...And don't forget the issue of cost. Why does every other country in the 
(what's left of) democratic world seem to not have the crushing problems 
that we do in health care.  The fact is that a little bit of socialism in 
some specific directed areas has worked better than the mess we have here.

The Tea Baggers that are running in New York State have a solution.  It is 
to cut Medicaid services for the poor by 30%.  Knowing that their target 
groups (mentally handicapped and mentally ill people) have little ability to 
fight back, Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and his avid supporter 
Erie County Executive Christopher Collins have advocated eliminating most 
group home service for the aforementioned groups as well as all prescription 
medication for such.  This would probably just about do it--get Medicaid 
costs under control, but it would also kill an estimated 50 thousand New 
Yorkers.

This is the conservative solution--and this from the folks who tell us they 
have the higher moral ground and a so-called 'culture of life!'


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: This has nothing to do with ham radio


Harvey, you are partially right with very valid questions.  Illegal Aliens
however are expressly excluded from Health Care coverage.  The problem is,
that we are unwilling to let people, be they legal or illeagals die in the
streets.  The burden of providing the care falls on the hospitals in the
poorest neighborhoods.  Which hospitals are closing?  Right, the ones in the
poorest neighborhoods, where their services are the most needed.