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Tuesday, February 18, 2003Our system requires me to reach right into my own pocket and provide services, medications, etc .. for our patients without the means to pay for it themselves. Sure .. I can do this once in a while .. But I can't do it too often . or I won't be able to pay the nurses or the rent or pay for my kids braces. No .. I dont' drive a Mercedes. I drive a 1993 Saturn. I, too drive a Saturn. But here’s a sad truth. Some of my patients without insurance drive Mercedes. Not all, but some. And they whine the loudest about paying for their healthcare. I feel no more obligated to give them free healthcare than I would to pay for their food or their house. I don’t mind providing subsidized care or even discounted care to the truly impoverished, but I don’t want to provide free care for everyone, or submit to complete government control of medicine. We have an insurance program for the poor - Medicaid (and sometimes Medicare, but that covers the wealthy, too.) The majority of the uninsured are employed. They just either can't get it through their employer or they're self-employed and unable to purchase insurance. A better solution would be to make health insurance affordable for those who aren't able to obtain it from their employer. A better solution would be a plan like this. posted by Sydney on 2/18/2003 05:34:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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