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Title: A deep health care divide in Rick Perry’s Texas
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Boston Globe
URL Source: http://www.boston.com/news/politics ... ing_health_care_gap/?page=full
Published: Sep 30, 2011
Author: Boston Globe
Post Date: 2011-09-30 12:49:16 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 20070
Comments: 54
HOUSTON - The cutting edge treatments and renowned doctors here at the Texas Medical Center draw Arab sheiks and former first ladies to gleaming facilities adorned with spraying fountains and aquariums. Billed as the world’s largest medical campus, the towering glass and sandstone buildings house 14 hospitals and three medical schools, spread across 14 square blocks. But for the more than 6 million Texans without health insurance, these world-class institutions remain largely out of reach. Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the country - 24.6 percent - and the number of uninsured that has grown by 35 percent during Governor Rick Perry’s 11-year tenure. And here in Harris County, which includes Houston, the state’s largest city, the picture is even more troubling: One out of three people lacks insurance. “This is ground zero in the health care disaster,’’ said Dr. Leonard Zwelling, an oncologist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. “Houston is such a rich city, with some of the best medical care in the world. . . . And yet the people without insurance have a heck of a time getting into most of these facilities because they can’t pay.’’
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#1. To: go65 (#0)
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I despise RINO-Rick. But please tell me what percentage of the "uninsured people" in the state of Texas includes a. Young people who tend to not worry about that, or BTW, I expect you to post REAL data, versus your typical propaganda...
DUMMY DwarF: ...I'm eating a meatball... http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=24347&Disp=35#C35 thought you would find this of interest.
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Please define "REAL data" and be specific.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
a. Young people who tend to not worry about that, or b. Illegal aliens. The answer is in the study cited in the article. If you weren't so intellectually lazy, you would know that.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Really? Then please provide the data, because I read the article, and there was nothing but BS anecdotal evidence, for the vast majority of it. I asked for specific data, which is NOT there. Reading comprehension isn't a priority for you, IS it? Bimbo.
DUMMY DwarF: ...I'm eating a meatball... http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=24347&Disp=35#C35 I asked for specific data, which is NOT there. Read again: The answer is in the study cited in the article. Reading comprehension isn't a priority for you, IS it? Back atcha, dude.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Then COPY AND PASTE, you stupid bitch: Make sure it answers these EXACT questions: If you can't provide that exact data, then I'll take that as an admission on YOUR part, that you're full of shit- as usual.
DUMMY DwarF: ...I'm eating a meatball... http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=24347&Disp=35#C35 Read the study, Mr Professional Doctoral candidate. You might learn something. It might even list another source for student loans.
Apparently he's used to ordering other people to do his homework.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Then COPY AND PASTE, you stupid bitch: If I'm the stupid bitch, then why are you demanding I do your homework for you?
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
It's an article, not a report. Oh, and the data is NOT there. Were it there, loonybitch (ALSO you, because you're so desperate for attention) would have cited it already. But nada. Game over, you lose. So, bimbo, on a different note, why are you so desperate for attention? Hubby leave you because you're fat and sloppy, or because you're stupid? Sitting on your couch, with potato-chips in hand (ring-dings on the nightstand)? A super- Slurpee between your tree-trunk-sized legs? When was the last time you got laid? Was he blinded by alcohol? Oh.... one last thing... ***pssst*** I recommend you get something more than a nodding familiarity to your tooth-brush. DUMMY DwarF: ...I'm eating a meatball... http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=24347&Disp=35#C35 Don't you mean 1 out of 3 people lack "Free/State or Federal Government" health insurance???? Since the average healthcare policy is up to what $10-15,000 per year, how many trips do you have to make to the doctor per year to get back what you paid in under one of those policies?????? I've been to see the doctor "ONCE" since 2000!!!! Damn that was an expensive trip!!!!! And you still wonder why some people "BY CHOICE" still don't have any Health Insurance.... It's beause most people just don't want to shell out that much for it, to go to the doctor once or twice a year.....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... Oh, and the data is NOT there. READ again - this time for comprehension: The answer is in the study cited in the article. Thanks for the picture, but you're not my type.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
One trip to the hospital.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Liar. I read research reports all the time. The data ain't there. If it was, you'd have posted it, to prove me wrong. But since the article is shit, and there's little *real* data, you TALK shit, instead. Really, you MUST try harder, to keep up with the adults... Thanks for playing! :) You're dismissed. Again.
DUMMY DwarF: ...I'm eating a meatball... One trip to the hospital. And how many people get admitted to the hospital once a year?????? 20-30 million????? And most of them are old people or women having babies..... I haven't been admitted to a hospital since I was 8 or 9!!! The point is most people don't need to be paying in that much money for Health Insurance so why should it be mandatory that everyone buy it????? Sounds like another way to seperate people from their freedoms...... just another Leftard scam....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... Liberals are shit. They need their heads stomped on.
