tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9996376.post111876144547331120..comments2023-10-04T11:29:56.762-05:00Comments on Sense of Soot: Gassy Communists, Hatin' Socialized Medicine (redux), and Wacky NigeriansRusty Hingehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07034983092324349646noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9996376.post-1118978658603270812005-06-16T22:24:00.000-05:002005-06-16T22:24:00.000-05:00I was happy to pay the extra 12%..I have excellent...I was happy to pay the extra 12%..I have excellent health insurance, I need it, and I feel VERY fortunate to have it. So many people I know don't. They go to cook county. Bleeeeeaaaaaaaaugh. <BR/><BR/>But..what happens when your private healthcare dollars run out? You're left to die on the street? I don't like Social Darwinism...we're supposed to be better than that. Otherwise, we may as wellAprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329722830225386635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9996376.post-1118943415561041602005-06-16T12:36:00.000-05:002005-06-16T12:36:00.000-05:00Thanks for the juicy response, and I think you rai...Thanks for the juicy response, and I think you raise lots of interesting issues. I outlined my broadest objections in my original socialized medicine post http://senseofsoot.blogspot.com/2005/05/sharin-hate-of-socialized-medicine.html<BR/> <BR/>I disagree that one person's rise in costs means they're going up for everyone, but part of GM's health costs are the aging of their entirely subsidized Rusty Hingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034983092324349646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9996376.post-1118897109618587222005-06-15T23:45:00.000-05:002005-06-15T23:45:00.000-05:00Please tell me how "actual" healthcare costs have ...Please tell me how "actual" healthcare costs have dropped when my "actual" healthcare costs went up 12% last September? This was an "actual" 12% less on my paycheck. <BR/><BR/>If "actual" healthcare costs are going down...why is GM currently negotiating with the UAW to have the members pick up more of the healthcare cost? Why did a spokes- man for GM say yesterday that the biggest problem facingAprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329722830225386635noreply@blogger.com