80 million on Medicaid

[Mac-7]

Most of the uninsured are working people.

And most working people were insured before obama came along and practically destroyed the private health insurance industry

So now your next question will be how do we fix the damage that obama and schumer and pelosi caused?

And I dont rightly know

But its not Shitty Medicaid For All

 

[surada]

United States - 5.8 Per 1,000
The infant mortality rate in the US is 5.8 per 1,000. Though below the world average, this is above the country's neighbors like Cuba and Canada. The higher rate in the US has been blamed on a lack of accessible healthcare and the lack of a quality social safety net in general. Low-income families and children in the United States are especially vulnerable to infant mortality.

Infant Mortality Rate by Country

In Afghanistan, the country with the highest infant mortality rate, 112.8 out of 1,000 infants born are susceptible to dying.

www.worldatlas.com

I'm sure Cuba tells the truth and Canada has 38 million people vs 350 million.

Cuba turns out excellent doctors. Didn't you know that?

I was wondering why my son-in-law's Cuban father goes to Columbia for surgery.
he hates Cuba with a passion.

Maybe so, but Cuba has excellent doctors.

And nobody trusts the government.
It's much easier to be kidnapped in Cuba.

The subject is Cuban doctors.

Cuban doctors fight coronavirus outbreak around globe

HAVANA — For two years, the Trump administration has been trying to stamp out one of...

www.sfgate.com

How would anyone know except for Cubans?
Show me on nation where there are no MDs contributing to fighting COVID.
Seriously...your IQ must be below 0.

Cuban doctors work all over the world. Didn't you know that either?


Cuban medical internationalism - Wikipedia

Cuban medical internationalism - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

A 2007 academic study on Cuban internationalism surveyed the history of the programme, noting its broad sweep: "Since the early 1960s, 28,422 Cuban health workers have worked in 37 Latin American countries, 31,181 in 33 African countries, and 7,986 in 24 Asian countries. Throughout a period of four decades, Cuba sent 67,000 health workers to structural cooperation programs, usually for at least two years, in 94 countries ... an average of 3,350 health workers working abroad every year between 1960 an…

I would go to a Cuban MD, but not Cuba.
In fact, my son-law's father earned his MD in Cuba and had no desire to live there and hires a few bodyguards when he visits.

That has NOTHING to do with the quality of a medical education in Cuba.

Americans who study abroad kick ass in the ECFMG exams.. Their education cost them a fraction of what it would cost in the US. An example: The Hardcover Medical books that cost $250 to
300 in the US sell in soft cover for $25 to 50.

 

[danielpalos]

United States - 5.8 Per 1,000
The infant mortality rate in the US is 5.8 per 1,000. Though below the world average, this is above the country's neighbors like Cuba and Canada. The higher rate in the US has been blamed on a lack of accessible healthcare and the lack of a quality social safety net in general. Low-income families and children in the United States are especially vulnerable to infant mortality.

Infant Mortality Rate by Country

In Afghanistan, the country with the highest infant mortality rate, 112.8 out of 1,000 infants born are susceptible to dying.

www.worldatlas.com

I'm sure Cuba tells the truth and Canada has 38 million people vs 350 million.

I am sure they are more honest than right-wingers. The more capitalistic economy of South Africa fell after only a few years of sanctions while socialist Cuba has better infant mortality rates than the largest (capitalistic) economy in the world.

SA fell because the Blacks wanted to steal land from the Whites.
The White land owners now have armies protecting them.

Isn't right-wing fantasy wonderful?

 

[surada]

Most of the uninsured are working people.

And most working people were insured before obama came along and practically destroyed the private health insurance industry

So now your next question will be how do we fix the damage that obama and schumer and pelosi caused?

And I dont rightly know

But its not Shitty Medicaid For All

That isn't true by any stretch of the imagination. Most Americans did NOT have health insurance before Obamacare.

 

[danielpalos]

United States - 5.8 Per 1,000
The infant mortality rate in the US is 5.8 per 1,000. Though below the world average, this is above the country's neighbors like Cuba and Canada. The higher rate in the US has been blamed on a lack of accessible healthcare and the lack of a quality social safety net in general. Low-income families and children in the United States are especially vulnerable to infant mortality.

