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

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (4605)	2/19/2008 7:08:11 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

Why are you and yours so resistant to doing what the world is already doing???? Why are you so resistant to critically evaluate what you propose? You sound like a teenager: "But Mom, everybody's doing it."

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (4605)	2/19/2008 8:45:38 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

I spent much of last night in a hospital. Fell yesterday, twisted my ankle and knee. Called Kelsey Seybold where I usually go and they said to go to the nearest hospital and get an Xray - which showed my distal fibula is broken. So now I have a cast on my ankle and crutches to hobble around on. As I sat there I saw little kids and lots of others going in for treatment - didn't look like emergencies. I was thinking to myself - the idea is if we force everyone w/o insurance into some insurance program, they will then go to cheaper clinics and not ER's - saving the system money. But then I did some thinking and wondered how many of these folks if they had insurance would still come to an ER and let the insurance pay the higher cost? Some practical reasons why people might still go to ER's that occur to me: ER's are open all night and most doctors offices aren't. So no missing work or school. One sits up all night but maybe that isn't a problem for many. People had family members bringing in fast food. Sitting around watching TV. Seemed to be at home in the waiting room. Insurance requires copays - an uninsured who goes to an ER and doesn't pay, doesn't pay anything. Just some thoughts. I'm thinking some non-emergency cases would have to be turned away at the door to keep them out or ER's.