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To: Road Walker who wrote (506534)	8/20/2009 1:20:33 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577093

Wonder how an "independent panel" "outside the normal political channels" would assess his QALY? I'd bet they'd decide its past time to cut our losses on Ted. Oh, I forgot. Congressmen and Senators aren't covered by health care reform.

To: Road Walker who wrote (506534)	8/20/2009 3:50:42 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577093

Remember that big brouhaha with those dealers leaving the C for C program. Well it seems nearly 40% of the applications have been processed. Apparently, those dealers submitted their requests last Friday and were furious when they weren't paid by Monday......OR, they fukked up their applications and have to redo them. It figures! Clunkers’ Program Has Processed 37% of Applications By Angela Greiling Keane Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. “cash for clunkers’’ vehicle trade-in program, criticized by dealers for slow reimbursement, has processed 37 percent of the applications it has received, the U.S. Transportation Department said. The agency said it has handled 167,000 of the 457,476 dealer requests for payback submitted as of today. The department, which is administering the $3 billion effort intended to spur new-car sales, didn’t say how many of the processed transactions have been paid out and how many were rejected or sent back to dealers for further information. read more.......... bloomberg.com