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I personally don’t think we NEED a non-profit and/or govt sponsored option. Have you tried to go to the DMV lately? I’ve never seen private businesses that offer customer service, work so slow. I had to wait almost 2 hours just to tell them I need a new driver license, pay, then get a printed paper temp license.

AN, did you have an appointment? I am asking because my wife has an appointment there tomorrow. The last time I went there with an appointment, I was in and out pretty quick. But if you don’t have one it takes a looooong time.

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I personally don’t think we NEED a non-profit and/or govt sponsored option. Have you tried to go to the DMV lately? I’ve never seen private businesses that offer customer service, work so slow. I had to wait almost 2 hours just to tell them I need a new driver license, pay, then get a printed paper temp license.

AN, did you have an appointment? I am asking because my wife has an appointment there tomorrow. The last time I went there with an appointment, I was in and out pretty quick. But if you don’t have one it takes a looooong time.

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The issue with Downtown San Diego is that it’s built around Conventions and Tourism. You have a bunch of hotels and restaurants catering to expense accounts.
This makes it very expensive for a city where many of it’s inhabitants that work government jobs and healthcare.

Very very true. But hey, at least we’re not Cleveland. According my new favorite video on youtube, their economy is based on LeBron James and their primary export is crippling depression.

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The issue with Downtown San Diego is that it’s built around Conventions and Tourism. You have a bunch of hotels and restaurants catering to expense accounts.
This makes it very expensive for a city where many of it’s inhabitants that work government jobs and healthcare.

Very very true. But hey, at least we’re not Cleveland. According my new favorite video on youtube, their economy is based on LeBron James and their primary export is crippling depression.

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The issue with Downtown San Diego is that it’s built around Conventions and Tourism. You have a bunch of hotels and restaurants catering to expense accounts.
This makes it very expensive for a city where many of it’s inhabitants that work government jobs and healthcare.

Very very true. But hey, at least we’re not Cleveland. According my new favorite video on youtube, their economy is based on LeBron James and their primary export is crippling depression.

[blahblahblah]

The issue with Downtown San Diego is that it’s built around Conventions and Tourism. You have a bunch of hotels and restaurants catering to expense accounts.
This makes it very expensive for a city where many of it’s inhabitants that work government jobs and healthcare.

Very very true. But hey, at least we’re not Cleveland. According my new favorite video on youtube, their economy is based on LeBron James and their primary export is crippling depression.

[blahblahblah]

The issue with Downtown San Diego is that it’s built around Conventions and Tourism. You have a bunch of hotels and restaurants catering to expense accounts.
This makes it very expensive for a city where many of it’s inhabitants that work government jobs and healthcare.

Very very true. But hey, at least we’re not Cleveland. According my new favorite video on youtube, their economy is based on LeBron James and their primary export is crippling depression.

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South Korea has a working national healthcare coverage, surely the mighty USA can do it also?

Come on US of A, Americans have (or used to) been mocking how junky Korean Hyundai cars are etc etc. And they have a national health coverage!!!

Excellent point DBA. Why are people surprised that Asian cars are a great value? Asian manufacturers don’t have to pay for health care costs since they are paid for by every worker in his taxes to a government-run insurance program. Here in the US, our companies are saddled with the additional burden of having to provide healthcare for their workers.

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South Korea has a working national healthcare coverage, surely the mighty USA can do it also?

Come on US of A, Americans have (or used to) been mocking how junky Korean Hyundai cars are etc etc. And they have a national health coverage!!!

Excellent point DBA. Why are people surprised that Asian cars are a great value? Asian manufacturers don’t have to pay for health care costs since they are paid for by every worker in his taxes to a government-run insurance program. Here in the US, our companies are saddled with the additional burden of having to provide healthcare for their workers.

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South Korea has a working national healthcare coverage, surely the mighty USA can do it also?

Come on US of A, Americans have (or used to) been mocking how junky Korean Hyundai cars are etc etc. And they have a national health coverage!!!

Excellent point DBA. Why are people surprised that Asian cars are a great value? Asian manufacturers don’t have to pay for health care costs since they are paid for by every worker in his taxes to a government-run insurance program. Here in the US, our companies are saddled with the additional burden of having to provide healthcare for their workers.

