Reply #45: That's like the story the Republicans were trying to sell during the McCain campaign.

[No Elephants]

Everyone in America already has health care coverage because Emergency Rooms are required by law to treat them, whether or not they are insured or have money. Yes, but the Emergency Room sends bills, most often several times as large as those a doctor in private practice would send. So, poor parents who are not on Medicaid try to treat their kids themselves.

What Congress seems prepared to do is add more people to Medicaid and subsidize the purchase of private insurance so that more people can afford health care. It's not the solution most of us wanted, but I hope to heaven it saves lives.