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Posted on 08/28/2008 6:02:58 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
(CNN) – A health care policy adviser for the McCain campaign told a newspaper reporter that nobody in the United States is technically uninsured, because everyone has access to hospital emergency rooms.
"So I have a solution [to the health care crisis]. And it will cost not one thin dime," John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, told the Dallas Morning News in an interview published Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Figures don't lie; liars figure.
Just like the Federal Government's accounting games with Social Security that, if perpetrated by the private sector, would result in many people going to jail.
Thanks to mountainbunny for pointing out this story!
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Presenting Juan’s “solution” to the problem of uninsured illegal aliens and others...
He’s right about the access to emergency rooms but the care would be a lot better if they weren’t swammped with illegal aliens and people who have no real need of emergency care.
The guy is not an “Official” advisor to the campaign.
Wow. Mexicans stealing from Americans is now American. Juan McLame is full of crap!
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Democratic health care proposals may have gotten more attention during the primaries, but Republican John McCain's plan just might be more revolutionary.
The GOP nominee-to-be wants to tax workers on the value of the insurance they receive from employers.
At the same time, everyone would be offered a federal tax credit to help them pay for insurance – whether a company plan or one purchased on their own. Buyers could subtract up to $5,000 from their federal tax tab come April 15. Or they could simply sign over the credit to an insurer in order to purchase coverage.
The goal, Mr. McCain said, is to give those without company-provided health insurance the same tax advantages as those with coverage through work. It would also encourage individuals to shop for less expensive insurance, his supporters say, pushing prices down.
North Texas employers are not saying they would drop employee coverage altogether if Mr. McCain's plan were enacted.
But some do say the plan, which Mr. McCain detailed in July, would encourage young and healthy workers to forgo company coverage, purchasing insurance on their own rather than paying income taxes on the benefit. That would leave employers with only the costly sick workers to insure.
And that, they said, could eventually lead to the death of company-provided health plans.
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Will an emergency room wire this idiot’s jaw shut before he does more damage?
“McCain adviser: Everyone in U.S. has some health coverage [including all of “God’s children”!]”
Well, he’s not wrong.
Capt. Sheridan: Fine, uh, fine! Status quo. Uh, we have had some problems with the lurkers, but nothing...
Julie Musante: Lurkers?
Capt. Sheridan: It's our version of the homeless. In many ways, we have the same problem Earth does.
Julie Musante: Mm. Earth doesn't have homeless.
Capt. Sheridan: Excuse me?
Julie Musante: We don't have the problem. Yes, there are some, um, displaced people --- here and there --- but, um, they've chosen to be in that position! They're either lazy or they're criminal or they're mentally unstable.
Capt. Sheridan: They can't get a job.
Julie Musante: Earthgov has promised a job to anyone that wants one. So, if someone doesn't have a job, they must not want one!
Capt. Sheridan: Poverty?
Julie Musante: Mm --- It's the same.
Capt. Sheridan: Crime?
Julie Musante: Yes, there is some, but it's all caused by the mentally unstable. And we've just instituted correctional centers to filter them out at an early age.
Capt. Sheridan: Prejudice?
Julie Musante: Hm? No, we're just --- one happy planet!... Well, all right, there's the Marsies! But that won't change until they stop fighting the Earth rule.
Capt. Sheridan: And when exactly did all this happen?
Julie Musante: When we rewrote the dictionary. Captain, you're a good man. You're a fine soldier. A leader. You understand that sometimes, before you can deal with a problem, you have to redefine it.
Capt. Sheridan: But you can't deal with the problems by pretending they don't exist.
Julie Musante: There's no need to embarrass our leaders by pointing out the flaws in our society that they're aware of and dealing with in their own way. Some people just enjoy finding fault with our leaders -- they're anarchists, they're troublemakers, or they're simply just unpatriotic!
Babylon 5, "Voices of Authority"
“The GOP nominee-to-be wants to tax workers on the value of the insurance they receive from employers.”
Would that include public employees, like him?
Silly me, I keep forgetting, they’re special.
Yeah... they’re ‘servants of the people.’ Uh-huh... that’s the ticket.
Also FTA:"So instead of producing worthless statistics that people fling around in vacuous editorials and pointless debates, the Census Bureau should produce meaningful numbers, identifying all of the sources of funds people will draw on if they need medical care," said Goodman, who helped write McCain’s health care plan.
Which is it? Goodman helped write McCain's health care plan, or he isn't a campaign adviser?
It cannot be both.
He is right. There are not Americans who are denied healthcare. And there are no Americans who must starve for lack of food. Democrat lies.
(R) Socialism is better than (D) Socialism. Sorta like Coke and Pepsi when all you need is water.
The Census Bureau shouldn’t be asking people what kind of health insurance they have if any; it’s none of their business!
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