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ashling

(25,771 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2014, 01:14 PM Apr 2014

Health Care Experts Rip Ben Carson's "Near Worthless" Health Care Plan

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/04/23/health-care-experts-rip-ben-carsons-near-worthl/198985

Health care policy experts are speaking out against Dr. Ben Carson's proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act with a healthcare savings account and $2,000 annual federal stipend, calling it "near worthless" and a plan "for the very rich."

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But as Politico Magazine notes, while Carson's celebrated medical record "puts weight behind his criticisms of Obamacare," his acknowledged skill as a surgeon "does not imply an elevated or even rational perspective on health-care policy."

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Health Care Experts Rip Ben Carson's "Near Worthless" Health Care Plan (Original Post) ashling Apr 2014 OP

A few hours in the ER and a few stitches cost my uninsured son over $19,000. rickford66 Apr 2014 #1

Creationist Ben is used to accepting fairytales instead of reality: msanthrope Apr 2014 #2

I think he's more used to accepting all the $$ that comes with being a FOX celebrity Johonny Apr 2014 #3

I hope he runs for president nt IronLionZion Apr 2014 #4

rickford66

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1. A few hours in the ER and a few stitches cost my uninsured son over $19,000.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 02:24 PM

Apr 2014

They did a bunch of tests of course but how would $2,000 help? His minimum wage job doesn't even cover his phone and auto insurance costs. We had the ambulance and ER doctor's bills adjusted and paid but the $14,000 ER bill is on hold to see if it the hospital will cancel it.