Bush will be in Chattanooga on Wednesday, February 21 to talk about his ridiculously inadequate Katrina-esque plan to make healthcare 'affordable.' The Decider will be escorted by Tennessee Republicans Bob Corker and Zach Wamp.
For some mysterious reason, Dubya won't be talking about what he actually knows something about -- the no-expense spared healthcare plan for millionaires.
Stephen Colbert's summary of the Bush unhealthy care plan is cited in the New York Times:
"It's so simple. Most people who can't afford health insurance also are too poor to owe taxes. But if you give them a deduction from the taxes they don't owe, they can use the money they're not getting back from what they haven't given to buy the health care they can't afford."
The Times adds:
". . . Mr. Bush’s proposal will not shrink the ranks of the uninsured is not its most serious problem. Far more troubling is its embrace of a system under which we spend more than twice as much on health care, on average, as the 21 countries in which life expectancy exceeds ours. American costs are so high in part because the reliance on private insurance multiplies administrative expenses, currently about 31 percent of total outlays.
Most health economists agree that government-financed reimbursement is the only practical way to control these expenses, many of them stemming from insurers’ efforts to identify and avoid unhealthy people. Canada’s single-payer health system, which covers everyone, spends less than 17 percent on administrative expenses." [via]
Here's a piece I wrote a few years ago about my experience with a plan that actually works, the outstanding Canadian Universal Healthcare Plan.
In the meantime, if you're desperate for healthcare in Tennessee, this may help: from Sharon Cobb -- "If you lost your TennCare or are otherwise without insurance, read this story."
And if you know anything about plans for a Bush protest in Chattanooga, please tell us about it in the comments.
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