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jwirr

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19. No, if many more get sick in Texas that is just exactly when you will see how important Medicaid

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 02:31 PM

Oct 2014

Expansion is. People without insurance do not go to the doctor at the first sign of illness. They wait to see if it will go away. And if it does not go away and it turns out to be ebola that many more people will be exposed. It is all about early detection.

For many of us Obamacare, Medicaid Expansion and single payer is not just about having a good system. We have been expecting a pandemic and know that without a system like that we will be as bad off as the countries in Africa that do not have adequate healthcare systems. The leaders of Texas do not seem to understand that.

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I am sick of reading the Ebola blame casting here on Texas [View all] B2G Oct 2014 OP

Sometimes a fuck up is just a fuck up. Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #1

From what I understand YarnAddict Oct 2014 #2

Here Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #8

You Understand Incorrectly ProfessorGAC Oct 2014 #22

Duncan isn't a citizen B2G Oct 2014 #4

There's a risk that other Texans may get sick from this deadly virus. Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #7

Medicaid expansion would mean fewer uninsured using ERs as their primary provider. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #15

And maybe we're better off with them going to a hospital ER B2G Oct 2014 #16

The people using the ER for primary health care don't have Ebola. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #18

No, if many more get sick in Texas that is just exactly when you will see how important Medicaid jwirr Oct 2014 #19

It wasn't just "The folks in Texas fucked up." There were others... former9thward Oct 2014 #10

The issue wasn't with the quarantine Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #11

He never would have made it to Texas if the CDC rules had been in place. former9thward Oct 2014 #12

Says you Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #13

Defending the scrapping of the CDC rules. former9thward Oct 2014 #25

Nobody scrapped CDC rules Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #27

The proposed CDC rules were scrapped. former9thward Oct 2014 #30

Would not have made any difference. He was showing no symptoms when he boarded the plane. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #20

So we didn't need the CDC rules. former9thward Oct 2014 #26

I don't have an opinion on the CDC rules, just saying that in this case they made no difference. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #28

I'm with you about this YarnAddict Oct 2014 #3

Well if Rick Perry hadn't lured it in mindwalker_i Oct 2014 #5

My beef is with the "Government is the problem" mentality deutsey Oct 2014 #6

it is really limiting and missing the big story. for sure. nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #9

The only finger pointing I find valid pennylane100 Oct 2014 #14

Well, said! janlyn Oct 2014 #38

I am appalled at how the host family has been treated, quarantined in an infected apartment rather uppityperson Oct 2014 #44

Be thankful Duncan didn't land in Florida. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #17

All sorts of things could have happened Capt. Obvious Oct 2014 #32

Actually, the results would have been more prosaic... Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #40

I'm sorry, but Texas deserves all kinds of blame. Vinca Oct 2014 #21

the "looney tunes" have the $$$ Blue_Roses Oct 2014 #41

Not only were major mistakes made, but they're still being made ecstatic Oct 2014 #23

DEFEND TEXAS!!!!! alcibiades_mystery Oct 2014 #24

REMEMBER THE EBOLAMO!! Capt. Obvious Oct 2014 #29

that cwydro Oct 2014 #31

Thanks. I'm giggling too. Capt. Obvious Oct 2014 #33

... Blue_Roses Oct 2014 #42

Your words will fall on deaf ears (or blind eyes) kentauros Oct 2014 #34

I don't think anyone should be bashing Texas Capt. Obvious Oct 2014 #35

There's no good reason to bash any region. kentauros Oct 2014 #36

I live in TX.. sendero Oct 2014 #37

Texas Health Presbyterian is probably no worse than many, many hospitals all over the country. amandabeech Oct 2014 #45

Such thin skin for such tough Texans RandiFan1290 Oct 2014 #39

Lol BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #43