Things you didn’t know you had!
Here I was worried that I didn’t have health coverage. My work doesn’t offer any, as I’m a part timer, and I can not afford any private carrier. Of course i did not give up, I searched the net for the solution, as it is widely known that internet holds all the answers. And this is what I found:
McCain adviser: Everyone in U.S. has some health coverage
From CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand
(CNN) – A health care policy adviser for the McCain campaign told a newspaper reporter that nobody in the United States is technically uninsured, because everyone has access to hospital emergency rooms.
“So I have a solution [to the health care crisis]. And it will cost not one thin dime,” John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, told the Dallas Morning News in an interview published Thursday.
“The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care. So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved.”
Hospital emergency rooms cannot technically turn away anyone for financial reasons.
“So instead of producing worthless statistics that people fling around in vacuous editorials and pointless debates, the Census Bureau should produce meaningful numbers, identifying all of the sources of funds people will draw on if they need medical care,” said Goodman, who helped write McCain’s health care plan.
That plan would use a combination of tax incentives and market competition to make health care more affordable. It is not a universal health care plan – it does not guarantee insurance coverage for every American.
See McCain is not a president yet, but he already gets poop done. people crying about not being able to stay healthy, and all this time it was their fault for not dragging their butt to the hospital. But I will admit, I was also one of those that assumed if I don’t carry insurance I’m not welcome anywhere close to health clinic. perhaps it stems from the fact that last year I managed to drag myself to the hospital with crazy stomach pains and they managed to offer me a bed. Sure it was next to the bathroom, In the hallway and only required me to wait in the waiting room for 2 hours, but at the end of the whole escapade my stomach didn’t hurt. I wont mention the fact that no doctor bothered to stop by and offer any comforting words nor a prescription… now I would have to pay for prescription. i would also had to pay for Ambulance if I chose to be smart and get to ER without waiting.
Now, with the news hitting the pavement and all the joyous sickies without insurance rushing to ER I suspect the wait will be even longer. Who knew that we can solve a problem just by changing its definition.












