Peter,

McCain has distanced himself and the campaign from the comments by saying
that Goodman is not a paid campaign staffer (John Goodman, president of the
National Center for Policy Analysis).

The thing that made me almost fall out of my chair was his statement that it
wouldn't "cost a cent!"

I wish I had figures on the number of emergency rooms that have closed
because they can't afford to provide indigent care, or the number of people
who have died or gotten sicker because ER's are so overcrowded.  When Bush
and the conservative Republicans wanted to cut Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement by 10%, the largest group of family practice physicians in my
state was going to stop seeing Medicare and Medicaid patients!  Which would
have sent a lot of these people to the ER for primary care!  And both of
Wyoming's Senators voted to sustain the veto!!  It gets worse, too.  Our
newest senator is an MD (orthopedic surgeon) from the same town where the
family docs practice.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Peter Hunsberger <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> >
> >
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/mccain-adviser-there-are_n_122095.html
> >
>
> I can't believe anyone in their right mind would attempt to spin the
> US health insurance situation in such an completely inane way!  Do
> they really think that having (supposedly guaranteed) emergency room
> access is somehow equivalent to having health insurance?  Let's see
> how this would work in reality; can't afford your digitalis medication
> because you have no health insurance?  Don't worry about it; the
> emergency room treatment will be free when you have the heart attack
> it was supposed to prevent...
>
> This is just about the most stupid and insulting position on health
> insurance I have ever heard (and being in the business I've heard a
> lot)!
>
> --
> Peter Hunsberger
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