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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: brushwud who wrote (2445)	10/28/2007 3:02:37 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

re: If children don't have access to basic health care, that's a public health problem worthy of a government program. Likewise if middle-aged, middle-class folks who couldn't get health insurance face catastrophic medical costs which might wipe out their life savings. But we shouldn't have to rework the whole system just to handle such cases. The cost doesn't bother you? It's a huge drag on economic productivity and is going to get much worse. Why should we pay double+ the rest of the world?

To: brushwud who wrote (2445)	10/28/2007 5:59:36 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

but I think the Census Bureau is reasonably reliable. I don't question the Census Bureau. I question the interpretation of its data. But we shouldn't have to rework the whole system just to handle such cases. Amen.

To: brushwud who wrote (2445)	10/28/2007 6:01:30 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

I would claim the figure is fake, but its presented in a distorted way. Its a figure for how many people go without insurance at some point of the year, not how many are continually without insurance. It also is used as a figure to represent people who are priced out of medical insurance, when quite a few people who don't have insurance decide not to have it even though they can afford it, or qualify for government run insurance programs and just haven't applied. If children don't have access to basic health care To the extent that not having insurance means not having access to basic health care see % of children w/o insurance 1997....13.9 1998....12.8 1999....11.8 2000....12.3 2001....11.0 2002....10.5 2003....10.1 2004.....9.6 2005.....8.9 2006.....9.3 2007.....8.5 Message 23932314 So it would seem to be a problem that is already beginning to fade. But then even for those without insurance. Not being insured doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have access to health care.