Re: What will universal healthcare be like? Just look at the VA
- From: Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:34:34 -0700
"ed" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
1173404155.864104.121190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 3/8/07 6:35 PM:
On Mar 8, 5:25 pm, Snit <S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"ed" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
1173402798.187421.75...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 3/8/07 6:13 PM:
On Mar 8, 4:55 pm, Snit <S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Bob Kolker" <nowh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
55bo76F24fhs...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 3/8/07 5:31 PM:
However if you are Poor and do not have a pot to piss in, the laws
require the emergency facilities to render treatment. In the U.S.A. the
poor are treated at no charge to them. The rest of us pay for it.
The obvious thing for a non-rich person to do is sell or give away all
his goods and become a pauper. Then he will get all of his medical care
at no charge.
Incorrect: the poor do not get care for free... they get *some* care,
generally emergency, for free. Other than that, well, many are just toast.
perhaps you've heard of medicaid and the state children's health
insurance program? they cover much more than emergency care:
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/benefits/index.jsp
<snip>
You snipped the comments I made that talked about such programs.
the one line i snipped- 'The system is filled with gaps, overlaps, red
tape beyond reason, etc.' did not really relevant to my refutation of
your comment that the poor do not get more than emergency care for
free.
Looking at the site for my state I see data from... 2004? Nothing newer?
Why?
because it's an independent compilation of data. if you want up to
date info, check the state specific website.
https://azweb.statemedicaid.us/healthplanlinks/searchresults.asp?type=2
if previously posted statements about your income was / is still
correct (sweet tomato- if that was really your wife posting- said they
youmade $100 too much to qualify for wic as a family of 2, but
qualified as a family of 3), you should look into it.
I make no bones about not being rich... and I have looked into some of those
programs. I am a home owner (though my home is hardly a expensive one, even
for this area) and a new enough car where I do not qualify for most of the
programs... add to that my income changes by semester pretty heavily.. and
believe me when I tell you that the paper work and the red tape in such
programs is just beyond belief... and you never get the same answer twice.
Heck, the one time I received a letter of acceptance for one of the programs
I *also* received a letter of rejection... from the same person on the same
day. I called to get clarification and was told to go with the last time
stamp... so, it turns out, I was accepted for 10 minutes and some odd
seconds... and then my average income bumped my out of the program. :)
My daughter had some medical work done recently (she is OK). I was told
that if it was over X amount I would qualify for assistance... it was over
double that. When I send in the paper work, though, I was told that she did
not apply... no reason given. Part of the "problem" is that I am honest and
report my income... and since I teach and do web design and consulting and
tutoring and the like no two months are the same.
--
? Teaching is a "real job"
? The path "~/users/username/library/widget" is not common on any OS
? The term "all widgets" does not specify a specific subgroup of widgets
.
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