Just be careful - if you copy the British healthcare model install 
checks to stop the paper-pushers taking over & leaving no time to actually
cure anyone.
We tend to get very well-documented infections in our hospitals, which should 
be a hint.

Quoting Murray Kastner <[log in to unmask]>:

> ....and whether Mr. Jefferson likes it or not the costs of health care  
> for PwPs are NOT off topic and is a daily concern for us all. Writing  
> off concern for your fellow man to PURE politics is balderdash. One is  
> tempted to jump to the conclusion that he is independently wealthy and/ 
> or otherwise unconcerned. Kinda brings to mind the metaphor (saying?)  
> that ends with "I'm alright, Jack!"
> 
> ...and yes, I believe we are our brother's keeper so you may ascribe  
> my views to being a "bleeding heart liberal" and PROUD of it.
> 
> On 2009-09-21, at 8:46 AM, Kathleen Cochran wrote:
> 
> > Politics permeates our lives, like it or not. So many important  
> > choices in
> > my life have been driven by the need to maintain health insurance.  
> > That's
> > the political translating into the personal.
> >
> > I believe we will all be better off if the U.S can muster the  
> > political will
> > to enact health care reforms designed to leave no one out in the cold.
> >
> > Kathleen
> >
> > 2009/9/20 Hugh Jefferson <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >> This is PURE politics!
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:35 PM
> >> Subject: HR 676 provides long-term care
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> has anyone tried to buy long term care insurance?  I did and of  
> >>> course
> >>> couldn't get it because I have Parkinson's disease.  You might  
> >>> want to
> >>> consider supporting single payer, Medicare for All HR 676.
> >>>
> >>> Ray
> >>>
> >>> H.R.676
> >>>
> >>> Title: To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for  
> >>> all
> >>> United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for  
> >>> other
> >>> purposes.
> >>> Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 1/26/2009)  
> >>> Cosponsors
> >>> (86)
> >>> Latest Major Action: 1/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
> >>> Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition  
> >>> to the
> >>> Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period  
> >>> to be
> >>> subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for  
> >>> consideration of
> >>> such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee  
> >>> concerned.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
> >>>
> >>> SUMMARY AS OF:
> >>> 1/26/2009--Introduced.
> >>>
> >>> United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved
> >>> Medicare for All Act - Establishes the United States National  
> >>> Health Care
> >>> (USNHC) Program to provide all individuals residing in the United  
> >>> States and
> >>> U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically  
> >>> necessary
> >>> care, such as primary care and prevention, prescription drugs,  
> >>> emergency
> >>> care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and  
> >>> vision
> >>> care.
> >>>
> >>> Prohibits an institution from participating unless it is a public or
> >>> nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance  
> >>> organizations
> >>> (HMOs) that deliver care in their own facilities to participate.
> >>>
> >>> Gives patients the freedom to choose from participating physicians  
> >>> and
> >>> institutions.
> >>>
> >>> Prohibits a private health insurer from selling health insurance  
> >>> coverage
> >>> that duplicates the benefits provided under this Act. Allows such  
> >>> insurers
> >>> to sell benefits that are not medically necessary, such as  
> >>> cosmetic surgery
> >>> benefits.
> >>>
> >>> Sets forth methods to pay institutional providers of care and health
> >>> professionals for services. Prohibits financial incentives between  
> >>> HMOs and
> >>> physicians based on utilization.
> >>>
> >>> Establishes the USNHC Trust Fund to finance the Program with amounts
> >>> deposited: (1) from existing sources of government revenues for  
> >>> health care;
> >>> (2) by increasing personal income taxes on the top 5% income  
> >>> earners; (3) by
> >>> instituting a progressive excise tax on payroll and self- 
> >>> employment income;
> >>> and (4) by instituting a small tax on stock and bond transactions.  
> >>> Transfers
> >>> and appropriates to carry out this Act amounts that would have been
> >>> appropriated for federal public health care programs, including  
> >>> Medicare,
> >>> Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Requires the USNHC Program to give first priority in retraining  
> >>> and job
> >>> placement and USNHC employment transition benefits to individuals  
> >>> whose jobs
> >>> are eliminated due to reduced administration.
> >>>
> >>> Requires creation of a confidential electronic patient record  
> >>> system.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Establishes a National Board of Universal Quality and Access to  
> >>> provide
> >>> advice on quality, access, and affordability.
> >>>
> >>> Provides for: (1) the eventual integration of the Indian Health  
> >>> Service
> >>> into the Program; and (2) evaluation of the continued independence  
> >>> of
> >>> Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health programs.
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>> Rayilyn Brown
> >>> Director AZNPF
> >>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
> >>> [log in to unmask]
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