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

To: Lane3 who wrote (4701)2/21/2008 10:42:02 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
<<We were talking about universal coverage--getting coverage for people who don't have insurance. Medicaid is a type of health coverage. Duh. What's not to like?>>>

The number 46 million.

No matter how you slice it, that number is too large.

My sense is that there are a sizable number of posts (and posters) on this thread that more then imply they will not support any government policy to reduce that number.

Even though, imo, you are not firmly on that side of the fence, my guess is that you would accept a practical solution that could reduce that number to somewhere near 3 million.

I think zero is feasible and that we should work towards getting there. I think we can get there in 5 to 10 years without undue disruption and with acceptable cost.



To: Lane3 who wrote (4701)2/21/2008 4:13:02 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
"With Medicaid available to all uninsured, employers would have no reason to provide healthcare coverage for their employees, therefore the nation, except those on Medicare, would have Medicaid.....How would that be paid for?"


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