I strategically inserted the word "civilized" as a modifier. Depends on what your definition of "is" is :-)
The condition of healthcare is deplorable in many countries - including ours. I find it intriguing that many do not want to extend healthcare to immigrants who are working and paying taxes. That's part of the divide in this country. Those with good health and/or good healthcare are often oblivious to the fate of everyone else. I'm all for a two-tiered healthcare system here. It's the American way to want to pay more for better services. But we need to bring those not covered by any healthcare up to some minimum coverage and keep the for-profit insurance industry from finding ways to deny coverage to their most expensive customers. Denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and for people who filled in their birth date wrong on the application form has to stop. If someone wants to pay $100/month so they don't have to go on a waiting list with everyone else, let them. But anyone with a burst appendix still goes to the front of the line. -Dave Walton On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM, <pm7...@comcast.net> wrote: > Careful with that generalization Dave. For the "Common Man", this is not so. > > We have missionary's that just returned from China, health care is a > nightmare there. > Only BIG cities have hospitals. If you are hospitalized for a surgical > procedure, after the operation you are wheeled into the recovery area. It is > than up to your family to provide all nursing care. > MAny European countries have very long waits for common surgical procedures. > > Of course the elite classes do much better, maybe as well as our working > people. > > > -- > > Peter T. Arnold P.M. x3 > All Mail to: > Secretary Hartford Evergreen Lodge #88 A.F. & A.M. > 34 Country Club Drive > Windsor, CT 06095 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dave walton" <walton.d...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:33:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays > > Nothing is keeping you in the US. You are free to get a work visa and > move to any civilized country of your choice. Chances are you will be > fully insured the moment you set foot on foreign soil. That's not how > it works in the US, however... > > -Dave Walton > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: >> Curt Raymond wrote: >>> >>> When I was last unemployed Cobra was $900/mo for just me... I didn't take >>> it but if I get unemployed again I HAVE to, MA state law says take insurance >>> or pay the penalty. Actually I'll have to look close at the numbers but I >>> suspect the penalty is cheaper than insurance. >> >> That same crock of poo-poo has now been proposed on a federal level. >> I've tolerated a lot of crap already, but I will not tolerate a government >> that believes it can punish me for failing to purchase something it thinks I >> should purchase. If this comes to pass, it will mean the end of my >> compliance with all federal tax laws, and no, I won't be paying the fine for >> failure to purchase insurance either. If the citizens of Massachusetts had >> any balls, they would have already set an example that would keep the creeps >> in DC from ever thinking they could get away with this. >> >> At least when the state government goes rogue, you have the additional >> option of voting with your feet by moving across a state line. >> >> Mitch. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090923/762748c0/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
