With the talk about nationalizing health car- why should I be forced to pay for someone else's medical bills?

Question

...and beides- who wants the government telling you what procedures you can have and not have?

Answer 1

That is the feelgood mentality at work. The fact that people are poor is your fault and you must share the burden. Why is it your fault? Because you are a capitalist. You have chosen to make your own way in the world following a model of self reliance. By doing so you have helped enrich those greedy corporations and rich people who are robbing from the poor. Shame on you, you must be made to pay.

Look, the medical system in this country needs some repair. Medical and insurance costs are out of control. There are many Americans who do not have health care even though they work. We should make efforts to rectify these problems, but creating another huge entitlement is not the answer. I don't understand why these people think the government should be given responsibility for our health care. The honest truth is the government makes a mess of everything it touches and this would be no exception. We need to start having reasonable discussions in this area that do not begin and end with handouts.

Answer 2

The premise behind nationalizing health care does not mean that the government will dictate what procedures you can or cannot have. Your health insurance company already does that. It is to spread out the expense of it. Your car, homeowners and life insurance company also does that. Do you really think that you pay enough into your homeowners insurance to replace your entire home if it is destroyed, if the cost was not spread out? Malpractice insurance is also a part of the universal health care solution. As it stands right now, the insurance companies are pricing doctors out of medicine while they make a humongous profit. The government thought process is to offer reinsurance to the healthcare companies that way they can lower costs and offset those patients with catastrophic illness. The health care companies will still manage the insurance portion and approvals at they do today. If you are able to spread out the cost, it lowers it for everyone. It will help to lower co-pays, deductibles and just the sheer cost of carrying insurance. If you lose your job, you will still have health insurance. Costs now are causing more companies to either not offer insurance or hike the cost to the employee which they do not offset with a pay increase. It will take just one visit to a hospital to realize we need this. I was in hospital for 2-1/2 days at a cost of $16,800. Carry COBRA for a few months while job hunting at $600/mth for 2 people( at the time in 2003) and see how it feels or if you don't carry it or have a spouse who can put you on theirs and you get ill figure out how you will pay for it without going bankrupt.

Answer 3

The looney-left seem to think people are poor on accident. They've apparently never even given a second thought to the abuse our welfare system has suffered, and critically thinking that nationalized health care will soon follow suit. This ridiculous proposal about socialized care is what we get for assuming they think at all.

I'm not sure why they want to reward the lazy with handouts, and punish the successful. It seems pretty detrimental to society to me.

Answer 4

Now come on you heard Hillary.. Its for the "common good".... and after we get a socialized health care system , she promises to out source American jobs to India, force all our kids into government controlled schools , and give the government the right to put a cap on salaries and confiscate any profits (too bad for any self employed folks) !!! Sorry, I just can't make it sound as inviting as she does......

Answer 5

The same reason you should be forced to pay for someone elses retirement (social security), medicine (prescription drug plan), unemployment (welfare), or anything else. You shouldn't.

Should you help your fellow man? Yes. Should you be forced into it under threat of incarceration (the penalty for not paying taxes)? No. Socialism and social programs are just fancy words for slavery. Something I thought we had abolished long ago.

Answer 6

I know we have doctors that can tell what to do and what not to do. Why do we need the government to do this.

I don't want to pay for anybody's health care including my own. Doctors and hospitals are really taking us for a ride.

Answer 7

It won't stop with healthcare if Hitlery wins. Look at Venezuela for an insight.

She actually said, talking about the oil companies profits, "..I want to take those profits and invest them in alternative fuel research."

I don't even think she or people like her understand what she just said. She wants to take the money these companies earned. Nationalize it, why don't you?

Ahh Hitlery Chavez Clintoon.

Answer 8

paying for someone elses medical bills?

#1---that's exactly what insurance IS.
#2---you already are. those w/o health insurance go to the emergency room...and that expense is passed onto those who can pay.
#3--youre a fool

Answer 9

According to the libs- we are all equal and so that means since individuality is out of the question you would be acting selfish right now. i think you ask a good question.

Answer 10

In a sence you already are.....Medicade, Medicare ect