-=> Quoting Matt Smith to Robert Keith <=-
 RK> coming election. The politicos will offer some kind of hybrid health 
 RK> care
 RK> because they are considering only their own reelection and will be 
 RK> after
 RK> the votes of the millions who  will be voting that have NO health 
 RK> care
 MS> Accepting Pres. Hillary's claim that there are "37 million
 MS> uninsured", there are tens of millions more who are insured.  And those
 MS> insured people also vote, politicians know that, and those insured
 MS> people aren't interested in seeing our taxes go up.  
 MS> (That's why Hillarycare was defeated.)
Dream on if you believe that. It was defeated by the Republicans who wanted
it for an election issue and didn't want to give the Clintons any chance to
grab some credit.
 RK> the votes of the millions who  will be voting that have NO health 
 RK> care
 MS> You mean the people "that have no health _insurance_", not that
 MS> have no health _care_.  There's a big difference.
 MS> The local hospitals in Greensboro, NC (where I practice law) do a
 MS> small fortune worth of de facto freebie care.  People just default on
 MS> the bills, and they're rarely recovered.  That means that there is a
 MS> very large no-cost care system for the working poor.
Now it's becoming clear. As long as you are taken care of, you could care
less about those who don't have and can't afford their own health care.
... ... I had too much to dream last night...
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