I have an issue with basic health care not being covered for all citizens, like the rest of the first world.
Two thoughts
1. No one is being denied care as I don?t see bodies stacked up outside locked hospital doors.
2. Now the unreimbursed hospital costs are ?distributed or passed on? by a Hospital administrator to private and government payers one way or another. Sneaky but efficient. Under Obamacare YOU will pay additional taxes which are floated out into a sea of bureaucrats and politicians. When this Federal tide goes out hospitals and practitioners get what remains (think pond scum). You will agree nothing is free.
(As an aside...Every couple months newspapers carry an article about practitioners or medical supply houses which have ripped off medicare for 10s of millions of dollars. Some Miami, Fla outfit got em for $20 million in August, Utah penis pump $10 million scheme in July etc. When was the last time you saw ?United Health Care Defrauded of 20 million dollars??
like the rest of the first world.
And their wealthiest citizens seek care in the United States. Frequently at the Cleveland Clinic where I can now, at least, freely refer Medicaid or Medicare patients. Tour Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden discover the two-tiered system public and private. Not in Canada of course since we, at least for now, are the private care for the Canadian swells.
Wendell...to quote Mr. Bean, be afraid, be very afraid my friend :-)
