If Corzine had been a regular folk...

He'd be dead by now. Good for him he recovered fast, but there is something disturbing about this "special treatment".

"“Quite honestly, I didn’t believe it,” said Dr. Ross, who directs the level one, or most highly accredited, trauma center at the hospital. But he immediately alerted security guards and the public relations staff so they would “keep people out of my hair” and help him avoid “the distractions” that can interfere with the care of V.I.P.’s."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/13cooper.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all

I'm not surprised, VIP care is ahem special... and it can either be top notch or so bad its not even funny

There is no middle ground

That might be more egalitarian, but I'm not sure I see a benefit.

a minimum wage earner with no insurance, he may have qualified for Medicaid and received adequate care. But if he made too much for Medicaid but still couldn't afford insurance for hospitalization, he'd be up shit's creek. If he owned a house, there would be a judgment filed against it for future sale proceeds or he'd be thinking bankruptcy right about now.

Don't blame Corzine. Blame the system.

...government run health care. I'm not sure I'd want THAT.

it is great

In fact, it is SO GOOD, that our dead are actually quite low.

The level of medical care given our troops from the moment of injury in the field by Medics, all the way to critical care at a myriad of hospitals across the US is top notch, so good in fact that Walter Reed HAS a VIP suite for Senators, Congressmen and Presidents...

It is the care after the troops have left that phase of care that leaves quite a bit to be desired (Oh and forgot to add, it USED NOT TO BE THAT WAY, before the current crop of right wing privatizing mavens, we don't believe in government took over)

Any other talking point you would love to have debunked?

...Hillary and some of our other candidates and convince THEM that Walter Reed is so dandy--THEY are the ones that's said it's not.

Tenet paying Jeb $37K/day and medicare fraud. Frist getting rich on medicare fraud, and nothing for the working poor, or uninsured middle class close to 50M people, who would love to be able to go to .Walter Reed