If you look at the statistics, 20 percent of the uninsured (18 percent of the population) get most of their care from emergency rooms. That's about four percent of the population.
Imbeciles in Washington are attempting to destroy a system that works for the vast majority of Americans, supposedly to help the rest.
That they are ignoring solutions specifically targeted to those in real need, in favor of solutions that provide the government with absolute control, tells me all I need to know about their motivations.
Right now the flagship system in Massachusetts is running into funding trouble, and is being supported by Federal assistance and "stimulus" funding to their Medicare system. Who will fund the whole country?
"Turn it over to the government and we can get rid of paperwork and bureaucracy." Good Lord, it makes one wonder what universe these people came from.
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- Test driving government health care
- We've driven the current system into a ditch for most Americans (n/t)
- What's going to change?
- A Century ago, in Ybor City
- "...before we put everybody in the country in the program"
- Here's the Finance Committee presentation
- Did you READ it?
- Since you love to just throw a link into a post, here's back at ya...
- Great stuff. Send us Part I.
- Non-profit medical
- No offense, but you guys are rather dense.
- All Conservatives need to justify the status-quo is "high profit".
- Great stuff. Send us Part I.
- and leave us with what?
- Since you love to just throw a link into a post, here's back at ya...
- "Are you ever going to put your strawman arguments to rest? "