Infant Mortality Rate by Country

In Afghanistan, the country with the highest infant mortality rate, 112.8 out of 1,000 infants born are susceptible to dying.

www.worldatlas.com

I'm sure Cuba tells the truth and Canada has 38 million people vs 350 million.

Cuba turns out excellent doctors. Didn't you know that?

I was wondering why my son-in-law's Cuban father goes to Columbia for surgery.
he hates Cuba with a passion.

Maybe so, but Cuba has excellent doctors.

And nobody trusts the government.
It's much easier to be kidnapped in Cuba.

Power corrupts. It is why we have three co-equal branches of Government.

 

[NightFox]

United States - 5.8 Per 1,000
The infant mortality rate in the US is 5.8 per 1,000. Though below the world average, this is above the country's neighbors like Cuba and Canada. The higher rate in the US has been blamed on a lack of accessible healthcare and the lack of a quality social safety net in general. Low-income families and children in the United States are especially vulnerable to infant mortality.

Infant Mortality Rate by Country

In Afghanistan, the country with the highest infant mortality rate, 112.8 out of 1,000 infants born are susceptible to dying.

www.worldatlas.com

I'm sure Cuba tells the truth and Canada has 38 million people vs 350 million.

Cuba turns out excellent doctors. Didn't you know that?

Why Cuba Has The Best Doctors In The World

Cuba sends doctors all over the world on humanitarian missions but why is the Caribbean island so famous for its healthcare?

theculturetrip.com

Excerpt:

Every Cuban has access to healthcare
An important difference between the healthcare system in Cuba and that of other countries is that medical care on the island is regarded as a fundamental right of its citizens and is written into the Cuban constitution. In contrast, the healthcare system in the US treats patients as paying customers and not as people in need of its services. This ideological difference goes a long way in explaining the quality of Cuban medical care.

You’re correct, Cuba does have excellent healthcare, they have good tobacco as well, too bad pretty much everything else their economy produces is garbage.

 

[schmidlap]

We spend so much on healthcare in large part because the average American eats garbage and doesn't exercise, our health care dollars are being eaten up by chronic lifestyle diseases like heart disease and diabetes and it's only going to continue to get worse.

True, and depriving the populace of affordable healthcare will do nothing to ameliorate the problem. Nor is there much support for the government requiring salubrious personal behavior.

Should there be a penalty?

The States with the Highest Obesity Rates in the United States

• Mississipi and West Virginia are tied for the most obese population in the US at 39.5%
• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• Kentucky
• Alabama
• Iowa
• North Dakota
• Missouri
• Oklahoma and Texas take tenth place with 34.8%¹

Top 10 Most Obese States in America 2019 - 2021

Most Obese States in America 2021 shows the urgency of the obesity epidemic and most importantly: How to protect yourself and children

hashimashi.com

 

[NightFox]

We spend so much on healthcare in large part because the average American eats garbage and doesn't exercise, our health care dollars are being eaten up by chronic lifestyle diseases like heart disease and diabetes and it's only going to continue to get worse.

True, and depriving the populace of affordable healthcare will do nothing to ameliorate the problem. Nor is there much support for the government requiring salubrious personal behavior.

Won’t help either as long as our agricultural policies continue to promote feeding the population garbage while doing nothing to promote healthy foods.

It’s just throwing money into a black hole.

 

[schmidlap]

Won’t help either as long as our agricultural policies continue to promote feeding the population garbage while doing nothing to promote healthy foods.

It’s just throwing money into a black hole.

Hit the fatso states with a penalty?

The States with the Highest Obesity Rates in the United States​

• Mississipi and West Virginia are tied for the most obese population in the US at 39.5%
• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• Kentucky
• Alabama
• Iowa
• North Dakota
• Missouri
• Oklahoma and Texas take tenth place with 34.8%¹

 

[NightFox]

Won’t help either as long as our agricultural policies continue to promote feeding the population garbage while doing nothing to promote healthy foods.

It’s just throwing money into a black hole.

Hit the fatso states with a penalty?

Er..no, just stop subsidizing the growing of crops that are used by in large to produce unhealthy foods (soy, wheat, corn, SUGAR, etc..,) and thus encouraging the consumption of meat and processed foods. We don’t subsidize fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts & seeds thus the reason they’re more expensive than meat and processed foods and thus a large part of the reason that the population doesn’t eat enough of them.

