Ryan Boyd,

News Flash, Son!!!

There isn't a dimes bit of difference between that Liberal RINO and the field of Democrat candidates. Peter Mills IS the PROBLEM.

I encourage you to volunteer for his campaign. You'll learn how to be a career bureaucrat from one of the best.

In 40 years, the bio on your political home page will tell us that you are a 5th generation Maine lobsterman. No one outside of Gouldsboro will call you on the fact that you haven't held a commercial license for 40 years. Look to Senator Damon for tips.

Doctor Doctor, Mr. MD

can you tell me, what is ailing me.

If you stay in business with the payments you

will be getting, you will have to sell your

house and car.

You must be the only doctor

who gets paid on time from medicare with no

delays inequities or obstructions.

Forgot about the waste and fraud did we?

Rich Elliott: I am very sorry for your loss and very sorry for your experience.

Thank you for putting your thoughts into the words that remind the rest of us

how unpredictable life is. Life gets so busy with everyday things it is very easy

to push aside things that we would like to do because there are so many other

things that have to be done. Your letter was a great way to honor your friend.

God bless you.

Rich Elliott - So many of us are just like you. Pray that we don't have to attend a funeral of an old friend before we reestablish contact.

Everyone - Let's try and keep this thread open. I don't know what's been causing BDN to close down the last few, but someone must really be getting out of hand. Keep it civil, everyone.

I give it 30 minutes after you-know-who-of-you-know-where gets on here.

Seeker, you talkin' about the old mdi_fruit_leather?

Rich Elliott, it was very generous of you to share this with everybody, thank you, and thank you for your service.

When on vacation on the isle of Grand Manan, N.B., I toured an old sardine factory,which is now a 'museum'. Yes, a museum. One could still smell the rustic odor of the herring that was once processed there. One could almost hear the echos of the conversations and the laughter of the packers and the workers. What a shame if Maine's last sardine factory goes silent. What a shame...

Rich Elliott~~Thank You for your Service and God Speed to You and Your Friend.

~~~

@Hong_Kong~~Come On You Know You Lov IT.

Sounds to Me that you are giving up

and want to just continue to let the Insurance Industry Rip Us OFF<

I didn`t think anyone with a Name of Kong would ever give up.

~~~

I know this will Come as a Shock

But The Word For The Day

From Electra IS Electra Supports ((( A SINGLE PAYER )))

