Obama's Tire Gauge policy. Out of touch with not only people, but also reality.

[rn79870]

ER's are required to provide care for people regardless of insurance or ability to pay.

The rest comes from taxpayer dollars.

Don't know about AZ, but around here we've got, oh, a dozen hospitals and only one is a "county" hospital. If you're injured (accident, etc) and get transported to a hospital, you go to the closest hospital. They are required to stabilize you, not cure you.

Plus, the MD's xrays, etc. bills, as well as the hospital bills are not paid for by the taxpayers (except perhaps the county hospital, but it's associated with UCSD medical school too, so it's a teaching hospital so to speak).

The other 11 hospitals, as do the doctors just get stuck with the bill. Perhaps that's why the people with insurance or those who pay cash get stuck with higher bills to offset those losses.

My point is that the hospitals generally get stuck with the bill, not the taxpayer, however, they pass that debt onto other paying customers so in that sense, you're right, we pay for it one way or another.

[Soravia]

All hospitals get some sort of grants and stuff from their local and federal government time to time depending on how congress write the budget. The rest gets passed on to insurance companies and paying people. Either way you look at it, people don't take care of themselves to avoid bills and then get sick enough (or not) to have to go to ER. Skip the hospital bills, their credit goes down, others have to foot the bills. It's a huge mess.

On top of that, hospitals can't pay for enough doctors and nurses, ER gets flooded. Surgeons fall asleep in the middle of the operation. Nurses can't help people throwing up blood and dying on the ER floor. Everyone is overwhelmed.

Back on the topic. If Mr.Obama is smart enough as I am (and I'm just your average Nissan driver) he would have said '$500 rebate for everyone who buys and installs TPMS on a car that doesn't come with one'.

Now you know what kind of candidate DNC chose over Hillary.

[AZhitman]

Anyone can try to sue me for a cool mil if they want... will they get a mil? Nope. In fact, they're likely to get nothing outside of what my insurance company would pay.

Ah, but like the hospital issue, you'd be incorrect here as well3There's nothing prohibiting them from slapping you with a civil judgement. Will they collect? Maybe not. But try getting credit of ANY kind with a civil judgement on your credit.

Being poor is not a defense, nor is it an excuse to be irresponsible.

Say you hit me, in my new GTR with your 15/30/10K liability policy. Total damages are $70K. Your insurance company picks up part, drops you, and you're responsible for the rest.

NOW, I carry uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage JUST to protect me from people like you. In other words, I pay MORE so other people can get away with paying LESS. How is THAT fair?

But if I didn't, my insurance company (or I) will be looking for some additional compensation from you in a civil suit. A good attorney can have that civil judgement hang over your head for decades.

[confedup]

True, but ...NHTSA also found that 27 percent of cars and 32 percent of vans, pickups and sport utility vehicles had at least one tire that was underinflated. Eight percent of light trucks and 3 percent of cars had all four tires underinflated.

Under any light, that's a significant amount. In California alone that 27% to 32% represents over 5,400,000 vehicles.

Car & Drivers Editor-n-Chief deflated Obama's ignorancehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw60RIrFXJs

Listen carefully to the final number. THEN take that number and remove 68-73% of the final savings based upon what you wrote above.

Too many people swoon, faint and hangs on every word of some politician who does not know a damn thing.

[Soravia]

But BO is the Messiah! BO makes great speeches where ever he goes! BO is half Black! BO will bring CHANGE! BO...BO...BO....

Obamites. And BO was supposed to be a professor at University of Chicago. LoL

BTW. In the video, the editor said ANWR, he should have said Off shore, because both Barack and McCain agree on preserving ANWR. Only President Bush is dumb enough to try and drill at ANWR.

[themadscientist]

Maybe we can run nitrogen like dem nazzkar boyz.

[Soravia]

Nancy just came up on TV and said off shore drill will bring down prices by 2 cents.

She didn't mention the fact that US won't need to pay money to the OPEC as local needs will be met by local supplies nor that it will create more jobs.

If it ain't 'Above All', it ain't an answer

I say, release the off shore and have it drilled ONLY by local governments using contractors. Revenues will go directly to the public funds, which can be used to creat alternative energy incentives. Plus there will be less delay to drill since profit margin will be out of the question.