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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (758626)	12/19/2013 10:14:12 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578306

People w/o coverage have better health outcomes than people on medicaid. Yes, going to the ER w/o any coverage is better than medicaid.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (758626)	12/19/2013 12:14:39 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578306

You don't have any idea what you're talking about. >> If you don't have access, and then you get it and, if you take advantage of it, you will get better health care. Access to what? AFAIK, anyone who wants to can go to a doctor. It isn't necessary to have government assistance. >> Going to the ER is not care; "Going to the ER" is one of the big lies of Obamacare. Few people did that to begin with. People who need to go to a doctor generally go to a doctor. The 15% (more than that, now that we have Obamacare) who don't have insurance have to pay something, but most of them can afford it. >> What single payer really eliminates is the insurance middleman. >> I have single payer; Medicare. You think that. But you're clueless. You think Medicare is "run by" the government. Medicare is run by MACs (Medicare Administrative Contractors). That is, BY INSURANCE COMPANIES, with names like Novitas Medicare Solutions or NHIC, Inc. or National Government Services, Inc., but they are ALL insurance companies owned by CIGNA or AETNA or whoever. And they do what insurance companies do -- process claims for a fee.