 In other news, New York city will go even broker
[NBCNewYork] New York City will begin guaranteeing comprehensive health care to every single resident regardless of someone's ability to pay or immigration status, an unprecedented plan that will protect the more than half a million New Yorkers currently using the ER as a primary provider, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday.
It's not health insurance, his spokesman clarified after the surprise announcement on MSNBC.
"This is the city paying for direct comprehensive care (not just ERs) for people who can't afford it, or can't get comprehensive Medicaid -- including 300,000 undocumented New Yorkers," spokesman Eric Phillips tweeted.
Politico reported the mayor said the cost would be $100 million. It's not clear when it will be implemented.
Knowing past government systems... that cost needs to be raised by 5 and it will be implemented when the current leaders need a distraction from their deeds
"This has never been done in the country in a comprehensive way," de Blasio said. "Health care isn't just a right in theory, it must be a right in practice. And we're doing that here in this city."
De Blasio said the plan will provide primary and specialty care, from pediatrics to OBGYN, geriatric and more, to the city's roughly 600,000 uninsured. He said the city already has the foundation for such a revolutionary plan -- a public health insurance option that helps get direct care to undocumented residents.
| Notice how that bit about the undocumented is quietly slipped in, dear Reader. |
That option will be expanded, the mayor said, and supported with the addition of a new program called NYC Care. Details on the program are expected to be revealed later Tuesday.
"We're already paying an exorbitant amount to pay for health care the wrong way," de Blasio said on MSNBC, referring to the cost of emergency room visits. "What we should be doing is helping them get the primary care."
Get ready to pay more then, New Yorkers. Between this and paying for Amazon, you guys will be all broke as fuck in a decade. 
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