:grandmais
The number of the uninsured who aren’t citizens is nearly 10 million on its own, invalidating all the claims of 40+ million “Americans” without health insurance.
There are 8.3 million uninsured people who make between $50,000 and $74,999 per year and 8.74 million who make more than $75,000 a year. That’s roughly 17 million people who ought to be able to “afford” health insurance because they make substantially more than the median household income of $46,326.
Subtracting non-citizens and those who can afford their own insurance but choose not to purchase it, about 20 million people are left – less than 7 percent of the population.
So what is the true extent of the uninsured “crisis?” The Kaiser Family Foundation, a liberal non-profit frequently quoted by the media, puts the number of uninsured Americans who do not qualify for current government programs and make less than $50,000 a year between 13.9 million and 8.2 million. That is a much smaller figure than the media report.
Kaiser’s 8.2 million figure for the chronically uninsured only includes those uninsured for two years or more. It is also worth noting, that, 45 percent of uninsured people will be uninsured for less than four months according to the Congressional Budget Office.
the elderly have excellent health care here, not in countries with socialized medicine. Remember, you want what they have.
As far as the holes in our system, fill them in. That doesn't mean put a bunch of elected politicians in a room for 48 hours and think they can write the perfect health care system. It doesn't mean throw the baby out with the bath water (all though that may be a bad analogy to use with liberals in this country), that doesn't mean implement a program that increases healthcare costs and increases the deficit and foolishly argue that it "saves money".
hno: Man, you are obstinate. When confronted with facts you merely shuck and jive and ask another question. ^<<^huh? Canada does not provide 'excellent' health care for its elderly? what is your definition of 'excellent'?
what is your experience with geriatric Canadian healthcare? If none, can you provide specific evidence of Canada's 'lack of excellent' healthcare for its elderly. Is the problem country wide? or on a provincial level?
thks
Of course.
Why in the world would I cite scriptures with which I find the philosophy disagreeable?
For example, I would never cite many of the Old Testament scriptures which mandate we kill those who disrespect their parents or who don't give the proper offering at the temple.
Well as I noted in the post which you Quoted, "we" will be on the hook for those moments when you are reckless.
And others will be on the hook for those moments when "I" might be reckless.
Rather than trying to keep a literally impossible scoring system of who's reckless disqualifies them, I believe we as a society have conceded that we would rather assist as many as possible because at any given moment, the "slacker" could be one of us or someone about who we care very deeply.
Respectfully, how do you anticipate paying for needed health care when you are no longer covered by such a plan (ie...when she is no longer employed)?
I'm slightly diverting the Topic with that question because I am sincerely curious watching our peers currently age 50+ respond to that challenge. And it of course causes me to scratch my own chin trying to envision how my wife and I might handle the question in say, 15 years when I'm 64 and she's 60.
My wife has said she wants to work till 65. That’s 6 years in the future and by then BO will be just a bad memory. I’ll do what ever other senior does, Medicare/ Medicaid with a supplemental. It seems to work for them, it will work for me. If it becomes insolvent by 2020 as many predict, I am confident the private sector will solve the problem.
I’ll admit that I don’t know the difference between Medicare/Medicaid. I do know that there is a gap that requires a supplement. I suppose I will figure it out when the time comes.
Your statement that, Medicare, however, is the best health insurance I have ever had is encouraging.
