The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Posted on March 10 at 8:50 p.m.

The overall all premise of the story is that there is a large group of people who volunteer to help people who don't have medical coverage. This sounds like a good idea to me as long as the GOVERNMENT isn't on the hook to fund this or run the program. This country was built to be such a great nation on capitalism not socialism or communism. In fact most often when the government gets involved they tend to screw things up.

I also want to call out a rather misleading statement in the article. The beginning of the article talks about people living in fear of a car accident, heart attack, or catastrophic event. The truth is that in the state of Minnesota no hospital can turn away a someone regardless of their insurance status.

Lastly, the comment that mgdbottled made about high deductible deterring common folk from seeking preventative care is also mis-leading. Most insurance plans either cover all preventative care or you have to pay a small co-pay of up to $100. Since preventative care should only be once a year it seems like $100/yr is a pretty small fee for a check-up.

On Free medical care a godsend