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Cimarron29414 · 10-02-2010, 11:40 AM

tully,

My point in describing my relationship with this man is to enforce the fact that this is first hand knowledge. This isn't the "my brother's best friend's uncle worked at a hospital who knew a guy who came in and..."

For clarity, Randy is not homeless. He rents a room from a church. As for his bills, I could not pretend to know the exact details of how the hospital absorbed his medical bills. I could presume they were written off as an unpaid debt and that, consequently, those who receive treatment pay a higher premium for that treatment which "covers" his expenses. The fact of the matter is that, upon admission, they asked for his insurance. He didn't have any - and one look at him would tell you he couldn't afford to pay for a quad bypass. They treated him anyway - with the best possible care.

As for your assertion: the link provided had the information I needed to better understand where you were coming from. Now that I understand where you are coming from, I concede that my story doesn't have much relevance to your point.

I agree with you that a lack of health insurance coverage means that children with preventable issues don't get picked up in annual checkups and become serious health problems.

I also agree that we should suspend ALL financial contributions to all foreign nations until our national debt is paid off and our citizens have the care our government previously committed to them (whether I agree if that's in their purview or not.) However, that means not a penny of federal money to Haiti, Somalia, the UN, Mexico, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Are you okay with that?

10-02-2010, 11:40 AM	#321 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	tully, My point in describing my relationship with this man is to enforce the fact that this is first hand knowledge. This isn't the "my brother's best friend's uncle worked at a hospital who knew a guy who came in and..." For clarity, Randy is not homeless. He rents a room from a church. As for his bills, I could not pretend to know the exact details of how the hospital absorbed his medical bills. I could presume they were written off as an unpaid debt and that, consequently, those who receive treatment pay a higher premium for that treatment which "covers" his expenses. The fact of the matter is that, upon admission, they asked for his insurance. He didn't have any - and one look at him would tell you he couldn't afford to pay for a quad bypass. They treated him anyway - with the best possible care. As for your assertion: the link provided had the information I needed to better understand where you were coming from. Now that I understand where you are coming from, I concede that my story doesn't have much relevance to your point. I agree with you that a lack of health insurance coverage means that children with preventable issues don't get picked up in annual checkups and become serious health problems. I also agree that we should suspend ALL financial contributions to all foreign nations until our national debt is paid off and our citizens have the care our government previously committed to them (whether I agree if that's in their purview or not.) However, that means not a penny of federal money to Haiti, Somalia, the UN, Mexico, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Are you okay with that? __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly." Last edited by Cimarron29414; 10-02-2010 at 11:46 AM..