Ghoulish health lottery real, not sci fi
In the distant future, health care is a commodity the average person can access only by winning a highly publicized lottery. A bad sci-fi movie, possibly starring Sylvester Stallone or Bruce Willis? No, it's a real program underway in Oregon.
Can't a country routinely affording $3.60 cups of coffee can do better than to let citizens gamble their lives on the long odds of winning a lottery?
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The problem of out of control health care costs is poignantly illustrated when states need to resort to a health care lottery because it can't improve the lives of all it's citizens. While this lottery is scary and Orwellian, what is scarier is the fact that Oregon has 600,000 uninsured citizens.
The good news in Oregon's current health care plan has been able to "maintain its benefit package for people who are aged, blind, disabled, under 19, pregnant or receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families." This lottery is attempting to extend that plan to people who don't qualify for that plan, but still can't afford health insurance.
Eeek!! That is a terrifying future. I can not believe that was considered a good idea.
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