Massachusetts Health Insurance

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Posted March 26, 2009 at 7:45 pm

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Resolved Question: Rather than Conservative or Liberal ideas, is the Centrist approach to Health Care Reform the Best way to go?
Massachusetts now enjoys near-universal coverage. With 97.4 percent of citizens insured, the Commonwealth enjoys the highest rate of coverage in the nation. As a result, residents report far fewer financial barriers to accessing care, seeing their doctors, and filling prescriptions than the rest of the nation. This was passed by both parties under a Republican Gov. Mitt Romney.

Massachusetts achieved near-universal coverage by investing heavily in patching the holes in the existing system, where most people get coverage through work – something economist Jonathan Gruber of MIT calls “incremental universalism.” This centrist approach rejects both the liberal vision of a Canadian-style Medicare-for-all system and the conservative preference to move to a deregulated market where people buy policies on their own with the help of tax credits.

Many Americans are one illness away from financial ruin. Every 30 seconds, someone in the United States files for bankruptcy because of medical bills.

An estimated 18,000 Americans die each year for lack of health insurance

Surely if all the other civilized nation can provide health care to their people, The United States of America can do it and do it better, don’t you agree?

Resolved Question: THE COUNTRY of TEXAS?………..?
Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union. (Reference the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848.)

We Texans love y’all but we’ll probably have to take action since Barack Obama won the election. We’ll miss you too.

Here is what can happen:
1: Barack Hussein Obama becomes President of the United States and Texas immediately secedes from the Union.

2: George W. Bush will become the President of the Republic of Texas. You might not think that he talks too pretty but we haven’t had another terrorist attack and the economy was fine until the effects of the Democrats lowering the qualifications for home loans came to roost.

So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?

1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. We will control the space industry.
2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
3. Defense Industry–we have over 65% of it. The term “Don’t mess with Texas” will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil – we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. What will the other states do? Gee, we don’t know. Why not ask Obama?
5. Natural Gas – again we have all we need and it’s too bad about those Northern States. John Kerry and Al Gore will have to figure out a way to keep them warm….
6. Computer Industry – we lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications equipment -small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials Ball, Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor Nortel, Alcatel, etc etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Medical Care – We have the research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world as well as other large health centers. The Houston Medical Center alone employs over 65000 people.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us getting smarter: University of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas Christian, Rice, SMU, University of Dallas, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT (University of North Texas), Texas Women’s University, etc. Ivy grows better in the South anyway.
9. We have an intelligent and energetic work force and it isn’t restricted by a bunch of unions. Here in Texas it’s a Right to Work State and, therefore, it’s every man and women for themselves. We just go out and get the job done. And if we don’t like the way one company operates we get a job somewhere else.
10. We have essential control of the paper, plastics, and insurance Industries etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion we have the Texas National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard and several military bases. We don’t have an Army but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an Army in 24 hours if we need one. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over the Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let’s not forget seafood from the Gulf. Also everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don’t need any food.
13. Three of the ten largest cities in the United States and twenty-three of the 100 largest cities in the United States are located in Texas. And Texas also has more land than California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont combined.
14. Trade: Three of the ten largest ports in the United States are located in Texas.
5. We also manufacture cars down here but we don’t need to. You see nothing rusts in Texas, so our vehicles stay beautiful and run well for decades.

This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There isn’t a thing out there that we need and don’t have.

Now to the rest of the United States under President Obama:

Since you won’t have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Obama will be able to drive around in his big 9 mpg SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.

You won’t have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellite communications.

You won’t have any natural gas to heat your homes but since Mr. Obama has predicted global warming you will not need the gas as long as you survive the 2000 years it will take to get enough heat from Global Warming.

So in other words go screw yourselves. Oh that’s right. You already have!

Signed The People of Texas

P.S. This is not a threatening letter – just a note to give you something to think about!

SLEEP WELL TONIGHT THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU

i hope to see a LOT of fellow texan support here!
nodumgys, that is for the yanks that dont know any better. lol