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Health/Medical Title: Survey: Physicians Prefer Medicare to Private Plans DENVER — Physicians may not be enamored of Medicare, but they like it better than private insurance plans, according to a survey by the Medical Group Management Association. In MGMA's Payer Performance Study—covering more than 1,700 group practices—physician groups ranked Medicare Part B well ahead of six large private insurers in terms of overall satisfaction. The survey asked members of MGMA to rank seven of the largest payers (Medicare Part B, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Coventry, and Anthem) on payer communications, provider credentialing, contract negotiation, payment processing, systems transparency, and overall satisfaction. Medicare led the pack with a mean aggregate satisfaction score of 3.59 on a 6-point scale. Aetna took second place with a score of 3.14. The big loser? UnitedHealthcare, with a score of 2.45. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Comments (1-22) not displayed.
#23. To: lucysmom (#21) (Edited) Hitler's Germany is an example of a Capitalist dictatorship Wrong again. Communist -- government kills the goose that lays the golden egg Fascist -- government controls the goose that lays the golden egg and makes it work for state purposes Capitalist -- government leaves the goose alone Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #24. To: jwpegler (#22) Argentina was an authoritarian regime. All of the Communist countries were totalitarian regimes, as was Nazi Germany. Argentina has been all of the above.
#25. To: jwpegler (#23) (Edited) Wrong again. Again you don't know your definitions. Capitalism is an economic system although it does desire to be unregulated so it can do it's dirty deeds with impunity. But China is capitalist yet also manages to be a communist dictatorship. Why don't you try to find the word 'capitalism' in our constitution.
#26. To: mininggold (#24) (Edited) Peron was definitely an admirer of Mussolini, but he was never able to establish the type of all encompassing regime that the Fascists, Nazis, and Communists did. Peron was a typical authoritarian dictator. The term Authoritarian refers to the structure of government rather than society. Totalitarianism is fundamentally different. Totalitarianism tries to control all aspects society including economy, education, art, science, private life and the morals of citizens. Fascism: Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state -- Benito Mussolini Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #27. To: jwpegler (#23) Fascist -- government controls the goose that lays the golden egg and makes it work for state purposes Do you think Fascism would have enjoyed the enthusiastic support of American businessmen if it didn't uphold private property rights, private profits, and the existence of a market economy? Von Mises associates any Government involvement in markets as "Socialism" , to mislead people into thinking Government is the enemy , when infact empire is the enemy and empire is Privatized. #28. To: mininggold (#25) (Edited) China is capitalist yet also manages to be a communist dictatorship Wrong again. China is no longer a communist dictatorship. China has evolved into something akin to Chile under Pinochet -- a market system with authoritarian political control. China's goal is to become a giant Singapore. Yes, they still use the term "Communist Party", but it's something very different than the Communist Parties of the 20th century. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #29. To: jwpegler (#26) Peron was definitely an admirer of Mussolini, but he was never able to establishment the type of all encompassing regime that the Fascists, Nazis, and Communists did. Peron was a typical authoritarian dictator. The term Authoritarian refers to the structure of government rather than society. You do know there was a military coup down there in the late sixties that set up a strict dictatorship for about ten years.
#30. To: mininggold (#29) (Edited) set up a strict dictatorship Your not listening again, as usual. There are a lot of different kinds of dictatorships. Latin American dictatorships were authoritarian. Fascist, Nazi, and Communist dictatorships were totalitarian. Authoritarian dictatorships don't try to change human nature so that people will be happy to serve the state. Totalitarian dictatorships did try to do this. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #31. To: jwpegler (#28) China is no longer a communist dictatorship. China has evolved into something akin to Chile under Pinochet -- market system with authoritarian political control. China's goal is to become a giant Singapore. Thanks.... you just cited the example that proves that not all communist practicing countries must be total dictatorships.
#32. To: jwpegler (#30) Your not listening again, as usual. I don't listen avidly to posters who set them selves up as 'dictators' while not even knowing basic definitions.
