tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post3416381604882268222..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Propensity to spendBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-15692776968806341092009-01-27T19:19:00.000-08:002009-01-27T19:19:00.000-08:00Exactly again! People don't dare try to start a sm...Exactly again! People don't dare try to start a small business because of the health insurance problem. They don't dare move to certain states where they won't be eligible to buy health insurance because of preexisting conditions or to certain other states where they can't afford what's on offer. And if you do manage to buy health insurance, you'll be lucky to just put up with $5,000 or $10,000 in copays and deductibles and not-covereds if you wind up in the hospital; some insureds find themselves not really insured for all practical purposes.<BR/><BR/>Single-payer universal now!<BR/><BR/>(And you're ever so right about wannabe entrepreneurs and self-employeds; in my line of work, I know dozens of them. A million new businesses would bloom!)<BR/><BR/>And Bukko, if you're old enough, Medicare is pretty decent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-69258575448394196162009-01-27T00:29:00.000-08:002009-01-27T00:29:00.000-08:00Now that Dopey is out of the White House and Hopey...Now that Dopey is out of the White House and Hopey is in, I'd consider moving back to the U.S., even with the economic disaster unfolding. We have enough money set aside to ride it out for a decade, and we could cope with living in reduced circumstances. However, I'm older than you, Tux, and Mrs. Bukko is older than me. Do we want to return to a country where, if we get sick, we have to suffer and die? Hell no. That's why we're looking at Canuckistan. Which is a damn shame. We'd make good citizens of the U.S. again. Health care is one of the factors keeping us out.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-26038604056661955422009-01-26T16:29:00.000-08:002009-01-26T16:29:00.000-08:00Exactly!It also give people the freedom to move so...Exactly!<BR/><BR/>It also give people the freedom to move something I would do in a heartbeat if I knew the insurance was there.One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108040947857599256noreply@blogger.com