Posted on 01/08/2007 1:13:09 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a sweeping $12 billion health care plan today that would require all Califonrians to have health insurance.
In remarks that he delivered by video conference from Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger insisted covering all Californians was the key to lowering the exploding costs of health care.
``We pay higher deductibles, higher cost for treatment, higher premiums and higher co-pays,'' he said. ``Prices for health care and insurance are rising twice as fast as inflation, twice as fast as wages. That is a terrible drain on everyone and it is a drain on our economy. My solution is that everyone in California must have insurance. If you can't afford it, the state will help you buy it, but you must be insured.''
Among the highlights: The governor would require employers to provide insurance or pay into a state fund that would help people buy their own insurance; he would require insurers to cover everyone, regardless of medical condition; he would require 85 percent of insurance premiums be spent on patient care; he would substantially increase the MediCal reimbursement for doctors.
He acknowledged how controversial his proposal to cover illegal immigrants is, but said it was better than the alternative -- paying for their expensive stays in emergency rooms.
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I think that sign is already up. It is up in every state in the Union.
A simple answer would be NO. Arnie needs to practice saying it.
That's what I'm talkin' about!
However, I think the two biggest problems in health care are 1) Fraud, and 2) The United States is the medical R&D engine for the entire world. That is, we spend an enormous ammount of money in medical R&D (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, surgical procedures etc.), whereas the rest of the world beneifits from our knowledge, and then kicks their feet up and only has to focus on "health care delivery".
It didn't matter then.
Does it matter now?
What will be the consequences for not having insurance?
Your property - bank account, 401k, home, business - will be seized.
Fascism is at a very advanced stage in California. Your property belongs to the state in order to advance the Marxist common good, as defined by the state.
In 1939 a book was published titled "The Vampire Economy," relating all the problems businesses had dealing with the German socialist state. What you hear today are the same opinions that were voiced in 1939.
How about they closed because they couldn't AFFORD to treat people for free..At least be honest, Arnold.
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What we have now are islands of people, separated, and paying through the nose. I'm not advocating to take anything away from anyone..I'm not advocating for the government to regulate it or be in the buisiness of supplying it...I'm just saying that theire are artifical barriers that makes the industry inefficient
But I still do have the problem with the government
requiring us to have insurance. If any american doesn't want to have health insurance, they shouldn't have to...(car insurance is different on that regard though..since you put others at risk).
Everyone must have water too. Why not give Universal Water to the entire state?
The problem is that those who don't want to have health insurance will still demand that they be treated in case of a catastrophic event. People without health insurance are essentially free-riders.
The same people who were posing "Rove you magnificent bastard" photos everywhere (until Nov 7th)
Harrier Miers for SCOTUS = "Rove you magnificent bastard"
No Child Left Behind = "Rove you magnificent bastard"
Medicare part D = "Rove you magnificent bastard"
Amnesty = "Rove you magnificent bastard"
posing = posting
You got a point.
"Let me be clear about something,'' he said. ``There is no debate about whether to provide medical care for people who are in California illegally."
The governor's plan would also essentially cap the profits of insurance companies by requiring insurers to put at least 85 percent of their premium revenues into patient care rather than profit and administration. He said mandatory insurance would benefit insurers by adding as many as 5 million new customers (daily).
Can we have another recall???
It would have to be a very, very , very bad something wrong with me for me to move to California to try and make it better.
Wanna buy our house?
:)
And the key to raising the exploding costs of government.
Everyone must have groceries.
Everyone must have a house.
Everyone must have a six figure bank account.
I'd like a new (paid for, of course) SUV.
Thanks!
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