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(...) So who picks up the tab? Would I as an uninsured person who walked into an emergency room, get the treatment that I needed if it weren't subsidized? I doubt it. I would get the amount of care where the hospital knew it would be able to recoup (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's better when you're listening to it with small children. You just ignore the lyrics and dance around. Or is it the music you don't like? Whatever. I never *claimed* that my taste in music was well-aligned with anyone else. (...) They never (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I mostly agree with you. A dominant political philosophy of the last 8 years has been that government can & should solve all social problems. There is an inordinate amount of faith in the power of legislation, and a belief that the ends (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right, but I just meant that people will be treated when needed. Besides, federal medical care makes HMO's look divine. Bill (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) a (...) I agree, but to nitpick, that service isn't done out of the goodness of the hospital's collective heart; it's subsidized. Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ugh! Good heavens that "Friends" theme is an awful song! The Rainbow Connection, however, is pure brilliance, far in excess of the current Muppets tripe (in my view, at least!) Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anyone see that story about the guy in Pakistan? Apparently some guy has killed over 100 children. His sentence is what is amazing. He's to be strangled in front of the survivors of his victims, cut into one hundred pieces and then thrown into an (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) in (...) They are making the smoker responsible by hiking the prices to cover those costs. Think of it as medical payments in advance for procedures that you will need in the future because of the habit. (...) Now remember that the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, and they said that the lawsuit money was going to go toward repaying the states for medical costs. Guess what, it aint happenin'! The money's going to be spent where they (the feds) wish. It's all about the money, if they were really (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Certainly, as a privately-owned entity it should be allowed to admit or refuse smokers as it sees fit, without being subject to federal heavy- handedness (any more than I as a private citizen should be legally required to lock my guns in my (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's still not the business of the federal gov't. They are there to provide a framework which protects our liberties - not to dole out compassion. That argument doesn't hold water anyway, anyone can go to the emergency room regardless of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What is the building used for now? Is it still owned by CBC, or is it serving a different master? (...) Was that song with the rooster crowing? It had a great mix of stuff. Sophie B. Hawkins, the Rembrandts, Yacko, Wakko and Dot. Something for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree with your points. Regarding the besmerching of reputations, I find the recent lawsuit ploys by city governments to sue gun manufacturers a farce. Gunmakers have a legal, constitutional right to exist, and they have a legal, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Duane, I have to nitpick here a little. (...) No, the government is going after money. The smokers are the reason why they have health costs, they should be responsible. They don't give a whit about the children, or people's health, or that money (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: [snip] (...) Ah, I can see it now, Todd blaring Kermit's the Rainbow Connection while sorting Auczilla for shipment. Or programming to it. I see new hues in the future for Lugnet. :') (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) seen (...) tell (...) So those without the means to pay the bills suffer? Not very humanitarian. (...) -Duane (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) part (...) Smug? I didn't see any of my liberties being threatened. That was why I was asking. (...) The increase in price of a gun with a trigger lock would more than likely go towards defraying the gun manufacturers added cost of making or (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) where (...) me, (...) he (...) Hey,...isn't that from the Bible? :0) Sorry...couldn't help it. Bill (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As a non-smoker, I agree. Yet if a private property owner wants to have only smokers in his establishment, that should be up to him. (...) I think it was from the FDA, not an individual. I hear these things on the radio news while I'm driving (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes: Look at tobacco. It started with (...) At the same time, though, the supposition of courtesy is inadequate against the average smoker in my experience--sufficiently so that "no smoking" areas in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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