Do you have a problem funding health care for all children?

Question

A lot of you are saying that one of the reasons you don't want a Universal Health Care System is because you don't want to pay for someone's health care who is "too lazy to work."

Forget bureaucratic goverment for a moment. Forget welfare cases.

My question is, do you have a problem using your money to help children (yours included) to receive adequate health care coverage?

No bashing, just clear cut well thought out answers.

You all realize that there are circumstances when someone loses their coverage. What should happen then.

I recall stating forget about welfare cases.

Remember we pay for the people who don't have insurance already. The costs of those who go to the ER are passed to us in higher insurance premiums.

Answer 1

Nice, loaded question. How can you say no to "Children"? Well I can. The reason I can is because we already fund a lot of health care for Children through an assortment of Federal programs. When you say "all Children" do you also mean illegals and children of people who could pay for health insurance but choose not to? How can you forget the bureaucracy? Who will administer this "free" health care program for children - pixies? Yeah, I've got a problem with the state taking my hard-earned money that I could use on my children's education, clothing, etc, and redistributing it to another child. I don't like the police powers of the state being used to make me conform to someone Else's Socialist morality code. Sure, I don't mind donating to the truly needy, but we don't need more Socialist, Utopian programs.

(Will someone tell Travolta Stinks that we've moved beyond 19th century industrialism and sweat shops? If he's so worried about child labor, he should be railing about Communist China rather than "Neo-cons" and Libertarians that he says want to turn back the clock and do not want the government to regulate the economy. We don't mind the government regulating the economy as proscribed under the Constitution. However, we don't advocate Socialist fixes that have a proven record of failure worldwide either.)

Answer 2

A child has no choice of parents, they are just born. They come into this world to all types of people. They are the Innocent who depend on others to help them. I have no problem with providing health care for any child in need. I raised 6 children, I provided for all of their medical needs, with or without insurance; there were times when we did not have insurance but we still paid for our kids. Others may not be as able to do this for their kids, should we just let the kids suffer? I think not! If the parents cannot provide, then let society provide, that means you & I. No child should have to suffer if we can possibably provide for their care, no matter what! I don't care what type of program is set up to care for them; it should be done. Every child in the USA should have a chance for a healthy life.

Answer 3

It's not just the poor. It's teens and young adults, too. But for a long time it's been true that for every pack of cigarettes sold, the government gets an ever-increasing piece of the action.

Answer 4

No. I have made great money, paid taxes and feel good about helping others. I have also been on the other side and been treated like garbage.

Many countries have a policy of investing in their citizens, apparently America is becoming an animal state where only the strongest survive.

Our greatest leaders did not think this way, what happened???

Answer 5

I'd support it if it has a provision that strictly precludes the children of illegal aliens, regardless of their citizenship. The illegal aliens and their children can go back to where ever they came from immediately.

Keep in mind that I'd rather not pay the increased taxes and save the money in my 401K. We already have the failing social security program so I'd really rather save that money for my own old age, which is rapidly approaching.

Answer 6

Yes.

I don't owe them.

Charity given freely! YES!

Forced socialism? Never.

I see no reason to take our country further toward a failed ideology.

I DO support penalties for having children you can't take care of. It think parents should realize that if they have kids and don't take care of them they will face criminal charges.

We're the most generous country in the world if you add up all the charities and donations given around the world and here. Our poor are the richest poor in the world.

Why do we need to go socialist? That's about as Un-American as you can get.

Answer 7

I don't, but that's cause I'm a liberal.

Cons and liberterians on the other hand want to turn back the clock to when 8 year olds were working 12 hour days. They don't think the government has any business regulating the economy.

Some pics of American children working in sweat shops during the early 1900s.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

Answer 8

I see people fail to see that there are soldiers killed in iraq and leave spouses and their children.
People lose their healthcare to outsourceing.
Corperations cut insurance to up their profits to billions.
People get sick themselves and can't care for their kids.
What kind of cold society are we?
If we all pay taxes we should take care of our own. I see there are people that have no problem with helping Iraqis with their tax money.

Answer 9

No oppressive group -- even my government -- has a right to rob my family because millions of slobs dont use birth control and cant afford their own children. Besides, as it is now, no adult OR child can be denied necessary treatment at ANY public hospital for lack of ability to pay. Why take another 18% of my paycheck?

Answer 10

Why would I want to fund health care for American kids when I can fund Iraqi kids? Why would I want to help the Katrina victims when I can help re-build Iraq? I want my tax dollars going overseas, not to Americans.