So I Support Most Healthcare Employees<<

~~~

How Shocking That I Agree with @EJParsons

Playing Nice All Day Long>What A Refreshing Change from the Last Couple of Days

Dang, and I missed them Both<

"Uncertain future" - Carter Jones.

A BIG thank you for speaking up !

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

- Thomas Jefferson.

Mark Kandutsch - by saying dropping the public option will add insult to injury, you raise an interesting point - this debate is very ego-driven when it should be outcomes-driven. I care less about insults and more about results. Any reasonable assessment of the bills currently being advanced must conclude that this health care "reform" is far too expensive, and gives the government far too much control, all in order to insure a few million more people.

This is much more about the public sector taking over the private sector, and we all have daily proof the private sector organizations work far more efficiently and far more effectively than any similar public sector organization. For example, Walmart and Home Depot responded to Hurricane katrina far faster and more effectively than any govt alphabet org.

When Mr. Clinton proclaimed the era of Big Government was over, what he must have meant was that the era of calling Big Government by its name is over because the mainstream media seem entirely unconcerned about the govt's malignant metastic growth.

Despite promises of a bipartisan approach, the Dems have locked the Repubs out of the conference rooms. So much for Hope and Change.

Please contact your Congreesional delegation today and ask them to STOP THIS BILL.

Thank you.

There are parts to the so called health reform bills that strike me and tells me all I need to know. There is a plan to tax so called Cadilac health plans but they exempt themselves. And they do not include themselves in any version of these bills. Does that tell you what you need to know?

Mark Kandutsch, M.D. Please stick to medicine. Where's the call for tort reform?

10:18~~Sometimes it Is better to Just let a Statement Speak for Itself.

I am sick and tired on TV ads being paid for by "The Committee For..." or "The Committee Against...". I am all for getting a point of view to the public. But don't hide behind some non-existent entity. I'm betting attack ads for and against the different medical reform plans are all being paid for by insurance companies. How can a reasonable person be taken in by the ridiculous statement "...tell Senators Collins and Snow to vote against the bill every time." Vote against it EVERY TIME, regardless of what changes are made or whether the bill is good or bad. Just vote against it EVERY TIME. Stupid.

Don't worry Electra, I am not giving up.

I want health care changes, I just don't believe our government has our best intererests in mind.

Hong_Kong~~Well Lets Try Kicking them in the Butt

And Knock some of the Chit Out

And Then Something other Then Special Interest

WILL Register In There MINDS<<

The Norm IS they want to BE Re-elected

And Golly Dang, Gee Whiz>WE control That Special Interest<<

A Simple Explanation of A Single Payer Option

http://www.grahamazon.com/sp/whatissinglepayer.php

"If Peter is not the Republican nominee in the general election, I fear there will be more years of Democratic mismanagement from the Blaine House".

Putting Peter Mills in the Blaine House will be the same as putting a democrat back in control. Paul LePage has a great record as mayor in Waterville. Paul has my vote.

Yesman has it right !!

Government is the problem, not the solution!

Okay, Electra, I watched it. The doctors should be "paid for their time" and nothing more...on salary, not fee for service. As long as the doctors are good with being told what they can make, it works.

The number of people who don't have insurance includes the people who choose not to buy insurance or self-insure.

Other than that is reasonable...as long as you don't mind the government telling you what you deserve, how much, and when. Because if anyone believes that this won't be dictated as budgets tighten, they are fooling themselves. You are NOT going to get Blue Cross for all--more likely Medicaid for all.

I'm in a single payer system, and it works for me and my family. But not everyone would tolerate it's limitations.

Yada Yada Yada~~Yep, just get a Repub in and All Government problems will be Solved.

You know I have never heard that before.

Well now that I really think about it was it 2x`s or 100`s of times

Oh well again just a good man or women will do.

Screw the 2 party system as of now they are all the same.

They just screw us in different directions.

Dems says White Pub says Black

Dem says Black Pub says White

SSDD

Electra: I never say all the problems will be solved. I believe it's time to let someone else drive, because I am tired of going around the same potholed rotary. And I'm tired of everyone, D and R alike, sitting in the back seat complaining about the trip. Worse is the crowd that won't let anyone else drive in the belief that somehow the current bunch will drive us someplace different.

fmrmti~~I think I know what Single Payer your in and that should and needs to be tweaked for you and your family. We have known that for a very long time.

The one I put out there does not restrict The Healthcare Professional or Much restrictions on Hospitals and all our current choices.

That was a simple explaination but in A Single Payer there will still be a health level of Compition between Healthcare Professionals.

And for All the Money it costs and What they have to Go thru, They for the Most Part deserve what they can Earn. Unless we are going to Cap the Salaries of Lawyers, CEO`s and a lot of other Major money makers. (dang, now that is Tempting)

I am of the school if something is proven to not be working

Then IT IS time to try something else.

The wheel is out there / All we have to do is tweak the one we want for the USA

Half the time I feel that Pride is getting in the way

What Pride is that you say. Well we would have to Man up and say.

I guess We were the Last to Smarten Up and that is Sad.

If we do smarten up that IS

We Still have the Best Providers / They are waiting for the Plan

You would be amazed in how the healthcare workers like our everyday Doctors and Nurses are very discouraged In our Polictians and the people of America for being so un-trusting in the American Healthcare Workers.

True enough, Electra. I do have to tell you: when the doctors (not the nurses, PAs, or techs) complain about the insurers, my first answer is, "Well, then...maybe you need to charge less." That's why I want to see more talk about tort reform and structured salaries. If their patients are their very first priority (like students are the NEA's, right?), then doctors will be happy to do these things.

Ya fmrmti~~I feel the very same way.

As you and I both know

We need a lot of Good Men and Women

For us to get what We Want and Need to Really Succeed.

That 3rd crowd never seems to pay enough attention for us to get what we need.

So I think we agree for I haven`t seen much we do not agree on to some degree.

Liability Insurance is a Big Big Big expense for Doctors and my Wife.

I never answer something I do not know about.

Capping Salaries is a tough one for again do we want to cap the salaries of all Capitalistic America.

I hope capping Doctors salaries w/o ever trying A Single Payer

Is not the deciding Factor

Being on call practically 24/7 and that is the life of a lot of committed healthcare professionals.

As I said I think they earn It. As do Law Enforcement and a lot of other committed Helpers in Society.

Often in agreement, my friend. And able to argue civily.

10-4 bro and Merry Christmas and Good Nite to All

Breaker Breaker T 100

Rich Elliot, I was moved by your endearing letter. Most all of us have seen the depths of despair and wished to God that we were not inside our own skin...when life seemed overwhwhelming. Your letter reminded me that the strong and survivors among us must always be in tune with that little voice inside us that heeds warnings and intuitions. As much as possible we should be aware of warning signs frd om friends and family that they are in emotional need.......Don't be too hard on yourself, ultimately your friend's life was his responsibility,he was fortunate to have had such a caring friend as yourself .

Any government program is doomed to fail. This health care bill will fail and we will pay higher taxes...that is all there is to it. There are better ways to deal with this health care crisis than to let goverment take over. Greed created the problem and a greedy lobbyist backed government will not fix it. It wiil only get worse.But yet many of our politcians are willing to push through Christmas Eve and Christmas day to push a health care bill that will have my tax dollars pay for the murder of a baby through abortion. When have you seen our politicians work so hard? I wonder what God thinks about all this...