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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (480928)5/14/2009 8:41:56 PM
From: i-node3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573927
 
It is bizarre when this guy has proposed a $2 Trillion budget deficit his first year, and $10 Trillion over ten years, that he would actually suggest that HEALTHCARE poses the big deficit risk.

For sure, health care costs are a problem. But his solution? Cover more people.

How freaking stupid do they think we are?

YOU CANNOT SAVE MONEY BY COVERING 50 MILLION ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM SIMPLY CHOOSE NOT TO PURCHASE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEMSELVES.

Duh.



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (480928)5/14/2009 8:53:57 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573927
 
Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankruptcy, Harvard Study Finds

February 3, 2005

Illness and medical bills caused half of the 1,458,000 personal bankruptcies in 2001, according to a study published by the journal Health Affairs.

The study estimates that medical bankruptcies affect about 2 million Americans annually -- counting debtors and their dependents, including about 700,000 children.

Read more:

consumeraffairs.com


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