Genesis Health Systems

In need or a free women's health clinic in brazoria or harris county texas...student with no health insurance I am a full time student and single mom without any health insurance for myself. In texas, woman who are not pregnant or in need of monthly medication (already diagnosed) are not eligible for state medical coverage (medicaid). I am in desperate need of medical care and not sure what my options are. I am an excellent researcher however I keep running into dead ends. I need tangible ideas please--I can guess on my own :). Thank you so much, Sincerely, Determined and Desperate

I have the answer to true healthcare reform, tell me what you think of my plan for healthcare not insurance? The current debate about Healthcare reform is based on insurance and one payer system and NOT about actually providing healthcare to the poor and needy and uninsured. They say it is, but it's not. Here is a plan that is for real healthcare and keeps people in their own insurance. Plan is taken from what I see in Harris County Texas and am sure is found around the country. Here in Harris County there is a Public Hospital system that provides healthcare to insured and uninsured and has one of the top trauma care hospitals in the country. Plan is to give public hospital(s) to every county with over 100,000 people with more hospitals as population dictates. The local county elected leadership can administrate or appoint a hospital board. Counties with less then 100,000 population can band together with geographically close counties and create a "hospital district" and be awarded a hospital to be located by the counties appointed hospital board. For counties with more then 10,000 people a clinic(s) will be given to deal with day to day healthcare needs and minor emergency. Again smaller counties can band together to form a district locally controlled and get a clinic located by their choice. Now what makes this different from what is being debated is that this is about public hospitals along side private hospitals. The public hospital can accept both insured and uninsured. What also makes it different is aside from an oversight board on the federal level the local elected officials shall be in charge of the day to day operations of the hospitals. Also if the local government wants to add their own money to create such things a top notch trauma center or other needed specialties in the area they are free to do so. They do not need to share their local money with any other district. Why this and not a federal insurance agency. The Federal insurance will try to shortchange doctors and hospitals and "save" money on the backs of healthcare workers creating a disincentive to being in that field when many more are needed. The local control will keep out the "vampire" bureaucrats who wish to squeeze when it is not needed and local money can come in to provide the top notch healthcare demanded in the local area. Why it won't ever pass is because it makes too much sense and takes away all the Federal political motivation to control the nation's healthcare and by extension everything we eat, drink, smoke, drive or otherwise affects our "health". As far as trusting local officials over Washington, Yes I trust the locals more because I and WE the community know where to find them and can vote them out easily while a congressional members are from across the country and I can't get to vote them out if they disappoint me.

Democrats: If Hillary's not nominated, How about John Edwards? Her's an email I've just received: Dear friend, My name is John Land. I'm proud to serve as the Democratic Leader in the State Senate of South Carolina. I want to talk to you about how, you, I and John Edwards are going to revitalize rural America and change the political map. You know how it goes: every year, Republicans pump in millions of dollars to push hot-button issues to frighten and divide rural voters, while the real problems we face go totally unaddressed. And those problems are only getting worse—jobs fleeing overseas, thriving communities reduced to ghost towns, and local farmers finding it harder and harder just to make ends meet. I support John Edwards because he's the first national candidate in years who really takes rural America seriously—and he's got a solid, bold plan to help turn things around. I know John speaks from the heart about the issues that affect my community—because this is his community too. He grew up here, and people in places like South Carolina will listen to someone who actually understands what life here is all about. So what can we do to change the map? We can help John's campaign spread the word. I know that when rural voters learn about who John is and what he would actually do, even the reddest counties will start to turn blue. That's why I just donated $100 bucks to help fund John's outreach to rural voters. Now, I'm asking you to join me by chipping in whatever you can afford at: www.johnedwards.com/changethemap Last week John launched his national rural outreach effort right here in SC. He was greeted by overflow crowds in small rural diners, many of whom drove great distances to finally have a conversation with a national leader who is ready to fight for the rural way of life. You can read John's full plan on the website, but here's the highlights of what the plan would do: ·Restore economic fairness to rural America by helping small businesses thrive and grow. ·Create a new energy economy in rural America by establishing the New Energy Economy Fund to jumpstart renewable energies. ·Create fairness for family farmers by supporting strong antitrust enforcement, capping farm subsidies for corporate farms and other reforms. ·Strengthen rural schools by improving pay for teachers in rural and other hard-to-staff schools. ·Improve health care in rural America by rewriting the unfair Medicare and Medicaid funding formulas, covering the 9 million uninsured rural Americans and establishing a nationwide network of public clinics and hospitals. ·Rid rural America of methamphetamines by improving enforcement, restricting key ingredients and expanding programs that successfully treat addicts. We've seen too many elections where Republicans dominate rural states only to let rural people down. In John Edwards, we have a candidate and a plan that will finally end that cycle and change politics in America forever—but only if we all help out. Like I said, I just kicked in $100 to help John's campaign get their message to rural voters, and I really hope you'll join me. Please pitch in what you can today, at: www.johnedwards.com/changethemap Thanks for standing with rural America, and thanks for changing the map. Sincerely, --John Land April 23rd, 2007 P.S. If you chip in $50 or more, you'll receive a free advance copy of the not-yet-released CD "Moneyland". "Moneyland" tells the story of the plight of rural America, through a collection of recordings, both old and new, from legendary country and bluegrass recording artists, including: The Del McCoury Band, Merle Haggard, Welch, Marty Stuart, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Hornsby & the Fairfield Four, Mac Wiseman, Patty Loveless, and more. You can hear clips of some of the songs from "Moneyland" here: www.johnedwards.com/changethemap