The garbage that takes up 70% or more shelf space in the average grocery store is a chief factor causing our epidemic of lifestyle driven chronic diseases, fix that and you can have a healthier population with much lower health care costs. We’re actually subsidizing our own bad health, it’s sad and it all started with the Agriculture policies of the early 1970’s.

You’re a smart cookie, next time you’re walking through a chain grocery store (that isn’t a Whole Foods), take note of how much space is occupied by meat products and processed foods (especially sugar, salt and saturated fat laden junk) I’m sure you’ll see what I mean.

 

[schmidlap]

Civilized nations don't use the government to steal money.

When the filthy government ... some shithead ... thievery.

You should issue an all-points-bulletin to every advanced democratic nations to refrain from following the will of the People who elect them regarding healthcare policy and any other matter that makes you pissy.

 

[schmidlap]

Won’t help either as long as our agricultural policies continue to promote feeding the population garbage while doing nothing to promote healthy foods.

It’s just throwing money into a black hole.

Hit the fatso states with a penalty?

Er..no, just stop subsidizing the growing of crops that are used by in large to produce unhealthy foods (soy, wheat, corn, SUGAR, etc..,) and thus encouraging the consumption of meat and processed foods. We don’t subsidize fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts & seeds thus the reason they’re more expensive than meat and processed foods and thus a large part of the reason that the population doesn’t eat enough of them.

The garbage that takes up 70% or more shelf space in the average grocery store is a chief factor causing our epidemic of lifestyle driven chronic diseases, fix that and you can have a healthier population with much lower health care costs. We’re actually subsidizing our own bad health, it’s sad and it all started with the Agriculture policies of the early 1970’s.

You’re a smart cookie, next time you’re walking through a chain grocery store (that isn’t a Whole Foods), take note of how much space is occupied by meat products and processed foods (especially sugar, salt and saturated fat laden junk) I’m sure you’ll see what I mean.

I am painfully aware of precisely what you mean. The cereal aisles of most supermarkets look like they are stocked by Willy Wonka, fattening kids for the slaughterhouse of consumerism.

 

[Flash]

Civilized nations don't use the government to steal money.

When the filthy government ... some shithead ... thievery.

You should issue an all-points-bulletin to every advanced democratic nations to refrain from following the will of the People who elect them regarding healthcare policy and any other matter that makes you pissy.

The all points bulletin was issued a couple of hundred years ago. The Democracies will fail because of greed. I posted this earlier but I will post it again because you ain't that bright and have trouble absorbing the truth.


About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.'

'A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.'

'From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.'

 

[NightFox]

Won’t help either as long as our agricultural policies continue to promote feeding the population garbage while doing nothing to promote healthy foods.

It’s just throwing money into a black hole.

Hit the fatso states with a penalty?

Er..no, just stop subsidizing the growing of crops that are used by in large to produce unhealthy foods (soy, wheat, corn, SUGAR, etc..,) and thus encouraging the consumption of meat and processed foods. We don’t subsidize fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts & seeds thus the reason they’re more expensive than meat and processed foods and thus a large part of the reason that the population doesn’t eat enough of them.

The garbage that takes up 70% or more shelf space in the average grocery store is a chief factor causing our epidemic of lifestyle driven chronic diseases, fix that and you can have a healthier population with much lower health care costs. We’re actually subsidizing our own bad health, it’s sad and it all started with the Agriculture policies of the early 1970’s.

You’re a smart cookie, next time you’re walking through a chain grocery store (that isn’t a Whole Foods), take note of how much space is occupied by meat products and processed foods (especially sugar, salt and saturated fat laden junk) I’m sure you’ll see what I mean.

I am painfully aware of precisely what you mean. The cereal aisle of most supermarkets look like they are stocked by Willy Wonka, fattening kids for the slaughterhouse of consumerism.

You got it, why else would be facing the prospect of over 30% of the population with Type II diabetes, a disease that was once only found in 1% of the population and was considered an “old persons disease” before the 2nd half of the 21st century? You can say the same about coronary disease and other cardiovascular problems ( e.g. hypertension, PAD), those alone are eating up an insanely large share of our health care dollars, not to mention all the lost productivity and general suffering they induce.

