Comments on: Universal Coverage: A Fait Accompli http://www.frumforum.com/universal-coverage-a-fait-accompli Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Spartacus http://www.frumforum.com/universal-coverage-a-fait-accompli/comment-page-1#comment-61272 Spartacus Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:12:28 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=10505#comment-61272 RLHotchkiss // Aug 23, 2009 at 11:59 am wrote: "It is important to keep the facts straight. Emergency rooms are only required to provide urgent care. They are not for example required to provide chemo therapy or any other therapy beyond stabilizing the patient." You're using facts to support your argument. Conservatives/GOPers have rejected the use of all facts in order to maintain their purely ideological opposition to healthcare reform. RLHotchkiss // Aug 23, 2009 at 11:59 am wrote: “It is important to keep the facts straight. Emergency rooms are only required to provide urgent care. They are not for example required to provide chemo therapy or any other therapy beyond stabilizing the patient.”

You’re using facts to support your argument. Conservatives/GOPers have rejected the use of all facts in order to maintain their purely ideological opposition to healthcare reform.

]]> By: RLHotchkiss http://www.frumforum.com/universal-coverage-a-fait-accompli/comment-page-1#comment-61255 RLHotchkiss Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:59:46 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=10505#comment-61255 It is important to keep the facts straight. Emergency rooms are only required to provide urgent care. They are not for example required to provide chemo therapy or any other therapy beyond stabilizing the patient. The alternative to this system is what they have in India where families frantically try to raise a thousand dollars for clot busting drugs as their loved one lies dying of a heart attack. And this emergency room care isn't free. Even one trip to an emergency room can ruin a family. A bad credit rating not only prevents access to credit, but also prevents access to housing (almost all renters require a credit check) and even employment (more and more employers will not hire people with bad credit). Believe me those who get health care from the emergency room do not need to learn that the system costs. It is important to keep the facts straight. Emergency rooms are only required to provide urgent care. They are not for example required to provide chemo therapy or any other therapy beyond stabilizing the patient. The alternative to this system is what they have in India where families frantically try to raise a thousand dollars for clot busting drugs as their loved one lies dying of a heart attack.

And this emergency room care isn’t free. Even one trip to an emergency room can ruin a family. A bad credit rating not only prevents access to credit, but also prevents access to housing (almost all renters require a credit check) and even employment (more and more employers will not hire people with bad credit).

Believe me those who get health care from the emergency room do not need to learn that the system costs.

]]> By: Should Republicans Endorse Universal Health Coverage? http://www.frumforum.com/universal-coverage-a-fait-accompli/comment-page-1#comment-61249 Should Republicans Endorse Universal Health Coverage? Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:12:55 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=10505#comment-61249 [...] Richer, Universal Coverage: A Fait Accompli As other contributors have pointed out, our current system of universal coverage is called: “show [...] [...] Richer, Universal Coverage: A Fait Accompli As other contributors have pointed out, our current system of universal coverage is called: “show [...]

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