"But it (the Clinton health care proposal) would do two important things. First, it would end the disgrace of America’s being the only advanced capitalist democracy on earth that does not guarantee health care to its citizens. Second, with any luck, it would create a slow-motion showdown between private and public health insurance. Given that private insurers spend around fifteen per cent of their budgets on administration—much of it devoted to keeping the sick off the rolls and, failing that, figuring out ways to avoid paying their medical bills—while Medicare spends two per cent, it ought to be an interesting and instructive contest." Hendrick Hertzberg,
Ghostbusters, New Yorker, Oct. 1, 2007.
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"'I believe in private medicine, not the federal government running the health care system. I do want Republicans and Democrats to come together to support a bill that focuses on the poorer children,' the president said, adding the government's policy should be to help people find private insurance." G.W. Bush, Oct. 3, 2007, following his veto of the SCHIP expansion bill.
See, Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Insurance Bill By DAVID STOUTSee, also, Jonah's Today's News and Matthew 25: 35-40Thanks to Jonah & Sammy for the tips.
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Of course SCHIP is not a government run insurance program but is instead a block grant to states who use it to fund private insurance for poor kids, which is why the private insurance industry supports it. (I would like it more were the other way around since I like to see folks get healthcare and am not much interested in the profits of BC/BS).
I would LOVE for Bush to have to live/exist a year on what he considers “too much money “… He has NO IDEA!!
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