Only 10% in the US do not have medical insurance

Occams Barber · Aug 2, 2019

Mountainmanbob said:
Health insurance coverage in the United States - Wikipedia

"Only 10% in the US do not have medical insurance "

Be careful what you brag about.

Based on 2016 data, the US has one of the lowest levels of health insurance coverage in the OECD.

It rates 34th out of 39 countries.
List of countries by health insurance coverage - Wikipedia
OB

Mountainmanbob · Aug 2, 2019

Medi-Cal. The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) isCalifornia's Medicaid program serving low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federalpoverty level.

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Welfare in California - Wikipedia

KCfromNC · Aug 3, 2019

Mountainmanbob said:
Seems like there was also a time in which
if you don't work you don't eat.
M-Bob

Yeah, but I'd imagine "Make Depressions Great Again" won't win over many voters as a campaign slogan.

A_Thinker · Aug 3, 2019

Mountainmanbob said:
Don't count your chickens
or goats before they are born.

Medical insurance was better
before Obama messed things up.

Even the democrats say that ObamaCare is a disaster -- come on.

What did Obama do for you?

M-Bob

You would say different if you didn't have medical insurance before ObamaCare ...

A_Thinker · Aug 3, 2019

Hazelelponi said:
The solution is affordable health insurance - like it used to be before the dems let insurance companies write national policy..

The roots of employer-sponsored medical insurance was in the 1940's.

Where have Republicans been for all this time ?

Nixon (1970's) was close to instituting nationalized health-care during his presidency, but Watergate stalled that plan.

How We Got to Now: A Brief History of Employer-Sponsored Healthcare

A_Thinker · Aug 3, 2019

Mountainmanbob said:
Seems like there was also a time in which
if you don't work you don't eat.
M-Bob

The US government fed people even during the Great Depression, where many were not working ...

cow451 · Aug 3, 2019

Mountainmanbob said:
Medi-Cal. The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) isCalifornia's Medicaid program serving low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federalpoverty level.
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Welfare in California - Wikipedia

There are 49 other states far less progressive than CA.

Mountainmanbob · Aug 3, 2019

A_Thinker said:
The US government fed people even during the Great Depression, where many were not working ...

And they do it today.
MB

DamianWarS · Aug 3, 2019

GreatLakes4Ever said:
30 million plus too many.

that's the size of Canada except we're 100% insured.

ArmenianJohn · Aug 3, 2019

Mountainmanbob said:
And they do it today.
MB

You claim that you do it today also. So why do you do it if you're against it?

timothyu · Aug 3, 2019

KCfromNC said:
Yeah, but I'd imagine "Make Depressions Great Again" won't win over many voters as a campaign slogan.

Back then factories simply closed. Today they've left the country.

timothyu · Aug 3, 2019

DamianWarS said:
that's the size of Canada except we're 100% insured.

Insured?

DamianWarS · Aug 3, 2019

timothyu said:
Insured?

universal health care

timothyu · Aug 3, 2019

DamianWarS said:
universal health care

That's better. The parasitic private insurance institutions were sent packing years ago.

dogs4thewin · Aug 3, 2019

Belk said:
"Only"? that is one tenth of the population. 35 Million people.

but when you compare that to the population 10% is not many. In other words, 10% is a low percentage. The VEST majority of people do have health insurance.

dogs4thewin · Aug 3, 2019

GreatLakes4Ever said:
If that’s the case then you should be all for getting them insurance since emergency care is more expensive than insurance and the ability to be proactive in health. Yeah, you’ll be paying for their insurance but it’s cheaper than paying for their emergency care. Unless people up on the mountain are penny wise and pound foolish.

People should not treat small things as emergencies anyway. If you asks me ERS should be permitted to asks people to leave if their condition is not bad enough.

timothyu · Aug 3, 2019

dogs4thewin said:
If you asks me ERS should be permitted to asks people to leave if their condition is not bad enough.

After all, insurance is about profit right?

dogs4thewin · Aug 3, 2019

timothyu said:
After all, insurance is about profit right?

ERs were not designed to be for doctor's visits and should not be treated as such.

timothyu · Aug 3, 2019

dogs4thewin said:
ERs were not designed to be for doctor's visits and should not be treated as such.

True enough. Perhaps a drive through?

dogs4thewin · Aug 3, 2019

timothyu said:
True enough. Perhaps a drive through?

a drive through? for what?

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