re: #197 austin_blue

Ah. And you feel that would free up enough money to pay the uninsured?

Yes I do, we are talking at minimum 21% of the uninsured, and that is likely a gross understatement. Add to this the fact that the ER treatment 9 or 10 times more expensive than private care and yes, there would be loads of money left over to provide health care for the uninsured through normal, non-ER care.

And it’s not necessarily poverty, in large part. It’s folks in the doughnut hole who have jobs where their employer doesn’t offer health insurance and who can’t afford to buy it privately. There but for the grace of God are you.

An there with the grace of a health care system that is not being defrauded we would have plenty of money to help the poor.