no kidding. if was such a great idea, why aren’t there more people agitating and demanding the right to tell others how nuch they can earn while they receive free health care paid for by the rest of us.
The fact that you don't see that story means it does not exist. Period.
Poor people don't have to pay for health insurance - and it saves them a fortune.
If they get sick they go to the emergency room and for a measly $600 visit, they get treated. At taxpayers expense. And I'm OK with that - those of us who pay for private health insurance subsidize the poor. And the hospitals get massive tax write offs... no one is doing without medical care. And if a surgery is needed - and the bill comes in at $100,000 the poor person pays a lawyer a few hundred dollars and declares bankruptcy. And it's over.
The reason the poor aren't showing up at these meetings is their care IS ALREADY FREE.
Health care needs reform - but it does NOT need a total and complete overhaul. It needs a turn up.
First - people who lost their jobs should be able to keep their insurance for up to 5 years. It can be subsidized along with unemployment benefits - these are rough times.
Then the poor need to have real clinics that charge less than $600 of taxpayer money for the sniffles to be treated. That's relatively easy...
Last the incentives that produce bad medical care and high prices need to be switched...