What if Everyone Had Medicare?

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

by Henry Abrons -- Published on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by The San Francisco Chronicle

The Census Bureau released its annual report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States earlier this month, and it's no surprise to learn that we're in bad shape. The number of people living in poverty was 43.6 million (14.3 percent), up sharply from 2008, and real per capita income declined 1 percent.

Looking at health insurance, the situation is truly dire. There was a dramatic spike in the uninsured - 4.3 million more, to a record 50.7 million - in spite of the expansion of government health insurance rolls by nearly 6 million.

Those opposing government health insurance should ponder the fact that private health insurance coverage dropped to the lowest level since comparable data were first collected in 1987. On the other hand, those who look to the new health reform law - the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) - for a solution should be deeply disturbed. . . .

Source link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/28-8


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[dkf]

1. Sounds good to me

[MisterP]

2. but we DO have healthcare for everyone!

:crazy:

(or at least that's the gist of the "teabaggers hate Obama's healthcare for all" posts)

[Cleita]

3. Yeah, what if!

:D

[Aaria]

4. It would be the biggest jobs bill ever!!!!

[avaistheone1]

6. Yes, it would be!!

[COLGATE4]

5. It would have been the 'single payer' that we were told

we can't get.

[raccoon]

7. Oh, wouldn't it be nice! nt

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Mr_Jefferson.

[mariema]

9. Why isn't this ever brought up?

One thing I don’t see often enough when this idea is brought up is the fact that if we had Medicare for all there would be no need for Medicaid, SCHIP, COBRA, VA, free clinics and probably a lot of other health care related programs.