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Hello Everyone,
I wanted to write and tell you about a meeting where people can express
their views on wind energy in general and theWinona CountyCommunity
Wind Turbine Project in particular.
The County Commissionerswanted to have a publicmeeting where
people
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After reading the article about a Dakota man being
sentenced for stealing from an LaCrosse bank in today's (3/23/06)Daily
News, I'm wondering if I've been mislead about the security of safe deposit
boxes. I was under the impression that having 2 keys to open the
[Winona Online Democracy]
Going to a single payor system is totally a
political decision. We, the people, have the choice to elect people who
will work for the single payor system. I don't think that Gil Gutknecht is
someone who will work for that system. I would also guess that Senator
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I asked Kip Sullivan for help on this topic. Here's his response to Paul's thoughtful comments. If interested - Kip is with the Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition http://www.muhcc.org/ He has a book out - "The Health Care Mess" http://www.authorhouse.com/
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Duane and others
As I also said in my earlier post it is a political
decision. The direction will change when employers understand that a single payer
system, as I described earlier, will save them money, improve healthcare for
their employees and the nation.
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I started a reply but I must have hit the
wrong key so I will try again. I find Pauls idea very intriguing.
It provides a single payer system with universal coverage. The poor pay
little or nothing and the rest pay up to 7.5% of their income on medical
care. I
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Addressing some of the questions
#1 Medicare does not process payments to
providers- They contract with private companies to do that and those companies
may be insurance companies but the important thing to note is that the reason
the claims are processed for
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As it stands now, the government, through its Medicare and Medicaid programs
and insurance companies are indeed making medical decisions for patients by
deciding which tests and procedures will be paid and which will not. The
reality is that too many people forgoe
