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Cover the Uninsured Week; Town Meeting Monday, May 10! |
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10 May 2004
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TOWN MEETING TODAY MAY 10, 7 pm
44 MILLON AMERICANS HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE |
Cover the Uninsured Week is a national effort to
promote the goal of affordable health care coverage for
all Americans.
All across United States there will be conversations
between May 10 and 14 about the problems of our lack
of affordable care coverage and what
WE can do to work toward solutions.
Join local experts and citizens to talk about
the local and national issues
COME TODAY
Monday, May 10, 7 pm
Champaign City Council Chambers
102 N. Neil Street
WWW.CoverTheUninsuredWeek.org
For information call Dr. Robert Boone, 217 778 3233 |
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Re: Cover the Uninsured Week; Town Meeting Monday, May 10! |
by NRA4Freedom
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11 May 2004
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You REALLY want to "work towards solutions"? Vote Republican!
Ok, we all know that insurance is somewhat of a racket. They sort of take your money and invest it, betting against the possibility that most people will collect more from them than they can "earn" on all the "collectives" money. When the balance starts falling the "wrong" direction, rates have to go up. It must work, since after all, when was the last time you saw an insurance company in a dilapidated old building! All in all though, it is at heart, just another business. And the purpose of all business is to make money, period. It isn't about charity work, it isn't about employing people so they will have jobs, and it isn't about doing "good" for those who are in need...it is about making money, and that's it. One of the top reasons that rates are high and continue to to go up is because more and more money is "bleeding" out of their business. And one of the main reasons that is happening in the insurance industry is because we live in a society that doesn't mind getting very wealthy through lawsuits, or the threat of them. Add to that the fact that we have a huge base of trial lawyers who get rich by helping and enabling people to vacuum huge sums of money out of your insurance company, and you have a good idea of why rates are so high and climbing all the time. And rather than setting some sort of reasonable limits on what someone can sue for, it is in the best interests of trial lawyers not to, so they can make more and more money. And who sucks up to the trial lawyers and their agenda? The Democrats do. And as long as the sky is the limit for lawsuits against people that insurance companies insure, everyones rates will continue to climb sky high also, and there is no way to stop it from happening.
So, what we can learn here is that thanks in large part to the Democrats, who push the trial lawyers agenda of not putting ceilings on lawsuits, everyone's insurance rates are much higher than they should be and will continue to rise.
Thanks a bunch, Democraps! |
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Interesting, Isn't It? |
by Dose of Reality
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11 May 2004
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It's kind of interesting how the only lawyers the Republicans are determined to protect you against are those who work for consumers.
They aren't worried about those lawyers working FOR insurance companies, like the ones that routinely deny injured workers their workers' comp benefits.
And they don't worry about those lawyers working to defend major polluters and weaken environemntal regulations.
And we should certainly not worry about crooked labor lawyers who advise companies on how to [legally] bust unions.
Nor are they concerned about lawyers who threaten to sue whistleblowers when they reveal corporate corruption.
They certainly aren't worried about lawyers like John Piland, who trump up ridiculous charges against poor people so as to pressure them into taking a plea bargain, instead of taking a chance on a jury in our racially biased justice system. After all, those lawyers are just trying to get re-elected.
And, most of all, they don't think you should worry about lawyers like John Ashcroft, who use the Bill of Rights to wipe their asses with.
In short, it's pretty revealing what kind of lawyers Republicans DO worry about -- the ones on the sides of anyone without power and wealth. |
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Re: Cover the Uninsured Week; Town Meeting Monday, May 10! |
by Jack Ryan
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11 May 2004
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Did you ever notice that we never really had a problem with Health Insurance, until programs such as Medicare, Medicaid etc. came along.
Now, like any drug, Americans have become addicted to the concept of free health care.
The problem with Health Care as it exists today is the lack of market place competition. I would be willing to bet that most Americans have no idea how much there last baby cost them to have. They may have paid a co-pay or a deductible and that's what they believe they were charged.
Perhaps this is not a good example for you. How much was your last abortion? Some plans thankfully do not even cover them, but I am sure that's next on your agenda.
Tort reform is a must. The awards going against physicians, particularly OBGYN's is exhorbitant. So much so, that they are leaving medicine in droves. This will inevitable decrease the available supply and inflate costs.
In short, we Americans, simply cannot afford another leftist reform of our Health Care system. Deregulate as much as possible and limit the liability that insurance companies must pay and open up the ability to write basic prescriptions to Nurse Practioners and the costs will inevitably fall.
Jack |
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The Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What Do We Spend, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending? |
by Kaiser Family Foundation
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11 May 2004
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A Kaiser Commission study on Medicaid and the uninsured study finds that uninsured Americans could incur nearly $41 billion in uncompensated health care treatment in 2004, with federal, state and local governments paying as much as 85 percent of the care. Even with uncompensated care, the study shows that people uninsured for the entire year can expect to receive about half as much care as people fully insured.
Another major finding of the study, authored by Urban Institute researchers Jack Hadley and John Holahan, is that if the country provided coverage to all the uninsured, the cost of additional medical care provided to the newly insured would be $48 billion - an increase of 0.4 percent in health spending's share of the gross domestic product.
Link to the study:
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7084.cfm |
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Re: Cover the Uninsured Week; Town Meeting Monday, May 10! |
by Jack Ryan
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16 May 2004
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Question: How much would you be willing to pay, out of your own pocket, for an adequate Health Plan? Per Month or Per Year, I will do the math.
Jack |
