Debra Medina for Texas Governor 2010

[Satan]

That's a good name for it. Many who participate in the political arena are going to Hell.

You say that like it's a bad thing?

[sadaist]

Well, I'm sold. Nothing like another (assumed) Baptist with no political education and/or no communal skills outside of their job running for office with the sole "beliefs and convictions" (yeah, that rhetoric never grows old) of telling other women what they can and cannot do with their bodies.

They are telling the women what they can and cannot do with the bodies growing inside of them, rather than the woman's body.

[FORD]

I'm not for socialized medicine. I'm for cutting the cost without cutting the quality of the care. One area where we can do this is simplifying the billing procedures. 20-30% of a medical office's cost is billing and paperwork. So she seems to be qualified in an area that needs desperate attention and a fix.

The irony of your statement is that "socialized medicine" (i.e. single payer) would do exactly that. Because you would have only one insurance entity, and the rules would be the same for everyone. Add computerization of medical records to this (with proper security, of course) and problem solved.

[Blackflag]

The irony of your statement is that "socialized medicine" (i.e. single payer) would do exactly that. Because you would have only one insurance entity, and the rules would be the same for everyone. Add computerization of medical records to this (with proper security, of course) and problem solved.

Which is another logical statement, since we all know that prices and service are inversely proportional to competition.

[FORD]

Which is another logical statement, since we all know that prices and service are inversely proportional to competition.

Well, that's the theoretical rule of the private sector.... which unfortunately doesn't apply in most cases anymore, because most markets are controlled by a handful of price-fixing multinational corporations. The libertarian fantasy of a "free market" doesn't really exist.

But that's a whole other discussion (anti trust, regulation, etc.)

One valid factor in lowering insurance costs is the size of the risk "pool". Under a single payer system, that risk pool is EVERYONE. Can't get a bigger pool than that, if you went to an Olympic stadium.

[Blackflag]

Well, that's the theoretical rule of the private sector.... which unfortunately doesn't apply in most cases anymore, because most markets are controlled by a handful of price-fixing multinational corporations.

So the concept of competition doesn't apply anymore...because the the lack of competition has proven that it does?

One valid factor in lowering insurance costs is the size of the risk "pool". Under a single payer system, that risk pool is EVERYONE. Can't get a bigger pool than that, if you went to an Olympic stadium.

I can take that at face value when you're talking about the difference between 10 people and 1 million people.

But if you're going to say there's a difference between a pool of 20 million people and a pool of 100 million people, you're going to need to bring more support for that theory than just your notoriously bad faculties for reasoning. You're making a mathematical/actuarial argument based on nothing but bullshit.

There's no reason this can't be done state by state.

[Kristy]

They are telling the women what they can and cannot do with the bodies growing inside of them, rather than the woman's body.

Don't split hairs, it's the same god damn thing.

[Nickdfresh]

205, 1 is fugly, the other I would totally hit it

Well, get the one that's not bad by pretending to become a full bore libertarian. Then get rid of her by hanging a picture of Obama over your desk.

[Nickdfresh]

I'm not for socialized medicine....

Neither is anyone else in this debate...

Even the Canadians don't really have "socialized medicine." It's said they have a "socialized insurance pool."

[Nickdfresh]

They are telling the women what they can and cannot do with the bodies growing inside of them, rather than the woman's body.

I prefer it when women tell me what I can do with their bodies.

[kwame k]

Don't split hairs, it's the same god damn thing.

Agreed, that decision has to be made by the participants involved in making that difficult decision and not mandated by some governmental group. It's a moral decision, a medical decision and ultimately the person's decision.

You can't legislate morality, it doesn't work and has never worked in this country.

At the end of the day, no matter how much I find the practice morally repugnant, it's not my place to place my values on other people. If you believe in a God or religion that tells you it is wrong than that's something you'll have to deal with on Judgement Day or if you believe in nothing, than that is a decision you'll have to live with, not me. As far as making it illegal.....well, Prohibition worked out real well for The Mob, The War On Drugs has been a smashing success and so on.

[Guitar Shark]

Here, have another doughnut.

[Dr. Love]

Well, get the one that's not bad by pretending to become a full bore libertarian. Then get rid of her by hanging a picture of Obama over your desk.

She has a David Lee Roth grin that's kinda putting me off ... though I do want to see her bozely bozely bops ... if you get what I'm sayin'

[Nitro Express]

I think health care should be regulated like the utility companies. They are monopolies and if the government didn't regulate then we would be paying for electricity, water, and gas like we are paying for healthcare. So in a way this is an anti-trust issue. What's difficult about healthcare is there are more variables than a utility. I would say put price caps on catastrophic care because this is where a good share of the abuse is. For standard doctor visits standardized billing would safe a fortune. Then we need regulation of the pharmacutical pricing. We are being gouged in the US big time.

[bueno bob]

Born in Beeville and raised on a South Texas farm, Debra Medina is a wife and mother, a registered nurse, a businesswoman, a rancher and a fighter.

I vote that she gets her bitch ass back in the kitchen and make me some pie.

:D