Health coverage 'plan' was no insurance at all

I think in this wealthy country we need to all we can so our citizens can be as healthy as possible.
It is a matter of priority.
How about building or expanding a hospital and clinic when a staduim is built or updated?

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium - http://www.vaughthemingway.com/

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Staium - http://www.ms-veteransstadium.com/

Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field - http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewA...&ATCLID=925427

Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium - http://southernmiss.cstv.com/facilit...s-stadium.html

I agree Herring, we spend almost as much on defense as the rest of the world combined. Certainly, we can make cuts and still defend ourselves. Priorities... priorities.

I have experienced a Medicaid patient standing in the pharmacy in tears, sick with influenza and bronchitis, crying because she had no money to pay for the prescription that the doc had given her...not covered by medicaid...

Very sad health delivery system in a wealthy nation.

Yea we can!
The people of Mississippi deserve healthcare the same as the President, a senator, CEO, and big city cab driver.

We can set up hospitals in Iraq. Why not in Mississippi?

The May 2009 issue of Consumer Reports had an article on "junk" insurance plans that claim comprehensive coverage, but pay for very little. Some won't pay for the first day of a hospital stay. Others won't pay for things they claim to cover.

A few hours ago, I caught Frontline on PBS. They had a show comparing government healthcare systems around the world, including Germany, which has over 200 of private insurers, and Switzerland, which got national health care in 1995. All spend 5% or less of their GDP on healthcare costs (the US spends about 15%), and all have healthier populations. The entire program is available online.

Government health care is good enough for Veterans and the elderly. Why not expand it to all Americans?

A poor person with medicaid who cannot afford the prescription is not good...what would be an acceptable fix for this? That is sort of the purpose of this thread, right? To discuss how insurance in america (including medicaid) is not adequate. Discussion is a good thing. There is no way that healthcare is not going to cost money...lots of money...there is no question about that...what is in question is how we are going to spend that money. Quite frankly, it is obvious that our current method is in serious trouble and that a great deal of the money spent is not actually impacting patients or care. It is true that Germany is also a market/capitalist type system. It is also true that the United States is in a position to fashion whatever type of system that we believe will improve our care deliver and gain control of cost escalations unrelated to care delivery. I am an optimist by nature. I believe that we have the best health resources in the world right here in the good ol' USA. I also believe that we can do much better. I advocate for change because I believe we need change. I do not think tht the status quo is sustainable or even desireable.