 50% of hospitals and clinics are in the red) because reimbursements don't cover actual costs. SOme are facing shortages of health care workers and reduced quality of care (Germany, for example, where doctors went on strike). Some are facing significant wait times (such as Canada, see the CIHI report cited earlier).

"You're sick and will probably die in a year, so we're not going to sell insurance to you." Sounds like rationing to me. ;)
 
Jan 2010
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"You're sick and will probably die in a year, so we're not going to sell insurance to you." Sounds like rationing to me. ;)

You are confusing health insurance with health care.

Insurance ensures your financial condition, it does not provide or deny health care. If your insurance company says they will not cover a medical procedure, you can still have the procedure if you can afford it.

The problem is the cost of health care, not insurance. The cost of health care drives the cost of health care insurance, not the other way around.

Why does a single aspirin cost $30 in the hospital but 2 cents at WalMart? Thats not due to my health insurance.

Insurance just spreads the cost of health amongst a lot of people, it does not reduce the total cost of care.

We have rationing right now because health care is so expensive that people cannot afford it.
 
Mar 2009
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OK, so anyone would like to guess what Sarah Palin's future will be like? Do you think she is going to try politics again? I can't imagine the Republicans would have anything to do with her, so maybe start her own party?
 
Mar 2009
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OK, so anyone would like to guess what Sarah Palin's future will be like? Do you think she is going to try politics again? I can't imagine the Republicans would have anything to do with her, so maybe start her own party?
Ya can't really tell what some of us Republicans will do.:rolleyes: We are usually all judged like we are portrayed on comedy shows. That's where some get their news ya know. But we have different opinions at times. We just need someone to keep us in line on the important stuff. We had a couple of Republicans jump the dang fence last year. I told Mitch ( McConnell) back then we need to pull the rug on a couple of them.:D
 
Apr 2009
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Ya can't really tell what some of us Republicans will do.:rolleyes: We are usually all judged like we are portrayed on comedy shows. That's where some get their news ya know. But we have different opinions at times. We just need someone to keep us in line on the important stuff. We had a couple of Republicans jump the dang fence last year. I told Mitch ( McConnell) back then we need to pull the rug on a couple of them.:D

Well, state-oriented parties are a joke.
 
Mar 2009
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Ya can't really tell what some of us Republicans will do.:rolleyes: We are usually all judged like we are portrayed on comedy shows. That's where some get their news ya know. But we have different opinions at times. We just need someone to keep us in line on the important stuff. We had a couple of Republicans jump the dang fence last year. I told Mitch ( McConnell) back then we need to pull the rug on a couple of them.:D
Hmmmm .... maybe a good idea when the Republicans are back in power again one day, is to give her an Ambassador position as far away from main spots as possible, maybe in New Zealand?
 
Mar 2009
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Hmmmm .... maybe a good idea when the Republicans are back in power again one day, is to give her an Ambassador position as far away from main spots as possible, maybe in New Zealand?
Let her deal with North Korea maybe. She should do as well as the others have been doing.:rolleyes:
 

myp

Jan 2009
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I guess some of the things she said were true. And he must not think she cost him the election.:)
I don't think she cost him the election either though. Americans wanted something different and what McCain said he wanted was the same. Obama said he wanted something different and as such got elected. He ended up doing the same, but that's another story.

What I was referring to though, was recent comments in her book and interviews where Palin has said she was mistreated by people within the McCain camp. It is interesting that she is still going back to help.
 
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