Health Care changes

The Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging held a hearing Tuesday on "what the U.S. health care system can learn from other countries," where single-payer health care was discussed. And The Los Angeles Times' Michael Hiltzik caught an exchange between Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Danielle Martin, a Canadian physician and health policy professor.

Burr came at Martin with a number of questions, pointed questions. But Martin had answers. Hiltzik highlighted some key moments.

"Dr. Martin, in your testimony you note that Canadian doctors exiting the public system for the private sector has had the effect of increasing waiting lists for patients seeking public health care," Burr said. "Why are doctors exiting the public system in Canada?"

"Thank you for your question, senator," Martin said. "If I didn’t express myself in a way to make myself understood, I apologize. There are no doctors exiting the public system in Canada, and in fact we see a net influx of physicians from the United States into the Canadian system over the last number of years."

**Later on, Burr asked Martin: "On average, how many Canadian patients on a waiting list die each year? Do you know?"

"I don’t, sir, but I know that there are 45,000 in America who die waiting because they don’t have insurance at all," Martin said. **

Please show us where anyone said that the goal of Obamacare was to insure 40 million people.

Around 40 Million Americans who currently do not have health insurance are projected to have coverage by 2019.

I thought the goal of obummercare was to insure the 40 million people without insurance. How is 7.5 million sign ups a success when the majority of those people already had insurance to begin with?

And while you're at it, please show us the Republican plan to insure anyone who isn't already insured.

It's not the government's job to ensure that anybody has health insurance.

It's not the government's job to ensure that "poor" people get their needs met by "rich" people.

It's not the government's job to ensure that ANY positive rights are satisfied.

Funny cause there are numerous programs and laws that state otherwise.

The reality is that ACA is underfunded due to the fact that the young healthy folks do not seem to want to sign up for expensive healthcare.

ACA is a huge burden on self employed folks making a very modest income.

The smart Dems are distancing themselves from this President and his failed policies faster than Bill can season his stogie with young intern vag.

The horse is outta the barn and he's running hard!

Class war? Okay, bring it. The middle class is still a majority, and we're armed.

Oh, btw, had we just taken all the money that's been spent (so far) on Obumblecare and just written checks with it to buy everybody health insurance with the policy of their choice, we'd be way ahead already.

I will call you Hedge-desert.