Delaware Liberal

Wednesday Open Thread [11.20.13]

This is pretty interesting.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a slew of data on state-to-state migration showing that Americans have become significantly less mobile than they used to be, with just 11.7 percent moving in the last year, near historic lows. But, among that nearly 12% of Americans, the interactive chart shows where they are going. Delawareans are moving to Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvanians are moving to Delaware. Delaware gained 34,757 people through migration, and lost 25,149, making it a gainer state.

The UK and Sweden have dirty evil horrible communist muslim socialist healthcare. And they are the best in the world in cost and access. The Commonwealth Fund eviscerates America’s medical system with some basic facts:

In 2013, more than one-third (37%) of U.S. adults went without recommended care, did not see a doctor when they were sick, or failed to fill prescriptions because of costs, compared with as few as 4 percent to 6 percent in the United Kingdom and Sweden.

Roughly 40 percent of both insured and uninsured U.S. respondents spent $1,000 or more out-of-pocket during the year on medical care, not counting premiums. High deductibles and cost-sharing, along with no limits on out-of-pocket costs, may explain why even insured people in the U.S. struggled to afford needed health care, the researchers said.

America does not have the best healthcare in the world. If we did, all citizens would have access to it, and the costs would be low, like the UK and Sweden. When you say that we have the best healthcare, what you are really saying is… for rich people. For the poor and the middle class, it is the worst. Obamacare was set up to improve American’s access to healthcare and to lower the cost of it. It will do both things if implemented properly. So when Republicans say they want to repeal Obamacare, they are saying they want higher medical costs for you while at the same time limiting your access to healthcare.

COLORADO–GOVERNORQuinnipiac: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 46, Tom Tancredo (R) 41; Hickenlooper (D) 45, Scott Gessler (R) 40; Hickenlooper (D) 44, Greg Brophy (R) 38; Hickenlooper (D) 44, Mike Kopp (R) 40.

MONTANA–U.S. SENATE–Public Policy Polling: Rep. Steve Daines (R) 51, Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger (D) 36; Daines (R) 52, John Walsh (D) 35.

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