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Apparently you still dont know how the Federal Government works. I care about how she votes, but not about her thoughts on health care if such a vague and meaningless statistic is what stands out to the OP.

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Same thing I have done in every other thread for the past 4 1/2 years. Your memory is about as strong as your grasp on the structure of the Federal government apparently.

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A McKinsey and Co. report from 2008 found that a plurality of an estimated 60,000 to 85,000 medical tourists were traveling to the United States for the purpose of receiving in-patient medical care;[73] the same McKinsey study estimated that 750,000 American medical tourists traveled from the United States to other countries in 2007 (up from 500,000 in 2006).[74]

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ORIGINAL: SternSkipper

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Same thing I have done in every other thread for the past 4 1/2 years. Your memory is about as strong as your grasp on the structure of the Federal government apparently.

You were waxing as the all time expert on healthcare back in the spring when I joined here. Riiiiiigggght

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

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A McKinsey and Co. report from 2008 found that a plurality of an estimated 60,000 to 85,000 medical tourists were traveling to the United States for the purpose of receiving in-patient medical care;[73] the same McKinsey study estimated that 750,000 American medical tourists traveled from the United States to other countries in 2007 (up from 500,000 in 2006).[74]

Not surprising. How many did they kill ?

T^T

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To put that another way, every other Western country has solved/abolished this problem completely, almost always through State-run National Health Schemes that cost far less than the US healthcare system does.

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I know a lot about it, but I never said anything about it having enough to do with my company to have a "vested interest" in it. Nice backpedal, but still a fail.

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Is it necessary to add that the USA is the only advanced country where medically-induced bankruptcy occurs?

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The counter argument to that is that its our system that finances most of the new technology. Its not my argument, just one I have seen.

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Is it necessary to add that the USA is the only advanced country where medically-induced bankruptcy occurs?

To put that another way, every other Western country has solved/abolished this problem completely, almost always through State-run National Health Schemes that cost far less than the US healthcare system does.

In short, if the US adopted similar measures, it would better off in terms of healthcare delivery, balance of payments and cost to the bottom line.

All gain and no pain. Such a no-brainer a ten year old with average intelligence would work out it's better than the current US system.

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Is it necessary to add that the USA is the only advanced country where medically-induced bankruptcy occurs?

To put that another way, every other Western country has solved/abolished this problem completely, almost always through State-run National Health Schemes that cost far less than the US healthcare system does.

In short, if the US adopted similar measures, it would better off in terms of healthcare delivery, balance of payments and cost to the bottom line.

All gain and no pain. Such a no-brainer a ten year old with average intelligence would work out it's better than the current US system.

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The statistics show that Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings are rising faster than the more complex Chapter 13 filings. While the latter requires individuals to repay a substantial portion of their debt and prevents banks from foreclosing on their homes, Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows a debtor to wipe out his or her debts entirely and get a fresh start. "It is very fast and very deep debt restructuring," says Porter. Since 2005, Chapter 13 filings have dropped from about 35% of all personal bankruptcy filings to 25%, she says. "Systemically, that's a big change." That change suggests that more home owners are simply walking away from their mortgages, rather than attempting to make payments, especially during a recession with record-high long-term unemployment. "Chapter 13 was designed for regular economic times when people might lose their jobs and fall behind on their mortgage for three to four months, but having found a new job they would be able to use the Chapter 13 process to keep their homes," says Porter, noting that even during normal economic times only 1 in 3 Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings results in the individual's successful meeting of payment obligations.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1977728,00.html#ixzz1eyQQdSOe

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Yes, if the bankruptcy lawyers are to be insured their pay-off for looking the other way.

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Her own study on the issue is so ridiculously flawed that Harvard should be embarassed to have their name associated with it.

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kali ... Have you looked at all at this Marisa DeFranco? She's getting around well in the Boston area, but I can't tell if she is even known to folks to the south and west.  have you checked out her platform, etc?

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Who the fuck is Professor Warren and why should we care? Especially with a meaningless statistic like that standing out?

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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The statistics show that Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings are rising faster than the more complex Chapter 13 filings. While the latter requires individuals to repay a substantial portion of their debt and prevents banks from foreclosing on their homes, Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows a debtor to wipe out his or her debts entirely and get a fresh start. "It is very fast and very deep debt restructuring," says Porter. Since 2005, Chapter 13 filings have dropped from about 35% of all personal bankruptcy filings to 25%, she says. "Systemically, that's a big change." That change suggests that more home owners are simply walking away from their mortgages, rather than attempting to make payments, especially during a recession with record-high long-term unemployment. "Chapter 13 was designed for regular economic times when people might lose their jobs and fall behind on their mortgage for three to four months, but having found a new job they would be able to use the Chapter 13 process to keep their homes," says Porter, noting that even during normal economic times only 1 in 3 Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings results in the individual's successful meeting of payment obligations.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1977728,00.html#ixzz1eyQQdSOe

what do ya think eh?  They ruin the economy the least they can do is pay the fucking bills doncha think?