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My Early Days With Health Care

Ding Dong……Health care is dead!

I cannot wait for the strong anti-McCain rhetoric….that he is a RINO….a traitor….on and on….I am sure the Trump will Tweet something derogatory.  WAIT FOR IT!

This quickly resurrection of the dead GOP health care bill looks like it will go the way of the dodo…..McCain once again may be the guy with the final nail……

The latest Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act may very well be dead after Sen. John McCain announced his opposition to it Friday, the AP reports. “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” CNN quotes McCain as saying in a statement. “I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried.” This would be the second time McCain has put a nail in the coffin of Republican efforts to end ObamaCare.

McCain said he couldn’t vote for the Graham-Cassidy bill without a CBO score, which wouldn’t be available until later this month, to let him know “how much it will cost, how it will affect insurance premiums, and how many people will be helped or hurt by it.” Republicans could only afford to have two senators side with Democrats in opposition to the bill. Sen. Rand Paul was already opposed and Sen. Susan Collins was leaning that way. A recent poll found only 24% of Americans support the Graham-Cassidy bill and 50% disapprove of it, the Hill reports.

Back in 1989, before all the health care debacle of the Clintons and onto today, I sent an idea for health care to my representative, Gene Taylor, for his consideration.

 My idea was that since doctors usually owe millions for their schooling that they should set aside one day a week to treat people that were poor…..they could deduct the price of the visit and supplies that they use from the bill they owe for their schooling.  They could do this every week for at least 40 weeks per year.  (This is as simply put as I can do in this post)
Keep in mind this was in the days before any substantial work on a health care bill.
My Rep. did not have the courtesy to reply to my idea…..I would have excepted anything but instead he sent me a donation card for his next campaign….needless to say he lost all support from me.
Soon after this I started supporting the single payer system….a Medicare For All….if you like.
And I still think it is the best idea to get ALL Americans the health care they need and deserve.

6 thoughts on “My Early Days With Health Care”

  1. God bless McCain. Why would they craft such an imperfect bill and call it reform ?Republican congressional supporters say people want government out of health care business. No, the business stays with providers and single payer merely reimburses providers. Why would they leave so many millions out of the healthcare loop or make it so affordable for working middle class. Pay my mortgage or my health care premium ? Some choice, eh ? I am 68, Medicare and supplemental. Works just fine. Return power to the states ? That means let the states pay for Medicare/Medicaid without federal funding which they cannot afford. Reposted chart on my Twitter. Tempted to repost on my blog but must keep it non political.

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    1. I totally agree and I still like Medicare for all….no nee4d to any new bureaucracy and the foundation is already in place…chuq

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  3. Medicare for all sounds a lot like our NHS. Despite some faults, it works well for everyone I know,including myself and my wife.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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    1. It would be perfect for the US and that is why it will not be….the political games would be abated and lobbyist would make little cash as compared to now….I like the concept….chuq

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