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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 28 March 2012 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)37. Did the US Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Cheney's New Heart? Yes.
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13405
...(WHAT) is the fate for millions of struggling American citizens with zero health care coverage and millions more who are under-insured with plans that have high co-pays, high deductibles and often limited coverage. Many plans today have lifetime caps on how much insurance companies will pay for health care. Generally, that amount is capped at around $2 million. That sounds like a lot of money but over a person's lifetime it may evaporate in a matter of a few years or even months if that person happens to have a debilitating, life-threatening medical condition.
One wonders, how much did it cost the U.S. taxpayers to cover Mr. Cheney's multiple heart ailments and operations? How much did it cost to get a transplanted heart and the accompanying critical care that he will need during his recovery? One wonders how many times over has his care exceeded the lifetime cap of the average workers' health insurance maximum?
...A few years ago on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart's guest was ultra-conservative William Kristol. The subject was health care coverage and who should be entitled to it. Stewart posed a question: "If the best taxpayer-paid-for health care system in the world is good enough for the U.S. military then why shouldn't the rest of American citizens be entitled to the same right?" Kristol replied, "Because they don't deserve it."
....Be well, Mr. Cheney, knowing that all those sick days you spent in Walter Reed and at George Washington University hospitals recovering with your transplanted heart, you could be one of those struggling seniors or young American workers who are living paycheck to paycheck, wondering how they can feed their families. And they can only pray that they never become as sick as you have been because they would never in their wildest dreams have expected to get a modicum of the wonderful health care that you have received...
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Afternote: Cheney's transplant, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, was apparently covered by both Medicare and his federal insurance as a former vice president.
"Heart transplants are covered by Medicare," according to an USA Today article on Dick Cheney's guesstimated $500,000 heart transplant.
...(WHAT) is the fate for millions of struggling American citizens with zero health care coverage and millions more who are under-insured with plans that have high co-pays, high deductibles and often limited coverage. Many plans today have lifetime caps on how much insurance companies will pay for health care. Generally, that amount is capped at around $2 million. That sounds like a lot of money but over a person's lifetime it may evaporate in a matter of a few years or even months if that person happens to have a debilitating, life-threatening medical condition.
One wonders, how much did it cost the U.S. taxpayers to cover Mr. Cheney's multiple heart ailments and operations? How much did it cost to get a transplanted heart and the accompanying critical care that he will need during his recovery? One wonders how many times over has his care exceeded the lifetime cap of the average workers' health insurance maximum?
...A few years ago on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart's guest was ultra-conservative William Kristol. The subject was health care coverage and who should be entitled to it. Stewart posed a question: "If the best taxpayer-paid-for health care system in the world is good enough for the U.S. military then why shouldn't the rest of American citizens be entitled to the same right?" Kristol replied, "Because they don't deserve it."
....Be well, Mr. Cheney, knowing that all those sick days you spent in Walter Reed and at George Washington University hospitals recovering with your transplanted heart, you could be one of those struggling seniors or young American workers who are living paycheck to paycheck, wondering how they can feed their families. And they can only pray that they never become as sick as you have been because they would never in their wildest dreams have expected to get a modicum of the wonderful health care that you have received...
*********************************************************************
Afternote: Cheney's transplant, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, was apparently covered by both Medicare and his federal insurance as a former vice president.
"Heart transplants are covered by Medicare," according to an USA Today article on Dick Cheney's guesstimated $500,000 heart transplant.
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