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

To: brushwud who wrote (2710)	11/4/2007 8:13:26 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Since I live in FL I can clue you in if you are interested. ---------- Sure A number of things are effecting the FL economy. First, it has always been and still is a low wage state. That wasn't such a bad thing when it was also a low cost of living state. But with the recent almost doubling of real estate, the cost of housing has gone up tremendously. And assessed tax values, especially for businesses has increased. Couple that with the increase in property insurance from the 04/05 storms, and you have a dramatic change in the economy of the state. That extra money has to come from somewhere, and employers are cutting benefits. As a low wage state with rising cost of living, people can't afford to buy independent insurance policies. Especially those in the service industries... and there are lots serving the FL tourists. Presumably you're not now making the argument that government programs don't work. For me, the point is that people already qualified for Medicaid and SCHIP but not enrolled are being counted among the 47 million. Government programs don't work when they are underfunded. A good example is subsidized housing. In the county I live in, the waiting list is 2 years, going on forever. It's easy to "oh yeah the poor have it easy they just live in subsidized housing and their rent is only $250, not that bad for someone getting an $800 SS check (with ~$80 deducted for Medicare). But the reality is that they can't get into subsidized housing and it costs $500 for an efficiency apartment.