good doctors don't vote republican
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Punch in a family size (I chose two parents, 2 kids) and a city (I chose Fort Worth-Arlington because I live there) and choose no employer sponsored health insurance. Turns out that the family will pay $1000 a month for their health insurance. They will pay $4,252.47 for total monthly expenses---if they spend nothing on anything but the basics--and they will need to make $56,000 a year to get by. That is 273% of the poverty level. Look at those numbers long and hard. To buy insurance, the family will have to spend over one fifth of its pre-tax income. And that does not count deductibles, copays, and it does not take into account the possibility that a child may have a pre-existing condition like asthma that will prevent the family from getting insurance.
George W. Bush wants to make sure that all the families who make $50,000 a year give their $12,000 a year to United Health or Blue Cross, Blue Shield, so that these companies can turn around and give a cut of that money to his political buddies. George W. Bush says that he does not want any of these families to get any sort of help with their health care crisis until all the families making less than 200% of the poverty level have health insurance. This is as good as saying that no one will get any SCHIP money, because a lot of southern states like Texas treat SCHIP like a nuisance. They have a proven record of failing in their obligation to inform and enroll citizens who qualify for available services. This is no accident. It is not a choice on the part of the poor. It reflects the mind set of those who govern Texas and many southern states. They would rather see the poor suffer than give them something "for free" even if the funds are federal. Check out these numbers.
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Punch in a family size (I chose two parents, 2 kids) and a city (I chose Fort Worth-Arlington because I live there) and choose no employer sponsored health insurance. Turns out that the family will pay $1000 a month for their health insurance. They will pay $4,252.47 for total monthly expenses---if they spend nothing on anything but the basics--and they will need to make $56,000 a year to get by. That is 273% of the poverty level. Look at those numbers long and hard. To buy insurance, the family will have to spend over one fifth of its pre-tax income. And that does not count deductibles, copays, and it does not take into account the possibility that a child may have a pre-existing condition like asthma that will prevent the family from getting insurance.
George W. Bush wants to make sure that all the families who make $50,000 a year give their $12,000 a year to United Health or Blue Cross, Blue Shield, so that these companies can turn around and give a cut of that money to his political buddies. George W. Bush says that he does not want any of these families to get any sort of help with their health care crisis until all the families making less than 200% of the poverty level have health insurance. This is as good as saying that no one will get any SCHIP money, because a lot of southern states like Texas treat SCHIP like a nuisance. They have a proven record of failing in their obligation to inform and enroll citizens who qualify for available services. This is no accident. It is not a choice on the part of the poor. It reflects the mind set of those who govern Texas and many southern states. They would rather see the poor suffer than give them something "for free" even if the funds are federal. Check out these numbers.
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