> >>
>>> dgk wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> There are few programs for the uninsured. The only "programs" in most
>>>>>> states are the fact that if you show up in an emergency room they are
>>>>>> obligated to treat you.
>>>>> Which is by definition "insurance".
>>>>>
>>>> They are obligated to treat the emergency. My friend just went to the
>>>> ER for a stomach ache. They decided he wasn't about to die and
>>>> proscribed Maalox and told him that it could be Gall Bladder and told
>>>> him to go to his doctor. They do not have to treat anything that is >>>> not urgent.
>>>>
>>>> Having insurance, he went to his doctor and found out that, yes
>>>> indeed, the GB must come out. But the ER isn't going to do it. >>>>
>>>> Taiwan recently instituted national healthcare, based on the best
>>>> available model, Medicare.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> If only we were advanced enough to do the same.
>>> I'm glad that we're not backward enough to do the same.
>>
>>
>> Did you read the stats? Better care and cheaper.
>
> Better care bullshit. I'd rather have agreement with my doctor about my
> healthcare rather than another lifetime bureaucrat.
>