#33. To: mininggold (#25) (Edited) Why don't you try to find the word 'capitalism' in our constitution. Why don't you try to find the word 'democracy' in our Constitution. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #34. To: mininggold (#32) I don't listen avidly to posters... So stop talking to me. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #35. To: mininggold (#31) Thanks.... you just cited the example that proves that not all communist practicing countries must be total dictatorships. That's not what I said, and you're bozoed. Loser. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #36. To: jwpegler (#35) That's not what I said, and you're bozoed. Loser. It sure was, since you are the only one in the big wide world who has claimed China is not a communist country. First bozo in makes YOU the loser.
#37. To: jwpegler (#33) Why don't you try to find the word 'democracy' in our Constitution. Because a Representative Republic and a Democracy are entirely different? I bet you didn't know that. Capitalists like to obfuscate by calling the US a democracy though, because it's their preferred political system.
#38. To: lucysmom (#7)
Yep. And thats why I voted against the GOP in 06. Some of us vote based on 'reality'. Others just vote straight party line, and thereby demonstrate a level of stupidity thats staggering when you think about it. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao #39. To: mininggold (#37) obfuscate If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys ! #40. To: Badeye (#38) Others just vote straight party line, and thereby demonstrate a level of stupidity thats staggering when you think about it. When Republicans decided they owed more allegiance to Grover Norquist than to constituents, I stopped voting Republican. Von Mises associates any Government involvement in markets as "Socialism" , to mislead people into thinking Government is the enemy , when infact empire is the enemy and empire is Privatized. #41. To: lucysmom, A K A Stone (#21) Hitler's Germany is an example of a Capitalist dictatorship; You make it too easy... LOL. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi
The self-identification term, used by exponents of the ideology past and present is National Socialism and adherents describe themselves as National Socialists. For instance the best known organisation expousing this system, the German party led by Adolf Hitler was called the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German abbreviation: NSDAP). Similarly, the second volume of Mein Kampf is entitled The National Socialist Movement.[18] According to Joseph Goebbels in an official exposition of the ideology, the logic behind the synthesis of Nationalism and Socialism as represented in the name, was to "counter the Internationalism of Marxism with the nationalism of a German Socialism".[19] Thanks for playing, loonymom/ming. It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #42. To: Capitalist Eric (#41) Socialism is a political system. Capitalism is an economic system. German businesses accepted foreign capital right up to and even during the war. Thanks for playing
#43. To: Capitalist Eric (#41) You make it too easy... LOL. Using your logic, that would make The People's Republic of China, Republican. Von Mises associates any Government involvement in markets as "Socialism" , to mislead people into thinking Government is the enemy , when infact empire is the enemy and empire is Privatized. #44. To: lucysmom (#43) Using your logic, that would make The People's Republic of China, Republican. He might be right.
#45. To: lucysmom, A K A Stone, Rudgear, CZ82, jwpegler, hondo68, socalv8 (#19) Again, you expose yourself as an angry, bitter man lacking in social skills. Coming from a socialist parasite like you, I guess my only answer would be "thank you!" *PING* to everyone else... a reminder of a good speech, by Ted Nugent:
I'm a Bad American - this pretty much sums it up for me. It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #46. To: Capitalist Eric (#45) I put loonymom/mini-intellect on my content filter this morning. It's the first time I blocked anyone. I hate to do it. But I just can't take her idiocy any longer. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #47. To: Capitalist Eric (#45) Ted Nugent Ted Nugent, the ex hippy, admitted wanton sex addict. Another brain full of scars from STDs and too loud music. LOLOL
#48. To: lucysmom (#43) Using your logic, that would make The People's Republic of China, Republican. Bullshit. Unlike you, I posted a citation, which is only one of many. I could post a variety of other sources, which will all tell you the same thing: Nazi Germany was a SOCIALIST country. Nazi was short for the National Socialist German Workers Party. How do you NOT understand this? How many references need I post, before you DO get it?
