I didn't read that article.  Someone must have removed it.   Ooo, a good conspiracy theory!

Truth?  They don't need no f--ing truth!  They can't handle it! (revised from "A Few Good Men."   If Rush says it's so....it's so.  That's all that matters.

It always funny when the numbers don't go the way of the Republicans that they choose to not acknowledge them as credible.  However, when the numbers and reports are what they like, then it's real.   So funny.  Almost schizophrenic.

Medicine is forced to play "defensive" and will over order using standardized procedures.  What if the patient had an actual CVA (cerebral vascular accident for the uninitialed), was diagnosed too slowly and the patient had a poor sequela? Whose liability would it be?  In a court room, when the attorney asks, "What did...more

And in that ER if they don't have that cost of a pack of smokes, you would then turn them away, bleeding and all from say, an accident and they say someone stole their purse / wallet?

Try being wealthy. Except I'd go to school because education is fun, stimulating and helps me make profits. Such a boor being stupid.

The goal to "pool" users so not just the sick pay, but also those who are not yet sick pay.  Like car insurance, house insurance, flood insurance, life insurance, etc.

You're right!  All those freeloaders....so where do we send them and how much will it cost us?

blackHorizon, So you like capitalism?  Don't mind paying market rates?  Let the market decide the price customers are willing to pay?  So when you go to a hospital in an ambulance and they save your life, it's OK to take your house in exchange, right?  Market rate.