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Old 10-07-2013, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma
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Whatever the reason, whatever the excuse............IT IS NOT THE JOB OF THE GOVERNMENT!

Now you know.
So you just let the sick that don't have insurance die on the sidewalk then?
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Health care used to be affordable, and it wasn't that long ago.

Start by importing a million physicians (over say 10 years) and putting them on a track to citizenship if they work in a doc in a box for a certain number of years. Let those who can't afford insurance seek their non-emergency medical care there.

Keep importing more and more until the health care monopolies are killed dead.

Second, force all providers to state their prices in public and up front. Any provider not complying goes to jail.
I love ^.

Actually, most routine medical care is increasingly being performed by Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners who work under an MD's supervision.
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:09 PM
 
Location: St. Joseph Area
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It's because you're not paying attention to the many, many conservative ideas.
Like what? Hold a fundraiser, put some coins in a jar at a convenience store and hope for the best?
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Free clinics. They already exist.
Ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Who pays for the free clinics and the medical professionals who staff them?

What currently exists are few are far between.

Patch Adams and the Gesundheit! Institute never materialized due to a lack of funding.
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:15 PM
 
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Like what? Hold a fundraiser, put some coins in a jar at a convenience store and hope for the best?
Are you doing that? if not, how DARE YOU consider the idea that you get to rob SOMEONE ELSE'S money to put in the cookie jar.
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:16 PM
 
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Ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Who pays for the free clinics and the medical professionals who staff them?

What currently exists are few are far between.

Patch Adams and the Gesundheit! Institute never materialized due to a lack of funding.
TANSTAAFL.

(There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:17 PM
 
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Oh my! How did people go to the doctors before the government decided to run the healthcare in this country, I wonder....! That can't be possible. The government is the savior!!!
A lot of them couldn't.
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:17 PM
 
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So you just let the sick that don't have insurance die on the sidewalk then?
What? You think you're entitled to rob someone else to give to them, and then call yourself their savior?
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:22 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Goinback2011 View Post
Health care used to be affordable, and it wasn't that long ago.

Start by importing a million physicians (over say 10 years) and putting them on a track to citizenship if they work in a doc in a box for a certain number of years. Let those who can't afford insurance seek their non-emergency medical care there.

Keep importing more and more until the health care monopolies are killed dead.

Second, force all providers to state their prices in public and up front. Any provider not complying goes to jail.
I would assume this was tongue-in-cheek except for some of the other proposals I've seen on these forums. Are you suggesting the government pay liability insurance for a million doctors? Sounds like a backhanded vote for single-payer!
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Old 10-07-2013, 04:24 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma
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What? You think you're entitled to rob someone else to give to them, and then call yourself their savior?
I think as a civilzed society, that I prefer not seeing people that are sick suffering and dying due to lack of health care. Reguardless of anyone's opinion like yours, people are not going to be denied services at an ER. Trust me, I pay for it every year on my property tax though the hospital district. Not only that, my increased insurance premiums are paying for it. A better managed system through something like ACA gets people paying in some money, and will take the burden off my paid for insurance and off my hospital district tax.
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