Health Care Bill Would Be Disaster For The Poor
Most Americans are aware that buried somewhere in the 2,000-page health care reform bill are provisions for cutting the already- strapped Medicare program by billions of dollars. Few are aware that the bill also cuts expenditures on county hospitals currently serving the poor.
In Chicago, for example, those without health insurance go to the county hospital where they are treated without regard to whether they have health insurance. If the bill is passed, however, many of these county hospitals will either have to close their doors or deny treatment to those without health insurance.
Although the bill passed by the Senate has been depicted as using coercive means to require those currently uninsured to buy insurance they cannot afford, or as imposing additional new taxes on the American working man and family, that bill is based on a fundamental lack of understanding of how the health care needs of the nation’s poor are currently served.
The desperately poor, many of them unemployed, are not equipped to deal with complicated insurance programs, deductibles, co-pays and all the other accoutrements of the typical health care policy. They are poor, they are unemployed, they are sick, they need a place to go to be treated without red tape and procedural obstacles.
County hospitals across the country that have provided that place are now threatened with a cut-off of funding and in many cases with extinction by the current health care reform bill passed by the Senate.
A number of proposals for making health care affordable for all Americans have been put forward by those who have sought to be heard during the legislative process. All these proposals have been rejected by a Congress determined to impose government control of health care.
Among these rejected proposals is to allow people to buy health insurance they can afford. Currently, government mandates require a single man to buy maternity coverage he will never use, or to pay inflated premiums to insure against going insane. It would be similar to a government mandate requiring every person to buy a Rolls Royce instead of a Ford. And then when people can’t afford to buy the Rolls Royce, they’re without any car at all.
Another rejected proposal is to allow health insurance companies to compete across state lines, thus increasing the competitive pressure to provide affordable insurance. Proposals for modest curbs on the multimillion-dollar malpractice suits that divert billions of dollars away from health care and into the pockets of high-rolling trial attorneys have also been rejected.
Even proposals for limited but cost-effective catastrophic government insurance have been rejected by those determined to have government take over health care across the board.
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How would health care reform effect doctors and patients in america?What are the pro's and cons for both doctors and patients…
I like the quality of care that i receive now but the price of medical care is sickening & unaffordable to pretty much everyone. How would this effect health care? If you get to pick your own doctor how would this effect your treatment? How can our country realistically afford to pay for health care? Are taxes going to go up to pay for this which in the end is that even saving americans money?
Give me some facts about this health care plan
you dipshit reps would do/say anything to try and make dems look bad, including trying to go to a health clinic on sunday, when anyone can tell you, NO health clinics are open on sunday. Not in Canada, not in the States, NO WHERE. Grow up and stop trying to feed of of ppls partisanship and short-sightedness. oh btw, you ever been to an ER in the states? I had a broken leg and waited 6 hours just to be rebroken and billed a few grand. do the real world a favor, drop off of daddy’s inurance, ass.
It seems you are reviewing it yourself. Did you have a question? Politico has a summary that is more to the point. You can save some time by reading their highlights.http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/BREAKING__Reconciliation_bill_posted_.html
The "Louisiana provision" by the way applies to all states that have a serious natural catastrophe.
u have to go to trontaro canada its faster
~~No, they can not check to see if you have insurance. Actually it's sad to have to "lie" in this country to receive health care just because of financial problems.
In your case, you do not really have regular insurance because yours is catastrophic insurance. Therefore, your health comes first and it is what it is. You need care, and your tax dollars (if you are working or will be working), go for this. You should have access to it when you are in need. I honestly do not blame you for your choice. This is why it is imperative to support President Obama in his fight for health care reform. We should not be placed in these compromised situations just to get medical care.
Don't worry, there is no way they can verify whether you have insurance or not. In the long run, I'd say you don't anyway, when it comes to routine care.~~
Maybe before you shit on my country, you should look at both sides of the story. I hope you enjoy the soup kitchen line up. While I sit at home eating a steak in my “socialized” country.
@ZakkiLewis Wow. All you can do is hurl insults because you don’t have any facts on your side.
@OptimusElite Fair question. First, we don’t see it as taking it from me & giving it to someone who doesn’t deserve it. Almost all Canadians see healthcare as a right, therefore, we all deserve it. Now taking from me & giving welfare to someone who doesn’t want to work, that’s different. Not saying welfare isn’t needed,but some just milk the system. However,someone shouldn’t be penalized because they have a job that doesn’t pay them enough to afford insurance. The cost is bigger in the U.S. btw.
OMGZ! SOCIALIZED IS A SCARY WORD THAT MEANS PURE EVIL! I will now trust a man who wrapped his legs around and kissed the head of John Goodman.
@MadHabber93 Well, if Canadians decide to spend there money on healthcare for everyone, i guess that it’s there choice.
Everything is Free!! Yes I believe! My only concern is who is going to pay the Tooth Fairy?
only americans would like this video ..