I agree, that's why I like the single payer plan.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
So you would make it illegal for a doctor to take private payments for services rendered? Single payer ins't free and you are still forced to pay throught higher taxes. Should faggots who deliberately get aids be covered too? I don't think they should.
Spreading Christian love this morning? Would Jesus be pleased?
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Who says its free? You're paying right this moment, you're just not getting your money's worth. Should faggots who deliberately get aids be covered too? I don't think they should. So how much money are you willing to spend to hire investigators to probe the intimate lives (so much for the rights of the ill) of AIDS victims to discover the exact time of infection, and state of mind at the time?
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Yep, I'm not real happy with being forced to buy my insurance from a private entity, that can go out of business at any moment.
So that means you won't have a problem when the government says you can't have a certain treatment or operation and it causes you to suffer or die!!!!!
"CHANGE" you can step in..... People are suffering and dying right now and you don't care.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Funny thing is CZ says he won't buy insurance because he doesn't need it. Apparently he doesn't plan on ever getting sick, and when he does he'll just stick it to the taxpayer. In effect, CZ already does have single payer. He just doesn't realize it.
A friend's husband was hit by a elderly woman driving without her glasses. Fortunately he was insured and the woman was insured because he spent two very expensive months in the hospital. CZ doesn't realize that one doesn't have to get sick to end up in the hospital.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
I doubt that. He just plans on sticking us with the bill when he does.
Some of them did it to themselves so why should I care.... They chose the path of their lives and they need to deal with the consequences of their choices... It's not my or your responsibility to help them out, it's theirs!!! Suffering and dying happens every day all over the world, and a lot of it is caused by the governments of the countries they live in..... That's why I don't want the government controlling my healthcare choices.....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... I doubt that. He just plans on sticking us with the bill when he does. LOL..... I have 2 different health insurance plans provided by those I have worked for over my career...... I would have prefered they just give my the money so I could have invested it, but with neither job was that an option... If I could have done what I wanted, then I would be retired now, have no bills and would still have enough left over to take care of any health care issues I may develop when I get older. And the level of care I would receive would be by "MY" choice not some dumbass bureaucrat or some insurance company douchebag!!!!! And if for some reason I would have gotten sick or injured before my plans had come to fruition then "Oh well that's the breaks"!!!! Lifes all about taking chances/risks, some people just can't figure that out for themselves.... That's why they want the government to make all of their decisions for them, they don't want to have to sleep in the bed they made for themselves..... Me, well I sleep just fine... I have no regrets with what I've done with my life.....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... So I assume that if you have a house, you're not wasting any money on house insurance, and same goes for car insurance.
Not if you're a Christian.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
I'm not a Christian and I care. What does religion have to do with morality? We've already seen today that the Great Christian Stone doesn't care at all when a fundamentalist Christian family kills their own child because of their religious beliefs.
The leveraging of the Christain label to allow hateful and greedy people to use that faith like a sheepskin to hide their wolf personas reminds me of the time Clinton leveraged his Monica L. experiance as "It depends on what you call sex." (Paraphrase of Clinton's words) Most Perry grade 'Christains' would house Jesus Christ in the psych ward and view him as a dangerous element endangering their lucritive businesses set up in the temple of religious posturing. They would not be down for that peace, help the poor, and turn the other cheek garbage. To say the least.
I see you have picked up on the battle Oregon has had with sects who prefer faith healing to a doctor's care to keep their children alive. I concur with you; such parents are criminal to let their children die as experiments to explore the power of their faith. it has been gratifying to see so many of thise people who facilitated their kid's death by denying them treatment go to prison for this.
Of course you don't have to be a Christian to care; however Christians are instructed to care for others as God has cared for them even when they were lost. Caring for a Christian is not optional, it is an imperative from God. The Good Samaritan was not a Christian.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
They don't even understand their faith. From Catholic Culture: "TEMPTING GOD An act or omission in which a person tires to test God's attributes, notably his love, power, or wisdom. It may be done either explicitly or implicitly. God is tempted explicitly when something is demanded of him or when something is done or omitted for the actual purpose of ascertaining the extent of god's love, power, or wisdom. An example would be that of an atheist who might give God, say, five minutes to strike him or her dead, "if there is a God." To explicitly tempt God is always a grave sin. God is tempted implicitly when, not doubting his atributes, a person rashly requires a manifestation of divine love, power, or wisdom. Examples of implicitly tempting God are needlessly risking one's life in some dangerous feat or refusing all medical aid simply because it is up to god to cure one of some grave illness or disease. Implicitly tempting god is a serious sin in grave matters, otherwise a venial sin. " http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=36799
I'm afraid that the current crop of evangelicals would disagree with you. Protecting the rich and well off is the imperative; everybody else can fend for themselves.
