Posted on 10/17/2008 2:21:52 PM PDT by zendari
HONOLULU – Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.
"People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. "I don't believe that was the intent of the program."
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This is the perfect example of why Obama’s plan should NOT be implemented. Why should my husband or I carry family coverage when we could possibly get a handout from the gov’t?
Same thing is going to happen with Obummer’s “healthcare plan.” If you give something away for “free,” you’ll always run out of it very quickly.
Hawaii should shore up their Birth Certificate division. Apparently, there are folks who can get a Certificate of Live Birth, but according to them, they are unable to obtain a birth certificate.
Seems most Gov’t bureacrats are utter dimwits.
Here in NY, The State has started offering “Child Health Plus” at $0-$100/month, depending on income. The less income one has (or in fact, the more income one can hide) the better the package, actually. Medicaid is the best of all - everything free - dental, counseling, etc...
Meanwhile, the “private” (basically highly Gov’t regulated private companies) are charging $300+/month.
Which way would you go?
Sooner or later, businesses, whether we like it or not will push health care onto the government.
That’s next.
It is government breaking the private health care system, so it can come in and save the day.
Can we all say “microcosmic warning?”
This can’t be good for Barry. Wonder if his bus is big enough to throw a whole state under it.
The end result of Obama's tax plan.
Greedy liberals killed it.
That's half-good. The thing is that businesses shouldn't be in the business of providing health care insurance to begin with. Instead of pushing it onto government, it should be pushed back onto individuals where it belongs.
Maybe that is true, but costs have spiraled high enough that it is too late for that.
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