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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Oct 2018

      Health Nerd Retweeted Paul Ryan

      Wouldn't it be great if we had examples from overseas - say, Australia - where a single-payer government health system had done none of these things and mostly just driven down costs and improved equity? That'd be lovelyhttps://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/1054355832152956930 …

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      Paul RyanVerified account @SpeakerRyan
      Single-payer, government-run health care would essentially destroy and obliterate → the private health insurance system, → the employer-sponsored health insurance system, → oh and by the way—Medicare as we know it. pic.twitter.com/83fExtgIBF
      6 replies 11 retweets 40 likes
    2. Dr Evil‏ @md_stat 22 Oct 2018
      Replying to @GidMK

      So here, under the federal EMTALA law- which has been broadly interpreted- anybody at any time and of whatever citizenship has to be evaluated fully and treated appropriately if they present in person or by ambulance to the ER. 12 years ago I took care of a young man from Mexico>

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    3. Dr Evil‏ @md_stat 22 Oct 2018
      Replying to @md_stat @GidMK

      Who had just been released from another hospital after sustaining a displaced lumbar fracture with paraparesis. He was septic. We flew him by helicopter 200 miles back to the surgeon who had operated on his spine. Sad. Spoke no English. No money. No family. >

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    4. Dr Evil‏ @md_stat 22 Oct 2018
      Replying to @md_stat @GidMK

      My point of course is that you are doing apples to oranges. Unless I am mistaken, Australia does not have a large illegal immigrant population. Depending on what source you look at we have 10-30 million.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Oct 2018
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      By percentage, I believe we have a very similar proportion - about 2.6% in Australia and 3.3% in the US so I'd say that's not a very cogent argument

      6:51 PM - 22 Oct 2018
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        2. Dr Evil‏ @md_stat 22 Oct 2018
          Replying to @GidMK

          Not cogent? Uninformed perhaps.

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        3. Dr Evil‏ @md_stat 22 Oct 2018
          Replying to @md_stat @GidMK

          And just a quick search gives me a 2017 estimate of 64000 in the country illegally. http://theconversation.com/what-its-like-to-live-and-work-illegally-in-australia-81478 …

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