lizzie
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Whatever, maybe instead you people can donate enough of your own money to make your dream a reality.
If you weren't selfish, you would have done so already.
I don't have a dream, but I do pay for my own health insurance. Fortunately, it is provided through my employer and is not terribly expensive. That being said, the reality is that if someone is taken to a hospital for a really life-threatening problem, he/she will be treated regardless of ability to pay or insurance status. Althought I don't agree entirely with Denninger on the health care issue, he has some thoughts worth considering on the health care problem.
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If you show up without insurance or ability to pay with a life-threatening condition, you will be treated, but the hospital cannot cost-shift the bill - it instead bills The Federal Government. We have created an expectation that if you show up needing emergency treatment you will get it, irrespective of ability to pay. This creates a monstrous problem for hospitals and results in the $30 aspirin, among other outrageous distortions. The solution is to have The Federal Government receive all uninsured and unpaid bills, with the debt being immediately paid by the government. Said debt then becomes a collection item against the citizen - a debt to the Treasury, administered by the Internal Revenue Service. If you cannot pay cash, that's fine - the IRS will be happy to take payments (at interest.) If you're an illegal alien the Federal Government will be mandated (by statute) to collect from the other nation, and if they refuse to pay, to deduct any such amount from foreign aid of any type and source on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
If you're interested in reading his other ideas:
Health Care: WAKE UP WASHINGTON! - The Market Ticker