Those that feel bad for the 45 million without any form of health care, you guys pay for them. Those who do not want their money going towards it don't have to front the bill. The ones that opt not to pay for it, dont reap any of the benefits. Does this sound fair or does anybody else have any better solutions that don't involve the distribution of money that does not belong to you?
2007-03-03 02:27:22 · 7 answers · asked by SGT 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
***notyou311***
I save my money and invest. I am always looking at the worst case scenario. If what you said would happen to me, it wouldn't be hard to support myself until I go out and work my butt off to find another job. Are you trying to say that if someone gets canned or "downsized" that that is the end of the line for them? There is no where else to go except to sit back with their hands out saying gimmie?
2007-03-03 02:43:36 · update #1
How about we stop inflating the number - 4 million didn't lose health insurance in 18 months - and we stop calling them all "Americans?"
When the Census Bureau does its population survey it includes all people within our borders - that's fine but over 8 million extremely poor people have come within those borders since 2000 - - I'm sure very few of them have health insurance!
Also, there are a lot of rich people out there - how many of them self-insure? Do you think Bill Gates has health insurance?
I'm not saying the issue doesn't exist, but lets stop exaggerating it by about 60%.
And as to your point, you're right - STARBUCKS pays for health insurance. And they're ALWAYS hiring. The problem in most cases is that people are too proud to be a barista.
2007-03-03 02:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
If the price of health insurance came down, then more people could pay for it. If we capped the amount of money people could ask for in law suites, then medical Mal-practice insurance would come down, if we even went as far to cap how much a doctor could charge for an office visit, more people could go. My son's nephrologist charges almost two hundred dollars a visit, and usually we are only there for five minutes. People who have insurance can pay that, but what about the ones who don't.
2007-03-03 11:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by kc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed, health insurance is for sale to anyone and those that cannot afford it are far and few between! I know a family with kids in private school and a Brand new Mercedes Benz that complains about a $25 co-pay and says we should have national health care! what a sad joke and 2 vacations a year!
2007-03-03 10:32:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Could the government screw-up health care any worse than health care insurance business whose main object is to keep health care cost as high as possible, so people are frighten sick not using their products.
2007-03-03 10:40:17 · answer #4 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no need for health care. Hospitals are required to treat anyone without health care for free.
If everyone would stop buying health care programs, there would not be any need for it. We didn't need health care 100 years ago so why do we need it now all of a sudden.
2007-03-03 10:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Poncho Rio 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How will you feel when you lose your job and your health benefits along with it? It happens everyday as jobs are downsized or outsourced. Don't assume that you will not be affected.
Everyone should see the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness to see how close we all are to poverty.
2007-03-03 10:38:23 · answer #6 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like a great plan to me.
2007-03-03 11:45:47 · answer #7 · answered by John r 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