So, you think all people who say they are Christain are actually Christians? That is all I said essentually. Try reading for content and being such a mindless reactionary when you raise your posting saber and charge off the high cliff to dive into the valley of insipidly stupid posts. As if that will ever happen with you.
Of course not.
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b. Illegal aliens.
Capitalist Eric: Foreplay before the president's staff? 
#2. To: lucysmom (#0)
#3. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
BTW, I expect you to post REAL data, versus your typical propaganda...
#4. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
But please tell me what percentage of the "uninsured people" in the state of Texas includes
#5. To: lucysmom (#4)
The answer is in the study cited in the article.
If you weren't so intellectually lazy, you would know that.
Capitalist Eric: Foreplay before the president's staff?
#6. To: Capitalist Eric (#5)
Then please provide the data, because I read the article, and there was nothing but BS anecdotal evidence, for the vast majority of it.
#7. To: lucysmom (#6)
Read again: The answer is in the study cited in the article.
But please tell me what percentage of the "uninsured people" in the state of Texas includes
a. Young people who tend to not worry about that, or
b. Illegal aliens.
Capitalist Eric: Foreplay before the president's staff?
#8. To: Capitalist Eric (#7)
Make sure it answers these EXACT questions:
#9. To: mininggold (#8)
Read the study, Mr Professional Doctoral candidate. You might learn something.
#10. To: Capitalist Eric (#7)
Read again: The answer is in the study cited in the article.
#11. To: mininggold, lucysmom (#8)
Capitalist Eric: Foreplay before the president's staff?
#12. To: go65, all (#0)
One out of three people lacks insurance.
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#13. To: Capitalist Eric (#11)
It's an article, not a report.
#14. To: CZ82 (#12)
Since the average healthcare policy is up to what $10-15,000 per year, how many trips do you have to make to the doctor per year to get back what you paid in under one of those policies??????
#15. To: lucysmom (#13)
Capitalist Eric: Foreplay before the president's staff?
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=24347&Disp=35#C35
#16. To: lucysmom (#14)
Since the average healthcare policy is up to what $10-15,000 per year, how many trips do you have to make to the doctor per year to get back what you paid in under one of those policies??????
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#17. To: CZ82 (#16)
#18. To: CZ82 (#16)
The point is most people don't need to be paying in that much money for Health Insurance so why should it be mandatory that everyone buy it?????
#19. To: lucysmom (#18)
#20. To: A K A Stone (#17)
Liberals are shit. They need their heads stomped on.
#21. To: A K A Stone (#19)
Single payer ins't free and you are still forced to pay throught higher taxes.
#22. To: lucysmom (#18)
I agree, that's why I like the single payer plan.
#23. To: lucysmom (#18)
I agree, that's why I like the single payer plan.
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#24. To: CZ82 (#23)
So that means you won't have a problem when the government says you can't have a certain treatment or operation and it causes you to suffer or die!!!!!
#25. To: lucysmom, CZ82 (#24)
People are suffering and dying right now and you don't care.
#26. To: Skip Intro (#25)
Apparently he doesn't plan on ever getting sick, and when he does he'll just stick it to the taxpayer.
#27. To: lucysmom (#26)
CZ doesn't realize that one doesn't have to get sick to end up in the hospital.
#28. To: lucysmom (#24)
People are suffering and dying right now and you don't care.
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#29. To: Skip Intro, lucysmom (#27)
CZ doesn't realize that one doesn't have to get sick to end up in the hospital.
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#30. To: CZ82 (#29)
#31. To: CZ82 (#28)
Some of them did it to themselves so why should I care.... They chose the path of their lives and they need to deal with the consequences of their choices... It's not my or your responsibility to help them out, it's theirs!!!
#32. To: lucysmom (#31)
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Not if you're a Christian.
#33. To: lucysmom (#31)
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"Not if you're a Christian."
#34. To: Skip Intro (#32)
#35. To: Skip Intro (#32)
I'm not a Christian and I care. What does religion have to do with morality?
#36. To: Ferret Mike (#34)
I concur with you; such parents are criminal to let their children die as experiments to explore the power of their faith.
#37. To: lucysmom (#35)
Caring for a Christian is not optional, it is an imperative from God.
#38. To: Skip Intro (#32)
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#39. To: Ferret Mike (#34)
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#40. To: A K A Stone (#39)
#41. To: Ferret Mike (#40)
So, you think all people who say they are Christain are actually Christians?
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