The uninsured..........

[exUte]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_...uninsured.html

Check out the country of origin. Almost half are non-citizens! Yet they deserve free US healthcare. Geez, with the 28th best healthcare in the world, why would they want to participate in our healthcare. Wouldn't they rather go to the Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Portugal or Greece?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by exUte

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_...uninsured.html

Check out the country of origin. Almost half are non-citizens! Yet they deserve free US healthcare. Geez, with the 28th best healthcare in the world, why would they want to participate in our healthcare. Wouldn't they rather go to the Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Portugal or Greece?

As usual, your logic is so stunningly juvenile as to hardly merit comment.

But that is an interesting article.

Poor, however, does not mean unemployed. Nearly 70 percent of the uninsured come from families with at least one full-time worker. "The uninsured aren't people who are disconnected from employment, but they are disconnected from affordable health insurance -- either because it's not offered by their employer or because the share they're asked to pay is more than they can afford," said Hoffman.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

As usual, your logic is so stunningly juvenile as to hardly merit comment.

But that is an interesting article.

what is juvenile about my logic? Or is it simply easier to name call? I know, that was a rhetorical question.

[Indy Coug]

Here's a juvenile quote

But Fronstin ... said that his research found that immigration accounted for about 85 percent of the increase in uninsured rates between 1998 and 2003.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Here's a juvenile quote

85 % of the increase

[ERCougar]

Originally Posted by tooblue

85 % of the increase

I'm a big believer in healthcare reform, but in fairness to the other side, the INCREASE in uninsured is the impetus behind the current debate. I'm surprised I've never heard this statistic.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by ERCougar

I'm a big believer in healthcare reform, but in fairness to the other side, the INCREASE in uninsured is the impetus behind the current debate. I'm surprised I've never heard this statistic.

I live in a country with socialized medicine. I am a proponent. I am laughing at the '85% of the increase'.

I have posted on this subject many times before ... how can a country that considers itself (through the exertion of political and military might) the moral centre of the universe have MILLIONS of it's citizens uninsured?

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by tooblue

85 % of the increase

I know damn well what it said. If you're worrying about why the number of uninsureds are on the rise, there's your biggest culprit by far.

[JohnnyLingo]

It is my opinion that malpractice suits are the major problem here. If not for these suits, health care would be a lot less expensive, and therefore people could afford it much more readily.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by tooblue

I live in a country with socialized medicine. I am a proponent. I am laughing at the '85% of the increase'.

I have posted on this subject many times before ... how can a country that considers itself (through the exertion of political and military might) the moral centre of the universe have MILLIONS of it's citizens uninsured?

Health insurance is a moral issue?