$829 billion!!! Could you run it by me again? We moved to a Government run healthcare system to cover our huge amount of uninsured. Interestingly, the numbers of people that the plan is supposed to help shrunk with time. It was around 50 million people during the campaign and all the way to August 09. Out of the blue, it went down to 30 million in the President’s speeches and now, papers are talking about 18 million people who cannot afford health care. Here is a quick and cheap fix: give 1 million to each of these identified 18 million and turn them into instant millionaires with no excuse not to get healthcare. Also, pass a couple of laws to prevent insurers not to deny coverage for existing conditions, define care that should be reimbursed and cosmetics, cap prices on things like frame for glasses, ambulance rides, X ray or crutches and monitor and punish fraud and abuses on both client and provider side. That would save us $811 billion people!
Eric Chevreuil