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To: bentway who wrote (204213)9/24/2006 2:33:18 PM
From: Ichy Smith  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
You're in denial. For people struggling to pay bills, $60 may be $60 they don't have. What you get for $60 is your blood pressure taken and your pulse taken, your reflexes checked, your chest listened to. Perhaps some prescriptions written that you can't afford any more than you could the doctor's visit. Maybe a few samples given from pity..

And in Canada that same exam is worth $300.00 Just because we don't pay it doesn't mean it isn't paid. IT just means our taxes are through the roof.



To: bentway who wrote (204213)9/24/2006 6:58:42 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
For working people "struggling to pay bills", universal health care will cost them a heck of a lot more in taxes than $60 a year. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

For poor people, they can get Medicaid, or if they have too high an income for Medicaid, there are other state programs.

For example, in Virginia, we have FAMIS.
famis.org

There's also S-CHIP, a federal program.
cms.hhs.gov


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