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 RC> Hello All!

 RC> Hawaii, first state to offer Universal healthcare for
 RC> children, discontinues it after only 7 months..

 RC> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440561,00.html

 RC> Yeah yeah, Fox News, they credit the AP..

 RC> Seems parents were merely dropping the coverage they were
 RC> paying for, in favor of the state freebie.

 With the high cost of medical insurance, individual policies
 being exceptionally expensive, what would you expect. Under
 McCain's plan you could expect the same thing.

 This is esp true with the large number of poor people in Hawaii.
 Yep, there are poor people in Hawaii. Esp among native
 Hawaiians. Almost 10% of the population of Hawaii lives in
 poverty, which is lower than the national average, and much
 lower than many southern states, but not the lowest in the
 country.

 Afterall, Hawaii depends heavily on tourism, and any area that
 has tourism as it's mainstay is going to have a lot of low paid
 jobs.

 The reality is, more people are losing private sector health
 insurance even without a state or national alternative. When it
 reaches the point where the US turns into a medical third world
 country, we will have to turn to national health care, no
 matter who doesn't like it.

 BTW, if there is a private sector solution, let the private
 sector find it. There is nothing stopping them, and they have at
 least a couple years before any govt program can become fully
 effective. They have at least a couple months before one can
 even be enacted. Let them come up with a plan that the people
 can believe will work. Nothing stopping them.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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