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South Korea has a working national healthcare coverage, surely the mighty USA can do it also?

Come on US of A, Americans have (or used to) been mocking how junky Korean Hyundai cars are etc etc. And they have a national health coverage!!!

Excellent point DBA. Why are people surprised that Asian cars are a great value? Asian manufacturers don’t have to pay for health care costs since they are paid for by every worker in his taxes to a government-run insurance program. Here in the US, our companies are saddled with the additional burden of having to provide healthcare for their workers.

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South Korea has a working national healthcare coverage, surely the mighty USA can do it also?

Come on US of A, Americans have (or used to) been mocking how junky Korean Hyundai cars are etc etc. And they have a national health coverage!!!

Excellent point DBA. Why are people surprised that Asian cars are a great value? Asian manufacturers don’t have to pay for health care costs since they are paid for by every worker in his taxes to a government-run insurance program. Here in the US, our companies are saddled with the additional burden of having to provide healthcare for their workers.

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I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who is over 50 and works as a general contractor. He was complaining that he was paying $125/month for his health insurance.

Sorry but your friend is an idiot. The problem isn’t that we have to pay for healthcare, it’s that you can pay and pay and pay for years and then they can just kick you off the moment you get sick. Or deny you coverage from day one because you have a pre-existing condition. Or charge you outrageous premiums because you have been sick in the past.

As for those who think it should be a government benefit, it’s understandable considering how much we pay in tax. I’ll never forget my shock when a Swiss couple working in the US told me – “I can’t believe how much tax you pay here, and you don’t get anything for it!” Their taxes are lower than ours and they get subsidized (not free) GUARANTEED health care that can’t be denied from private insurance companies, university tuition paid, social security, etc… But of course they are Europeans and therefore they must be socialists and we can never have that sort of thing here.

The health care issue can be solved with a highly regulated private insurance system as in Switzerland. But that will never happen here because it would mean that the government could tell insurance companies what they can and can’t do. Here it is the other way — companies tell the government what it can and can’t do.

Things will never get better here, it is hopeless.

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I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who is over 50 and works as a general contractor. He was complaining that he was paying $125/month for his health insurance.

Sorry but your friend is an idiot. The problem isn’t that we have to pay for healthcare, it’s that you can pay and pay and pay for years and then they can just kick you off the moment you get sick. Or deny you coverage from day one because you have a pre-existing condition. Or charge you outrageous premiums because you have been sick in the past.

As for those who think it should be a government benefit, it’s understandable considering how much we pay in tax. I’ll never forget my shock when a Swiss couple working in the US told me – “I can’t believe how much tax you pay here, and you don’t get anything for it!” Their taxes are lower than ours and they get subsidized (not free) GUARANTEED health care that can’t be denied from private insurance companies, university tuition paid, social security, etc… But of course they are Europeans and therefore they must be socialists and we can never have that sort of thing here.

The health care issue can be solved with a highly regulated private insurance system as in Switzerland. But that will never happen here because it would mean that the government could tell insurance companies what they can and can’t do. Here it is the other way — companies tell the government what it can and can’t do.

Things will never get better here, it is hopeless.

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I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who is over 50 and works as a general contractor. He was complaining that he was paying $125/month for his health insurance.

Sorry but your friend is an idiot. The problem isn’t that we have to pay for healthcare, it’s that you can pay and pay and pay for years and then they can just kick you off the moment you get sick. Or deny you coverage from day one because you have a pre-existing condition. Or charge you outrageous premiums because you have been sick in the past.

As for those who think it should be a government benefit, it’s understandable considering how much we pay in tax. I’ll never forget my shock when a Swiss couple working in the US told me – “I can’t believe how much tax you pay here, and you don’t get anything for it!” Their taxes are lower than ours and they get subsidized (not free) GUARANTEED health care that can’t be denied from private insurance companies, university tuition paid, social security, etc… But of course they are Europeans and therefore they must be socialists and we can never have that sort of thing here.

The health care issue can be solved with a highly regulated private insurance system as in Switzerland. But that will never happen here because it would mean that the government could tell insurance companies what they can and can’t do. Here it is the other way — companies tell the government what it can and can’t do.

Things will never get better here, it is hopeless.

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