[at-l] Really OT: Gov ain't good or bad

[Clifford R. Haynes" <chaynes@megalink.net (Clifford R. Haynes)]

> >...Bosh! Just about everyone who has a good stable job is covered by
health
> >insurance, ... It is illegal for a hospital to turn anyone away in this
> >country. You are just playing liberal word games." thinks Bryan.
>
There aren't enough of those good stable jobs you are referring to go
around. And in many hospitals many of the folks taking care of you don't
have any medical coverage. And in many of those same hospitals that includes
the person taking your vitals.
Of course by your way of thinking those people should all go get good steady
jobs, and leave your care to the Doctors, Administrators, and pharmaceutical
companies.

"It is illegal for a  hospital to turn anyone away in this country."
>
Yes well that's true, but if that person doesn't have insurance, there are
asset issues that can put you into bankruptcy, because you have to
liquidate, and pay the hospital is you don't qualify for Medicaid. And since
there are time limits in qualifying (6 months), and everything you do in the
prior year counts: you need to liquidate (until you are qualified) before
you get sick, at what the government feels it is worth, save it for your
bill when you get sick. Otherwise you have to liquidate and be accepted as
qualified before the 6 months has expired. And you don't pay there reduced
Medicaid / Medicare rate, or even the insured rate, in many of those
hospitals that accept you pay top dollar.
Though it is easy to qualify for the medical care your talking about. Don't
work, go down to the Social Security Office tell them you are a drug addict,
that way you get disability and free medical.
There are a lot of folks cought in the middle that have worked hard all of
there lives' that can't afford medical insurance, or health care.