-The Heritage Foundation- oh yes. A truly non-partisan, objective agency for the dissemination of totally accurate, non-skewed information.
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The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies drew significantly from Heritage’s policy study Mandate for Leadership.[1] Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential research organizations in the United States, especially during the Republican administration of President George W. Bush.[2]
Heritage’s stated mission is to “formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.”[3]
Heritage Foundation has actively pushed for privatization, deregulation, cuts in social spending, and pre-emptive military strikes. It played a key role in the march to war against Iraq. [4]
I have a problem with those numbers and the statement that “In other words they can purchase insurance if they wanted it.” I know plenty of people who, if you looked at their yearly salary, you’d say, yeah…you can afford to buy your own health insurance. But they are struggling to pay off massive student loan debt, have serious ‘pre-existing conditions’ which most insurance companies wont pay for and they are therefore in massive hospital debt from having to pay those costs themselves, they still have to pay rent, eat, buy a metrocard, pay utilities…the list goes on. A number on a piece of paper does not automatically mean someone can afford something.
M4LESS, Paulus Hook is a nice place.. If you can snatch up a property in that area you would be smart to grab it.. I still Kick myself for not getting that 4 story Brownstone across the street from the Firestation…
According to the Heritage Foundation:
The 47 million “uninsured” is patently false as based on the US Census figures;
1. 20 million of the “uninsured” are at twice the guidelines for poverty level (40k a year for a family of 4, twice that is 80,000 per year). In other words they can purchase insurance if they wanted it.
2. 9 million of the “uninsured” are already insured under various medicaid plans.
3. 7 million of the “uninsured” are not legal citizens of this nation and are thus under the medical responsibility of another sovereign nation.
4. 3.5 million of the “uninsured” are children who would qualify for the SHIP program if their parents would take the time to enroll them.
That leaves approximately 7 million actual uninsured. the question then becomes, do we restructure our entire healthcare system, 1/5 our economy on a proposed system that has proven to be unsustainable in Mass. already and leaves our standard of care behind what it is today?
“haha biff – there was a post on gothamist.com yesterday about a bike messenger who beat the crap out of a pedestrian who was attacking him with his krypto chain – there’s video of it!”
DH, that’s why I said that. I saw you post it and watched the video, which was really hard to stomach.
Agreed, snappy. I think the whole medical insurance issue bears you out.
-The Heritage Foundation- oh yes. A truly non-partisan, objective agency for the dissemination of totally accurate, non-skewed information.
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The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies drew significantly from Heritage’s policy study Mandate for Leadership.[1] Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential research organizations in the United States, especially during the Republican administration of President George W. Bush.[2]
Heritage’s stated mission is to “formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.”[3]
Heritage Foundation has actively pushed for privatization, deregulation, cuts in social spending, and pre-emptive military strikes. It played a key role in the march to war against Iraq. [4]
I have a problem with those numbers and the statement that “In other words they can purchase insurance if they wanted it.” I know plenty of people who, if you looked at their yearly salary, you’d say, yeah…you can afford to buy your own health insurance. But they are struggling to pay off massive student loan debt, have serious ‘pre-existing conditions’ which most insurance companies wont pay for and they are therefore in massive hospital debt from having to pay those costs themselves, they still have to pay rent, eat, buy a metrocard, pay utilities…the list goes on. A number on a piece of paper does not automatically mean someone can afford something.
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he was a euro-trash soho queen with a tote bag.
barf i HATE them. did he have the obligatory tight shorts above the knee as well.?!
*rob*
M4LESS, Paulus Hook is a nice place.. If you can snatch up a property in that area you would be smart to grab it.. I still Kick myself for not getting that 4 story Brownstone across the street from the Firestation…
The winners are the hospitals, like THC. The losers will be the insurers.
“DH, that’s why I said that. I saw you post it and watched the video, which was really hard to stomach.”
ah okay – yeah i wasn’t sure if anyone actually followed the link. yeah it nauseating
According to the Heritage Foundation:
The 47 million “uninsured” is patently false as based on the US Census figures;
1. 20 million of the “uninsured” are at twice the guidelines for poverty level (40k a year for a family of 4, twice that is 80,000 per year). In other words they can purchase insurance if they wanted it.
2. 9 million of the “uninsured” are already insured under various medicaid plans.
3. 7 million of the “uninsured” are not legal citizens of this nation and are thus under the medical responsibility of another sovereign nation.
4. 3.5 million of the “uninsured” are children who would qualify for the SHIP program if their parents would take the time to enroll them.
That leaves approximately 7 million actual uninsured. the question then becomes, do we restructure our entire healthcare system, 1/5 our economy on a proposed system that has proven to be unsustainable in Mass. already and leaves our standard of care behind what it is today?
“haha biff – there was a post on gothamist.com yesterday about a bike messenger who beat the crap out of a pedestrian who was attacking him with his krypto chain – there’s video of it!”
DH, that’s why I said that. I saw you post it and watched the video, which was really hard to stomach.