--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 11, 2006, at 11:11 AM, feste37 wrote: > > > Complacent advice given by those who have much to those who have > > little, > > I'd say. I don't buy this romanticized "poor but happy" stuff. > > What's to be happy > > about when your teeth are rotting and you can't afford to go to the > > dentist? > > There are programs that let people go to the dentist. Medicare covers > dental care.
Actually, I think you mean MediCAID -- a poverty program -- which is different from MediCARE which is a senior citizen health insurance program that was funded by the beneficiary from a portion of his and his employers' FICA contributions during his working years (the other portion of FICA goes towards Social Security contributions). > > If anything there are more people who have medicare/medicaid > accessing healthcare than you are aware. And you wouldn't believe the > things it covers. In many cases, a poor person with Medicare will > have better, more comprehensive care than people with health > insurance. It's not unusual to see obese patients who've had multiple > expensive surgeries, hip and knee replacements (sometimes multiple > times), heart catheterization, all sorts of expensive top-shelf > testing, long lists of expensive medications (often hundreds of > dollars a month)--and never see a bill. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
