WBUR reports at least 20 children now receiving care at Boston hospitals for, among other things, cancer, cystic fibrosis, HIV, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and epilepsy have been given about a month to get out of the US because the government no longer cares to let their kind stay in the US, no matter how sick they are.
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You have no idea if they are
By Carty
Wed, 08/28/2019 - 6:42pm
You have no idea if they are on MassHealth, nor should you.
Says so in the article
By Stevil
Wed, 08/28/2019 - 9:52pm
Did u read it?
Learn to understand context, o author
By Pete X
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 7:26pm
Right above where I said "shortcomings in our health care system," I said: "It's the rest of the poor locals not being able to afford the hospitals in DC, Baltimore, NY, and Boston that's the problem." Again, you so want to obfuscate and win a DIFFERENT argument that you didn't read what I said.
Too many Americans can't afford proper health care. That's the point! Should I say it more slowly? We can do better. Every other developed country provides decent, affordable healthcare and THIS country doesn't.
But then you come out and say:
Finally, FINALLY you come out and admit to being a Randian sociopath who thinks being poor, getting sick, or worse yet, being born poor and sick in a republican state is those people's own damn fault. (Tennesseans aren't real Americans I guess?) All the other blather about crowds of 90 year old tennis players is a smoke screen for you saying "Screw you, I got mine." Thank you for at last spelling it out so clearly. Good day, JD.
Do you even read the stuff you link to?
By Stevil
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 8:22pm
The primary point of that article was about lack of access to health care, not cost. Since the ACA was passed, almost all Americans have coverage (and 60% of medical payments are made by the government).
Affordability was a secondary point and mainly for the small percentage of those in the gap between government and private insurance.
They point out that Tennessee specifically decided not to expand Medicaid. How do I, a Mass resident, fix a state program somewhere else?
Bottom.line, for almost all Americans, we have universal coverage. We do have work to do for 3-5% of the population, and I support that. However, these are not Americans or legal residents. I'm gine if they stay for care, but send the bill to their home country. We can't afford coverage for our own citizens, much less the strain and cost of those who sneak in the back door and want us to subsidize their medical costs.
We have been told
By Jon Carry
Mon, 08/26/2019 - 10:37pm
We have been told for years how America's health care system is so terrible. These people should be thrilled to go back to their home countries and take advantage of their wunderful coverage.
What are the wealthiest states in the US?
By tachometer
Mon, 08/26/2019 - 10:58pm
A quick search says that Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are the two wealthiest individuals in the US, and both of them have their primary residence in Washington state. Number three on the list is Warren Buffett who lives in Nebraska.
What is the point of this? Well, the people who claim that the US has the best health care in the world are essentially making an equivalent claim that Washington and Nebraska are the two wealthiest states because of those three residents.
Someone working below the poverty line in those states benefits as much from the wealth of those three as a US citizen who is sick but has no access to our first class or cutting edge medical care because they have no insurance or limited coverage. That's what makes the health care system bad.
Pay attention to when people make claims about how good or bad health care is here, there has been an intentional muddying of the water between health care and health care system to protect the interest of certain elements within the system.
There seems to be confusion here.
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 08/26/2019 - 11:21pm
The fact that in a rich country of 300 million people you can find specialists and specialty facilities that you can't find in, say, Iceland has, of course, very little relevance to the question of whether America's healthcare system, on the whole, provides better or worse outcomes than Iceland's.
Land of the free? Whoever
By thomas
Mon, 08/26/2019 - 10:50pm
Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy.
We suck.
By bibliotequetress
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 1:15pm
That is all. We really do.
What the hell can we do to stop this?
Vote.
By Scratchie
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 5:52pm
Vote.
Help register others to vote.
Drive people to the polls so they can vote.
That's absolutely disgusting!
By mplo
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 9:28pm
Children who are ill have the right to be cared for here. Trump is really doing dirt.! Let's hope he's voted out next year!
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