I’m glad I’m a vegetarian, it’s more expensive at the grocery check out aisle but it’s A LOT cheaper when it comes to health care costs.

 

[schmidlap]

The all points bulletin was issued a couple of hundred years ago. The Democracies will fail because of greed. I posted this earlier but I will post it again because you ain't that bright and have trouble absorbing the truth.


About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.'

'A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.'

'From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.'

Yes, that is that yet another fake citation some ideologues keep perpetrating.

Apparently, they imagine the false attribution to an obscure Scotsman of yore mysteriously infuses it with legitimacy. Go figure.

The Mythical Alexander Tyler and His Theory of Democracy​

[The Mythical Alexander Tyler and His Theory of Democracy]

After 2,000 years, democracy flourishes. Alexander Tytler [his real name], not so much.

...

• The “Alexander Tyler” quoted at the head of the article is actually Lord Woodhouselee, Alexander Fraser Tytler, a Scottish historian/professor who wrote several books in the late 1700s and early 1800s. However, there is no record of a Tytler’s having authored a work entitled The Fall of the Athenian Republic (or The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic), and the quoted material attributed to him above is likely apocryphal.

The Fall of the Athenian Republic | Snopes.com

Law professor's analysis demonstrates that the results of the last presidential election correspond to a prediction about the downfall of democracy.

www.snopes.com

​

 

[Flash]

The all points bulletin was issued a couple of hundred years ago. The Democracies will fail because of greed. I posted this earlier but I will post it again because you ain't that bright and have trouble absorbing the truth.


About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.'

'A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.'

'From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.'

Yes, that is that yet another fake citation some ideologues keep perpetrating.

Apparently, they imagine the false attribution to an obscure Scotsman of yore mysteriously infuses it with legitimacy. Go figure.

The Mythical Alexander Tyler and His Theory of Democracy​

[The Mythical Alexander Tyler and His Theory of Democracy]

After 2,000 years, democracy flourishes. Alexander Tytler [his real name], not so much.

Greed kills everything. Democracy will always die when the 51% finds out they can use the government to steal from the 49%.

This tremendous debt we have now is a manifestation of greed.

This enormous cost of government is a manifestation of greed.

A house of cards that will fail.

A person should never have the ability to use the government to take away money from somebody else. Not only is that immoral but it is what kills the economy.

You are not free if some goddamn Illegal or some ghetto welfare queen is able to use their vote to get your money to pay their health care bills, are you?

 

[schmidlap]

I’m glad I’m a vegetarian, it’s more expensive at the grocery check out aisle but it’s A LOT cheaper when it comes to health care costs.

I eat meat occasionally, but am blessed with a little produce store to which I walk four times per week on average for fresh fruit and vegetables. In good weather, I wish it were a mile or two farther away.

 

[schmidlap]

You are not free if some goddamn Illegal or some ghetto welfare queen is able to use their vote to get your money to pay their health care bills, are you?

I'm more concerned about politicians indulging the shooty boys with permissive gun laws that endanger my family, and corporate thieves like exorbitantly-paid insurance company executives that are enabled by their politician accessories.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

In the richest nation on earth. That’s a lot of poor suffering Americans.

What a great country!
Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People, a ‘High-Water Mark’

The democrats won't rest till it is 100% of Americans, except for those in government. No, they will have better.

And what are your beloved Rs doing about this?

>And what are your beloved Rs doing about this?

For one, not closing everything down. Working people frequently either get health care benefits or buy their own.

Trump knew that a strong economy and full employment fixes just about every problem...
- Poverty & hunger
- Crime
- Social Security solvency
- Health care funding
- Military threats
- etc.

Get people off unemployment and back to work.

At least 25 Republican-led states are now rejecting Biden's extended $300/wk unemployment benefits...

These 25 states — including Missouri — are ending $300 federal unemployment benefits

With businesses struggling to hire workers, Republicans have been quick to point to the $300 bonus as the reason why people aren’t going back to work.

fox4kc.com

Trump doesn’t know shit. Being dumb is why he lost to a corrupt establishment lackey with dementia.

I hope you don't really believe that.
I'm not on the "Trump train", but there's a LOT more going on than meets they eye.

 

[Crepitus]

I have already explained to you that if cost sharing is voluntary like in private insurance then that is fine. A person has a choice.

The hospital raises your rate to pay for the uninsured.