I still don't get this point. My healthcare services restrict my choice too. Of course, if I didn't have healthcare, I'd have a lot more choices. I could go anywhere I wanted. But I couldn't afford healthcare. All healthcare insurance companies restrict choice but no one who has an opportunity to have good access to healthcare refuses it for this reason. No one. You don't think that this is a problem for say my healthcare providers, so why should it be a problem for universal healthcare? If this was really a problem, lots of folks who had access to healthcare insurance would reject it since no insurance companies allow you to see ANYONE you wish. Maybe this is a problem with healthcare insurance companies but this is not a problem with universal healthcare per se. It isn't as if the practice of healthcare insurance companies would change were there universal healthcare.<br>
<br>Also, take your example. Time Warner does not provide the YES network. I could get a Dish package which has that option but it would be a LOT more expensive and I CHOOSE not to do so. It isn't as if healthcare providers PREVENT you from seeing any doctor you want. You just can't file for insurance benefits. But your CHOICES are not prevented; they are just restricted because folks in general would rather save money.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Donovan Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:18pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><span>Bad choice of words for <span>Romney</span>. I think what he meant was the he liked having the authority to decide who provides him services for health care. I have to agree, that it would be horrible not be able to have the power to dismiss a service provider that you don't like. Any football fan that has had Time Warner or Dish Network as a television provider would have to agree.</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:18pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">
<font face="Arial"> <div style="margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);min-height:0px;line-height:0;font-size:0px" readonly></div> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> keely emerinemix <<a href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com" target="_blank">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 9, 2012 8:36 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<br> </font><div><div class="h5"> <br><div>
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Besides the <span>cringeworthiness</span> of Romney's words is the reality that "firing" <span>one's</span> health insurance company virtually guarantees great difficulty in finding another . . . <br><br>
<font color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font face="Verdana">Keely<br><a href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com" target="_blank">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a><br></font></font></font><br><br><div>
<div></div>> From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:58:26 -0800<br>> To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?<br>> <br>> "I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people that provide services to me."<br>
> <br>> - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (January 9,
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> <br>> This video is going to get lots of mileage over the next few weeks.<br>> <br>> <span>Seeya</span> later, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Spokane, Washington<br>> <br>> "If not us, who?<br>
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