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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (377191)	4/9/2008 1:17:51 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 1583270

It is also my belief that universal health care will provide only two benefits (in a liberal context): Yes, I think you're right -- but there are far better ways of reducing the number of uninsured -- which really isn't that many to begin with. One of the things they do in this argument about the uninsured is to sort of leave off a lot of the facts. Of the 40M or so who are "uninsured", it turns out a good number of them (maybe 15-20%) are provided for by state Medicaid programs, which provides damned decent coverage for them. Here, Huckabee created a program called ARKIDS First which gives children extensive coverage -- including well-child visits and extensive screening. But they consider these people as "uninsured". Another huge category of uninsured are those who could have insurance but choose not to because they're young, healthy and they just don't want to spend the money. The true number of "uninsured" (as in, "can't afford it") is relatively small -- probably less than 10% of the population, which could be pretty easily accommodated with commercial insurance. They're going to destroy the best healthcare system in the world if they are allowed to get their hands on it.

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