Re: Not really Kick Counts

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Wed Dec 21 14:16:33 2005


In a message dated 12/21/05 12:42:18 PM, annam@uic.edu writes:

> Why would you say public aid is not ideal insurance? From the patient's
> perspective I'd say it comes close (though certainly not from the doc's
> perspective) Full coverage, no deductibles, tiny co-pays ($1-2 here in
> Illinois, no co-pay if you're pregnant).
>

And therein lies the problem.

I'm sorry (again) but we can't sit here and say America has terrible healthcare because of "uncovered" people when they CHOOSE to be uncovered (generally) because the public safety net is there for them to fall in free (to them) and they like it that way.

It's typical political "rubbish" (to quote El) to bemoan the fact that we have pooooor people with no health insurance and then bemoan the fact that we need to spend more money on the "national" health plans. If you keep supporting them, they will CONTINUE to choose not to be formally covered.

So long as there is "bread" and "circuses" the plebians will continue their sluggish ways.

Joe P.

P.S. And it's clear that this is a "modern" phenomenon. None of their "ancestors," be they immigrants from Europe or Asia, or even "lowly" historically ex-slaves from Africa, were as lazy and give-me-something-for-free as the subject parties are now. I remember as a kid (i.e. before the great Lyndon Johnson) how hard working the poor and the several generation immigrants were. Then came the Great Society - more like a Great Rip-off.





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