In DC & NY, homeless go to hospital ER’s 4 rest til dawn. They say they got an emergency at 9pm and get seen around 5am!! Then they get kicked back out on the street. Their options in the winter is Greyhound, shelters (I guess they’re 2 crazy or high 2 try there), park benches, or ER’s !!

l am SHOCKED when my wait to be seen in a hospital (especially one near or in a city) is less than 8 hours!!!

I agree with u 2 a point! YES u r right on diet & health! & everyone knows eating healthy is TOO EXPENSIVE for avg. to middle class families. Organic food, heirloom seeds, hiring a private chef to cook daily meals is only afforded to the rich!!! But how can u blame tobacco corp.s or food joints b/c folks buy and use their product?

Not everywhere nor NOT 4 all da poor who need it!! ln MD for example, u must be a legal foreigner, old, pregnant, or a kid 2 get health care. lf u r self employeed (or small biz owner), work pt, r male, or not pregnant, old, or young
YOU GETS NOTHING!! Even if ur a poor, homeless man, if ur not old or a teen, sucks 2 be u. U better not get sick.

Why do ins. companies exist in the first place?! Your health & life is NOT a car or home. NO ONE asks 2 be born & EVERYONE gets sick!

You chose to buy a house or car. No one chose to get sick! Ins companies exist to make money or let folks die! I went to a Japanese hospital & was SHOCKED there was NO WAIT in the ER. I went right in, saw the Dr. got my medicine, & didn’t pay a thing. Not sure how much health ins. tax was taken out my check, but l had a lot left over!!

Innovation, science, & research can ALL occur w/out any health ins. corp. Earlier in the century (as well as in alt. medicine circles where health ins. is not accepted, given, nor used) u pay the doctors out of ur own pocket. I’m sure they had a sliding scale if ur poor (& l wish alt. medicine would do that now) & even did house calls!!

Now it’s at least a 8 hour wait in the ER if u have an emergency & house calls are some ancient artifact.

“Govt management has been proven to create shortages and to suppress innovation ” What about NASA? That is totally innovative & fully govt.

They didn’t even make a fuss over the bank bail outs let alone the car bail out with MY tax dollars! Why were there NO PROTESTS & anger over banks when absolutely NOTHING helpful came out of it outside of higher interest rates & harder to get a loan!!

The banks did NOTHING 2 stimulate the economy yet EVERYONE gets sicks & needs a dr. at some point in their life!!

As for state lines, you can NOT get car ins. outside of your own city, let alone state, not having it is illegal, yet car ins. premiums DON’T bankrupt families!

Alt. health practicioners don’t use or accept ins. & they are NOT cheap. They REALLY need a sliding scale and l do understand why hospitals charge alot for their services.

Our system is rigged… the new bill isn’t any better though.