{"id":4721,"date":"2008-08-28T11:49:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T19:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/28\/mccain-econ-adviser-says-census-should-stop-counting-uninsured-thus-solving-the-problem-of-uninsured-americans\/"},"modified":"2008-08-28T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T19:09:34","slug":"mccain-econ-adviser-says-census-should-stop-counting-uninsured-thus-solving-the-problem-of-uninsured-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4721","title":{"rendered":"McCain Health Care Adviser Says Census Should Stop Counting Uninsured, Thus Solving The Problem Of Uninsured Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember when McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm said <\/a>that the U.S.’s economic woes are “a mental recession” and called the United States “a nation of whiners”? I thought at the time that was the most callous statement we’d see from a McCain adviser this year, but I was so wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain’s health care policy<\/strong>, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort. (Hospital emergency rooms by law cannot turn away a patient in need of immediate care.)<\/p>\n

“So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime,” Mr. Goodman said. “The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American \u2013 even illegal aliens \u2013 as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care.<\/p>\n

“So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do I have to explain how incredibly stupid this is?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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