You've been caught in either another lie, or exposed for being grossly ignorant. Which is it? It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #49. To: mininggold (#44) loonysmom: Using your logic, that would make The People's Republic of China, Republican. How long does it take you to switch from one screen-name to another, to continue your "conversation?" It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #50. To: jwpegler (#46) (Edited) I put loonymom/mini-intellect on my content filter this morning. It's the first time I blocked anyone. I hate to do it. But I just can't take her idiocy any longer. It's amazing: she makes a statement that's obviously wrong, and I post information that demonstrates the error... and she just blindly keeps believing that her factually incorrect opinions are still perfectly valid. What a bimbo. It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #51. To: Capitalist Eric (#49) (Edited) How long does it take you to switch from one screen-name to another, to continue your "conversation?" Why? Are you posting as jwpegler now? OTOH Naaah. It's probably just the expression of another one of your Asperger type symptoms.
#52. To: mininggold (#51) Why would I need to? I've been using the same screen-name for 15 years, never felt the urge to "validate" my statements. However, when YOU, loonymom, make obviously gross errors, the only way to cover is to pretend to be someone else. Pathetic. It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #53. To: Capitalist Eric (#50) It's amazing: she makes a statement that's obviously wrong, and I post information that demonstrates the error... and she just blindly keeps believing that her factually incorrect opinions are still perfectly valid. She's absolutely delusional. She reminds me of my ex-mother-in-law who insists that Elvis wasn't a drug addict. No matter how much evidence you put in front of her, she just shakes it off. It's unreal. Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history -- Vladimir Putin #54. To: Capitalist Eric (#52) Why would I need to? I've been using the same screen-name for 15 years, never felt the urge to "validate" my statements. That must be why you got booted off LP.
#55. To: Capitalist Eric (#48) Bullshit. Unlike you, I posted a citation, which is only one of many. Did you take heed of the opening words of your citation The self-identification term, used by exponents...? Again I ask you, why do you think American businessmen were enamored with Hitler and the Nazis? Why might Nazis want to identify themselves as socialists? Capitalists and conservatives in Germany feared that a takeover by the Communists was inevitable and did not trust the democratic parties of the Weimar Republic to be able to resist a communist revolution. Increasing numbers of capitalists began looking to the nationalist movements as a bulwark against Bolshevism. After Mussolini's fascists took power in Italy in 1922, fascism presented itself as a realistic option for opposing "Communism", particularly given Mussolini's success in crushing the Communist and anarchist movements which had destabilised Italy with a wave of strikes and factory occupations after the First World War. Fascist parties formed in numerous European countries.
Many historians such as Ian Kershaw and Joachim Fest argue that Hitler and the Nazis were one of numerous nationalist and increasingly fascistic groups that existed in Germany and contended for leadership of the anti-Communist movement and, eventually, of the German state. Further, they assert that fascism and its German variant National Socialism became the successful challengers to Communism because they were able to both appeal to the establishment as a bulwark against Bolshevism and appeal to the working class base, particularly the growing underclass of unemployed and unemployable and growingly impoverished middle class elements who were becoming declassed (the lumpenproletariat). The Nazi's use of socialist rhetoric appealed to disaffection with capitalism while presenting a political and economic model that divested "socialism" of any elements which were dangerous to capitalism, such as the concept of class struggle, "the dictatorship of the proletariat" or worker control of the means of production.
www.nazism.net/about/nazi_ideology/ You've been caught in either another lie, or exposed for being grossly ignorant. Which is it?
The dilettante strikes again. Von Mises associates any Government involvement in markets as "Socialism" , to mislead people into thinking Government is the enemy , when infact empire is the enemy and empire is Privatized. #56. To: lucysmom (#40) When Republicans decided they owed more allegiance to Grover Norquist than to constituents, I stopped voting Republican. Don't see how thats relevant, but whatever. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao #57. To: jwpegler (#53) She reminds me of my ex-mother-in-law who insists that Elvis wasn't a drug addict. No matter how much evidence you put in front of her, she just shakes it off. It's unreal. lmao. My ex mother in law was the same way. And yeah, so is goofy. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao #58. To: mininggold (#54) (Edited) That must be why you got booted off LP. Another lie. I gave my opus HERE. Why do you keep posting shit that is so easy to disprove? Are you work at being an idiot, or does it just come naturally? Oh, and why bother to switch back to ming, from your other "personality," hmmm? Losing the argument again, eh? It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #59. To: lucysmom (#55) Did you take heed of the opening words of your citation The self-identification term, used by exponents...? You failed to read and comprehend the meaning of the words... What, your lips get too tired from the effort? Here, let me HELP you, grannie: I could post a variety of other sources, which will all tell you the same thing: Nazi Germany was a SOCIALIST country. Nazi was short for the National Socialist German Workers Party. How do you NOT understand this? How many references need I post, before you DO get it?
You've been caught in either another lie, or exposed for being grossly ignorant. Which is it?
The dilettante strikes again. Nice evasion. Were I to make a guess, I'd say you're both; stupid and a liar. It would certainly explain why you post easily disproven bullshit, and then get annoyed when your lies are exposed. You stupidly think that nobody will see through your superficial attempts to cover yourself... We all see you're a joke. The only one who still thinks you post anything of substance... is you. Oh, and of course "ming," which we all know is also you. Must really suck to be you. It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #60. To: Capitalist Eric (#59) Here, let me HELP you, grannie: So what? Nazi Germany called itself socialist; does that make it socialist? If so, then mainland China must be a republic because it has the word "Republic" in its name. Nothing to say about my sourced rebuttal - thought not. Von Mises associates any Government involvement in markets as "Socialism" , to mislead people into thinking Government is the enemy , when infact empire is the enemy and empire is Privatized. #61. To: jwpegler (#53) She's absolutely delusional. She reminds me of my ex-mother-in-law who insists that Elvis wasn't a drug addict. No matter how much evidence you put in front of her, she just shakes it off. It's unreal. most women aree like that, they can't handle the truth why do yu think they vote democrat on a reguular basiss, they liike being lied to
#62. To: lucysmom (#60) Nazi Germany called itself socialist... First honest thing you've said.
does that make it socialist? If so, then mainland China must be a republic because it has the word "Republic" in its name. As always, you resort back to the same old playbook, that we all know: Rule of Disinformation #13. Alice in Wonderland Logic. Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards with an apparent deductive logic in a way that forbears any actual material fact.
Nothing to say about my sourced rebuttal - thought not. Your "citation" is a webpage that has interesting twists on historical data, but mainly uses words like "some historians say," or "a few philosophers think", etc., etc. In other words, it's a webpage I could have put together in a few hours, if I really wanted to. Which means your citation is worth precisely dick, especially when there are a variety of aspects that are factually wrong. I already described what "Nazi" stood for. The "Socialist" aspect was important, because Germans had been economically wiped out by World War I, the resultant Treaty of Versailles and "democratic politics." Of course, they were also aware of the suffering going on in Russia, due to the Bolshevik revolution, so that knew that Communism was a terrible alternative. They wanted SOCIALISM, without the flaws of Communism. They mixed in corporatist elements, and some dictatorial elements... But the end result was a hybrid between corporatism and socialism. Your point- that the Nazis were capitalists- is a LIE. Your "citation," your twisting it to fit alternative conclusions, and your whole line of thinking- is a LIE. Check-mate, grannie. ESAD. It used to be the leftists that had bumper-stickers that said things like "Question Authority.' Today they follow Orwells' mottos: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. They blindly LOVE Big Brother. They believe competition, pride & profiting from ones labor, are evil things to be banished. Stephen King once observed, "The beauty of religion mania is that it has the power to explain everything... [and] …logic can be happily tossed out the window. This describes socialists. They will ignore logic and "common sense." They will ignore REALITY. Because THEY are religious zealots... Their God... is the STATE. #63. To: whiningskank (#47) Another brain full of scars from STDs and too loud music. LOLOL hmmm......that desription reminds me of......welllllll.....of you.....seems i forgot to dump you in the bozo dustbin ya chaep truck stop dampened matress junkie slot. piss off until just after november's elections when i graciously allow you to reappear on my screen bleating and moaning in abjuect crushing defeat to my schadenfreude's delight. regressive pig. spit!! Death to everybody who does not get outta my way. (decided to retire the beatdowns on old worthless retread posters that are bozoed) . . . Comments (64 - 66) not displayed. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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