Leading Blue Dog Suggests Opening Medicare to Uninsured (legal, healthcare, lobbyists)
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This sounds like an interesting compromise. Instead of creating a whole new entitlement program, how about expanding the one already in place to the uninsured?
I am not in favor of any health plan paid for by the taxpayers that offers free care to any able-bodied individual without having them pay into the system, as well. No free rides unless you're elderly or disabled.
I am not in favor of any health plan paid for by the taxpayers that offers free care to any able-bodied individual without having them pay into the system, as well. No free rides unless you're elderly or disabled.
I'll forward your comments to the pregnant woman who's husband died suddenly leaving her without health insurance as the insurance carrier promptly dropped her..She's was a stay at home able bodied woman. I guess she and her kids deserve to suffer.
The compromise in the OP sounds like the public option..Why are folks skating around it? Are they afraid of the word public or option..
This sounds like an interesting compromise. Instead of creating a whole new entitlement program, how about expanding the one already in place to the uninsured?
There's a lot of merit to this. The programs are already in place and probably only need tweaking. A funding mechanism is in place to bill those under 65 through payroll deductions.
I'll forward your comments to the pregnant woman who's husband died suddenly leaving her without health insurance as the insurance carrier promptly dropped her..She's was a stay at home able bodied woman. I guess she and her kids deserve to suffer.
The compromise in the OP sounds like the public option..Why are folks skating around it? Are they afraid of the word public or option..
Forward me all the exceptions and hard luck cases you want. And I will forward you 100 times the number of cases where it's just abuse of the system and taxpayer money.
That was my opinion from the get go. Expand medicaid. The infrastructure, process, forms, staff is already in place. Add a few more headcount to deal with the bigger numbers.
Geeze..why reinvent the wheel when you have a wheel already that just needs to be modified ?
I'll forward your comments to the pregnant woman who's husband died suddenly leaving her without health insurance as the insurance carrier promptly dropped her..She's was a stay at home able bodied woman. I guess she and her kids deserve to suffer.
The compromise in the OP sounds like the public option..Why are folks skating around it? Are they afraid of the word public or option..
That woman sounds like she may have a good legal case. Those though are exceptions not the rule.
That was my opinion from the get go. Expand medicaid. The infrastructure, process, forms, staff is already in place. Add a few more headcount to deal with the bigger numbers.
Geeze..why reinvent the wheel when you have a wheel already that just needs to be modified ?
I'm not immune to the idea of a healthcare bill, but I distrust the motives of this current crew and the manuevering behind closed doors. I'm also tired of the GOP and their head-in-the-sand approach. Republicans have to get used to the fact that something is going to happen. There is no chance of a compromise being worked out this way and the American public is going to have godawful mess foisted on them.
Medicare needs some tweaking too, but I agree, why reinvent the wheel? We have it, let's use it. I think this is an interesting middle-ground.
I actually think that may be a good idea. If those that are without insurance or undeinsured could "buy into" the Medicare system on a sliding scale it could be beneficial.
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