Replies to post #34214 on Politics and Money

[GEO928]

Steph....are you joking once again....??

that crap was published in 2003 and endorsed by 8000 doctors....

unfortunately, there are over 350,000 doctors in the US.....

ps: that 8k is about 2%....ever hear of a bell curve distribution.....that's not far from the amount of "crazies" at either end of the curve....

try and be serious.....

do you really believe MOST doctors want the government to TELL them how much they can make.....and, give them protocols for testing & diagnosis ????

really, Steph....

(ok....there's the window....c'mon, progressives....tell us how wonderful it will be to be a ward of the state and have doctors waste 8 years of their lives to have their salaries capped by bureaucrats!!!....hahaha!!!)

universal health care must must be rammed down the throats of a public who does not want it....

[fuagf]

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One of your links .. http://www.pnhp.org/ .. did for now .. just felt
like putting that out in the fresh air .. off shopping for more now ..

[shermann7]

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