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Originally Posted by janmcn
Just last week, the Florida Legislature decided not to expand medicaid to almost one million uninsured Floridians, thereby passing up 51 billion dollars in federal dollars over the next ten years.
Those federal dollars, paid by Floridians in their income taxes, will now go to other states. Think about that the next time you pay your income taxes. Your tax dollars are going to pay for healthcare in other states. How does that help the healthcare situation in Florida?
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Outrageous! I was not aware of this. We can use the ballot box to fix this. But will we?...
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Originally Posted by njbchbum
great post! and while i am not a subscriber to the single payer system philosophy, i, too have a healthcare fantasy......
would that those who are truly concerned about health insurance and health care would eliminate the waste, fraud and abuse in each of those industries. having worked a good number of years in both industries and then in a state office that licenses the professionals and technical employees in those professions - i am confident that such an effort would result in the fiscal wherewithall to provide quality care for all!
adjunct efforts to the elimination of waste, fraud and abuse that are required are the changes in tort law and in the mindset to sue! but that is another issue for another thread!
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These are certainly worthwhile fantasies to consider. However, even with the elimination of "waste, fraud and abuse in each of those industries" and tort reform, we are still left with INSURED and UNINSURED. I still feel that the best way to get rid of the latter is to eliminate INSURANCE as the structure for providing health care....