This gives the lie to the claim that uninsured people get the
 health care they need.

 MM> I married Tonia
 MM> as soon as possible
 MM> specifically to get her to the doctor's office.

 ...

 MM> We don't want to go to an ER,
 MM> because the bill would be much higher,
 MM> with no coverage or price reduction
 MM> from my Walmart worker's insurance.

 MM> We want to take her to my clinic,
 MM> during the evening hours,
 MM> during the immediate care clinic hours.

 MM> We did that,
 MM> and they refused to examine her.

 ...

 MM> She will call tomorrow,
 MM> and use my health savings account money
 MM> to pay an old bill,
 MM> and go back tomorrow evening,
 MM> and get her exam,
 MM> and get her prescriptions.

 MM> But it sure would be nice
 MM> if we had a system,
 MM> such as universal single payer,
 MM> so we don't have grown men
 MM> crying at the doctor's office,
 MM> crying almost in despair.

 Only two of the world's National Health Care plans are single
 payer, or three if you count Medicare.

 All the others are private insurance based, and all cost so much
 less than the US system that adopting the most expensive one
 would save this country $1trill/yr.

 Many of the less expensive ones would cut our health care costs
 by 60%. And all cover all their people and even the middle level
 ones deliver medical care that is comparable to the US,
 sometimes better for the average person.

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

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