On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:27:26 -0700, Eddie wrote:
I live in Mexico, I am unemployed, very poor, and
will die without good medical care.
Then you will stay in Mexico, where health care is either partially or
fully subsidized.
But not necessarily better.
Did I say that it was? The WHO has America ranked at 37, Mexico at 61.
I then cross over (it's done daily,
by many) go to the nearest health provider, be it a cancer specialist
or hospital and tell them I need help.
If people cross over for health care, it tends to be the other way, from
America to Mexico, where costs are considerably cheaper.
You mean like Steve McQueen did, right? Do you remember "alternative"
Mexican treatments like coffee enemas and laetrile? You don't? Why
anyone would go to a third world county like Mexico for medical
treatment puzzles me. Because it's cheaper? Hell, here it's free! Ever
hear of Medicaid? "If you can't afford to pay for medical care right
now, Medicaid can make it possible for you to get the care that you need
so that you can get healthy and stay healthy." **
I owned a wholesale flower business from 1979 to 2002. I employed only
Mexican workers, all which were illegal *but* showed me a SS card when
they were hired. I knew the SS cards were bogus, but I also was not the
police so I did not investigate whether they were genuine or not. It
was not my job. I had a large turnover of employees over the years and
I know about health care in Mexico, not only from what I heard from
them, but from my brother-in-law, who immigrated to the U.S. from
Mexico. He is a physician, a neurosurgeon in fact. So I probably know
more about Mexican health care than most on this group. If you're a rich
Mexican you'll have access to good medical care, by coming to America!
And not only Mexicans, but Canadians, Spaniards (Jose Carrera, opera
tenor) Arab Sheiks from the UAE, from Italy, the Prime Minister, Desmond
Tutu, The King of Tonga, and thousands more from countries with free
medical care. So why America? Why do these thousands come here when
they have "good" medical care in their own countries? Why?
I thought we were talking about an unemployed, poor, Mexican? Now, we
are talking about Arab Sheiks? WTF?
My point was, Mexico has universal coverage. If you are Mexican, and
poor, you will stay home for fully subsidized health care. My second
point was, Mexico has a large medical tourism sector. Americans
routinely head south for dentistry, plastic surgeries, and other elective
surgeries, because costs are considerably cheaper there.
And now can you imagine the droves of sick people who will come here for
medical treatments when they find out it's free to non-citizens? Again,
no ID required, no proof of U.S. citizenship, no questions of national
status or origin, no questions of birthplace, and again, no English
required, because by law an interpreter *must* be provided. At no cost
of course. Well, no cost to the applicant, but a cost to the American
tax payer. I can just imagine the laughter across the world after
hearing of obamacare and how stupid we must be to allow this to happen.
btw, I got paid today, and I noticed my net pay is down a little due to
new taxes. And all this despite lower taxes for "95% of Americans"
according to the messiah. I consider myself one of the "95%" and I'm
still waiting for my taxes to go down. Has yours gone down? Anyone?
Just curious
Eddie
**http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Medicaidgeninfo/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Mexico