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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 06:25 PM Original message |
Companies Rapidly Cutting Health Benefits |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is this really "LATEST BREAKING News?" |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It has to be to retirees |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. NYT-Robert Pear version - Retirees Are Paying More for Health Benefits |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. At our last company meeting, our CEO told us that the cost of |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Yeah, what's the name of that company? That is indeed a rarity! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. it's a small company, about 25 people. There's no ulterior |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. And now Bush wants to take away the health care deduction for businesses |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I actually looked into that, and what I learned is that this new |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hope that the future retirees who voted for Bush... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Exactly. They thought their retirement contracts covered them but they |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oooorrraaah! |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. They've been Bushslapped! |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. The biggest outrage in this area is that companies are cutting or |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. As a retiree this frightens me to death! |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Another biggest outrage: The ins co's skyrocketing PROFITS |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You would think it would make regulators actually do their job. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. I forget the name of the bill |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, he flat-out said during his republi-CONvention speech |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You might mean the idea about NOT giving tax breaks |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thank you, I couldn't recall the details |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. Socialize medicine |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 02:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Right - talk about taking the burden off business |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 03:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I can't understand the terror of "socialized" medicine |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. We used to have a "they can't get away with it" mentality |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Our health care system is a disaster and getting worse every day |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha... |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. I can remember when the concept of "managed care" |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
27. golden parachutes available to "high level" executives |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. One of my freeper customers who made fun of me on Nov 3 |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-04 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Health care costs are out of control, and it certainly won't get better |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. kick |
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