HClinton announced a mandate yesterday requiring that every American has proof of Health Insurance when being interviewed for a job.
She said this is the only way to achie√e UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE but claims she will not force anyone into the healthcare system. (?????? yeah right...)
Why is this good, and WHY is it bad? And what does it mean for people, such as me, who has no health insurance now?
2007-09-19 04:58:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-09-19 05:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by libsticker 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The insurance industry is the most regulated industry in this country. You have federal, state, and local issues controlling this.
Right now my health insurance is provided by my employer and it ends the day I am fired or I leave on my own. I can buy COBRA insurance, but its hugely expensive.
Universal Healthcare or government run healthcare will not work. We cannot even efficiently run medicare or medicade, so how will this work for the entire population. We need to deregulate the health insurance business and let it go the way of car insurance and let companies like Gieco get into this over the phone and internet. Competition works as seen with auto insurance.
Right now health policies are governed by the state you live in. So there are 50 or so different regulations that insurance companies much follow for something as simple as a common cold. Then you have federal regulations on top of that. So each disease and illness has 50 or so regulations. No wonder why it is so expensive. Why can't we have one standard for the entire country?
Right now you have a choice to have insurance or not. So if your future employer has a policy, you are covered. Younger people really don't have issues in this area. I go to the doctor maybe once or twice a year if that and I am 43 years old. Usually it is because I am sick or have a sinus infection. But I know people who don't go at all and do not need to. So why should everyone pay for the few that do not have something? This is not a nanny state and you control your own destinity.
2007-09-19 05:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Contrary to popular belief, Hillary isn't going to instate Universal Healthcare because she is a huge recipient of the healthcare insurance lobby's payroll. She would do this however to force everyone to have a provider and feed the healthcare system even more. People she is running to make life better for the healthcare industry not the american people, and that is why she would propose such a thing.
2007-09-19 05:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means right now I have to pay if you get pneumonia this winter, or you get to die early. Hillary has offered a very slight change in the current system. The people who can't afford it will to some extent be subsidized by a tax increase on those making more than a quarter of a million a year. More tax breaks for businesses offering health coverage, A tax on businesses not offering coverage, to encourage them to get some. Its not government run, its not one way or the other, there is still some choice. It will cover everyone. If you have a body you need insurance. I know all about how one can feel young and healthy. But I also know that stuff happens, you can get hurt, or sick or develop cancers that they all say someone as young as you are can never get. This way you won't have to go bankrupt or stay sick. Or I'll have to pay for you. I don't think any rational, sensible person has to be forced into having insurance. Unless they are terribly rich, and then they can afford what we have now. But being sick or having your kids or your mother get sick, that's more money than most of us can spend, more in fact than most of us have.
2007-09-19 05:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by justa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Having the option to have health insurance is a great thing. Being forced to have it is not. There should be an opt-out vehicle in place.
Health insurance differs from car insurance one one major point. Liability insurance is all that is required on cars. This protects other people from your mistakes. You are not required to carry full coverage on your own vehicle. You get to choose if your own expenses will be covered. Health insurance does not protect anyone else but yourself. You should have the same choice in whether or not you are covered.
2007-09-19 05:06:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jason 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First a response to Scourge - yes, I complain about having to pay for car insurance all the time. Forced car insurance is a tax by any other name. But what do I know, I also complain that the two most addictive drugs ( nicotine and alcohol ) in the USA are legal and marijuana isn't. To answer the other question, if you don't have insurance that is your choice. But by not having insurance, you can see that even if you need medical services, you will be turned away for not being able to pay. It is like mandatory auto insurance, you can't have legal registration of your car if you don't have prove of insurance, and ultimately, that could cost you your driver's license.
2007-09-19 05:07:02 · answer #6 · answered by commonsense 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-05 21:02:36 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good for the middle class who is consistently losing jobs and their healthcare. Bad because why should anyone be forced into having healthcare? I don't understand why it would be a law? It just doesn't make any sense to me.
Edit: commonsense, it is against the law to not treat someone because they can't pay. The sick will always be treated.
2007-09-19 05:08:03 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Freedom is the most essential right a human being can enjoy as a person, so never force a citizen to do anything.
Let nature take its course.
2007-09-23 05:02:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She apparently said she envisioned a day- I don't know if she actually said that ... but anywho.. I like her plan so far... - and what would it mean to someone like you, that you would actually have health insurance.. if goodness forbid you develop cancer or some other life threatening illness that you will have to pay in the millions for because you don't have health insurance...
2007-09-19 05:11:06 · answer #10 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