Featured Uncomfortable Question for Ted Cruz on Obamacare Silences the Room

Does that mean if anyone (including a tapeworm) questions what any person claims, the questioner has reading comprehension difficulties?

Regardless, many people have gone in for expensive medical procedures without coverage-- IOW they could not afford it-- what happened to them? Did they get the procedure? Or did they die, not being able to afford it? Should they have opted for the latter?

 

No, that ain't all I can do.

I haven't seen any good it's done. Threatening people, to the point of violence if needed, to buy insurance with a $6000 deductable ain't putting a L of a lot of diarrhea cases in doctor's offices when they know they'll likely set an appointment, without even asking them, to go to a hospital for a colonoscopy, which will take about $4000 out of their pockets. They can onlyh hope to cough up another $2000 so the coverage 'helps' them.

Well, keep it.

 

I think you're right there, Alcott, the brother-in-law couldn't have been indigent:

. . .For more than 20 years he owned The Clip Joint in Flagstaff, Arizona. He recently moved to open a new barber shop in Camp Verde. Mark had a big Irish heart and was generous in donating his time to the communities that he loved. Among his many civic activities included Vice President of the Ames, Iowa Campus Betterment, President of Ames Jaycee (1979-80), President of North Liberty Iowa Jaycees. In 1979, he was selected as Jaycee of the Year. A Carroll County scholarship for 1st generation college students was established with Mark's help nearly 10 years ago . . .
Then it goes on to say how many friends he had in the NFL and in universities (look at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-valde-284b8146). The Hillary supporter was full of it.

 

Per hand.

What is the government going to do? Say "Oh, please, sir, please, PLEASE buy insurance?" Or are they going to lay a fine, which if the person ignores, then a bigger fine, then a G-man at the door, which if they slam in his face, then an armed agent? Or a summons, which if they ignore, will result in the same thing?

Proof. "Millions?" I've heard that said when 'estimating' how many freckles a kid had. Prove THIS wrong: among those who bought insurance for the first time because of ACA, the majority still had no medical evaluations at all because it was already an additional expense, and useless to them unless the bill was more than $6000.

I don't care if the current president succeeds at anything emotional.

Sorry, Charlie. Only good-tasting race-baiters get a bite. And tapeworms ain't that good a bait.

 

Routine physical examinations are completely covered by insurance under the ACA. As are eye tests. It's part of the law.

 

Fine. That would be great if that was who was really getting assistance with obamacare. It's not.

 

When I was a boy we lived in poverty of the worst kind in a New Orleans housing project with many more cockroaches than people. My stepfather was in prison. My mother received $9.00/month from the State of Louisiana and a give away of government surplus food. All of us were undernourished and underweight.
I received streetcar fair and 20 cents a day for lunch.
This is one of the reasons I support these kinds of entitlements.

I will say that the Salvation Army, the Catholic Church and the Masons did almost as much as the state (my stepfathers family was a masonic family) for us, especially at the winter holidays, we fed about 2o people (neighbors) with the turkey and food baskets the Free Masons gave us..

Food stamps did not exist but I know we would have been better off had they existed then.

HankD

 

What you describe appears to be genuine poverty. Poverty looks a lot different now.
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"As scholar James Q. Wilson has stated, “The poorest Americans today live a better life than all but the richest persons a hundred years ago.”[3] In 2005, the typical household defined as poor by the government had a car and air conditioning. For entertainment, the household had two color televisions, cable or satellite TV, a DVD player, and a VCR. If there were children, especially boys, in the home, the family had a game system, such as an Xbox or a PlayStation.[4] In the kitchen, the household had a refrigerator, an oven and stove, and a microwave. Other household conveniences included a clothes washer, clothes dryer, ceiling fans, a cordless phone, and a coffee maker.

The home of the typical poor family was not overcrowded and was in good repair. In fact, the typical poor American had more living space than the average European. The typical poor American family was also able to obtain medical care when needed. By its own report, the typical family was not hungry and had sufficient funds during the past year to meet all essential needs."
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Even so, Obamacare has done almost nothing for these people that they didn't already have. Read the list of "exceptions" to the law that Obama has engineered. Then tell me who is really being helped by that abominable piece of trash legislation.