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To: Cogito who wrote (120648)	9/9/2009 5:08:07 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541933

"a tax credit to enable them to buy insurance" No; a tax credit to pay for the insurance they bought last year. Who is gonna give them money to buy it in the first place?

To: Cogito who wrote (120648)	9/9/2009 11:17:39 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541933

Rather than fining people for not buying private insurance, it seems that a default catastrophic plan should kick in for anyone who is exceeding a threshold (say, 10% of their salary) on medical spending - it has to be forward, not backward looking. This should be a zero option and it shouldn't be possible to be not covered for your medical conditions, whether people choose to or not to participate in a private plan. People can end up not being covered for a variety of reasons, most related to prior health issues. As for illegals, I don't see an ethical solution for not treating people that show up at an ER irrespective of their nation of origin. As long as emergency medicine is the treatment strategy of last resort, the sickest patients are going to be paid for by someone and that is going to be passed on to those who are already paying. As ERs close, it will fall on a smaller and smaller number of locations to provide this type of care. If I have a health crisis, I don't want to find myself in an Ellis Island triage center simply because the ER has become the new neighborhood clinic. ER should be the ER. Neighborhood clinics cost a fraction to run compared to ERs if they are proactive and address routine health issues early. Cut fingers cost less when they haven't moved to sepsis.