Why do rich Republicans complain about free health care for those who need it?

Question

If you are rich you are not suffering, what's wrong with free health care for low income people?

Answer 1

A lot of them advocate Social Darwinism, in which the suffering of the poor is an indication that the poor are too inefficient to survive. They feel that their earnings should stay in their pocket.

They don't think ahead enough to see that this would be a kind of country where there are slums of abject poverty and pestilence.
They want to live in an advanced society, but not pay for one.

Answer 2

First off, not all republicans are rich and those that are may not want universal healthcare, but neither do the rest of conservatives whom aren't rich at all! And it is anything but FREE! Why should the middle and upper class be punished for working hard, so the under educated, unemployed, unskilled people get off the hook for being unmotivated to better themselves? Especially when a lot of middle class families can't afford higher taxes due to universal healthcare. Why do liberals always want to punish people for achievement, success and hard work, yet reward apathy, laziness, and bad decision making??? Universal healthcare is failing everywhere it is used. More and more countries are starting to allow private health care to alleviate the overloaded government health care system. The privileged in countries that have Universal health care, like the Royal family, go to PRIVATE clinics for their health needs! Why do so many foreigners that have socialized medicine come to the US for ttreatment? Because we have the best quality of care because of free market competition! Government run health care also slows down innovation in the medical field since it takes away incentive, largely increases taxes, has extremely long waits to see specialists and other care givers, has subpar care, a shortage of doctors due to less pay and incentive to choose that career, the health care facilities are way overbooked, the list goes on and on!

And to those bimbos that say we need universal healthcare because the rich need to start paying their share of taxes. The top 1% of wage earners already pay 34% of all taxes in the US. The top 5% pay 53%, the top 10% pay 65% and the top 50% pay 96% of all taxes!!! The bottom 50% pay about 3% of taxes collected in the US! Time for you bleeding heart liberals to get your heads out of your @sses and get the facts straight!

Answer 3

I am a democrat, but, i think the issue is alot more complicated than this. I don't think that families making more than like 60,000 a yr should get free healthcare because they are not truly poor, on the other hand, if we can pay for bush's war, then we can pay for more services for the poor and poor children especially. I'm not sure if we all should have free healthcare, but poor children should and we should make it more affordable for lower income families, but like one person said, republicans want to claim they are christians, but they don't want to take care of the poor like jesus advocated....they would rather keep it in their pocket. I dont really buy into the trickle down reaganomics type economy where if the rich have more , we have more, because it hasn't shown to be that way....the middle class is dissappearing fast. I pay 250 bucks a month for healthcare and its not even the best plan. I could not afford the best plan , so this has to work to some degree.

Answer 4

Simple because only the poor can afford free health care. I have a family of four and only make 38k/year and my total tax liability is already over 68% then I pay 480$/month for insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine what it is like watching 80% of your pay check go away?
I have a better idea, let a physician assistant open there own office, or loose the dipidy do da doctors out of the prescription loop.
EDIT PS
Hay I know what strep throat looks and smells like Why do I have to pay some Zipidy do da doctor and some lick bag lab to do a test that the results don’t come in until after the strep clears UP?
Why did I have to pay 3K$ (co-pay) for 17,000$ tests for a heart condition that I did not have and told the doctor the cardiologist and a specialist that I did not F ing have (its called fibromialja. ( and no I don’t know how to spell it)
PSS
There are two ways of looking at the two major parties in America. 1.) All republicans are fascists, and all democrats are Communists. 2,) they are both pedophiles, the democrats promises the kid a puppy, and the Republicans threaten to kill the kids puppy.
In any event I am tired of getting F*cked

Answer 5

Rich Republicans complain about everything. It's just what they do. Something to think about is that lot of large corporations (Microsoft for example) are embracing this universal health care idea because it will help their bottom line, they wont have to offer health care plans for employees. Corporations are a separate legal entity and are not taxed like individuals. Both Democrats and Republicans would sell us out in a heartbeat and give corporate tax breaks. So if we have universal health care the PEOPLE are going to be paying for it, while the rich corporate executives still get richer. The point is Democrat or Republican ... the congress we have now is basically still going to cater to their lobbies, and the rich win either way.

Answer 6

Because they dont do anything for people besides wage wars and pocket money from countries like Turkey who dont want to reocgnize a genocide..

Also the healthcare is an issue for people who have money as well. If you have no health care and get cancer, no one will cover you. I knew a guy who was in his 30s, had about 1 million dollars saved up, no insurance, got cancer- went bankrupt and on welfare, Its a story nobody wants to hear.
Laws need to be changed regarding health care.

Also the middle class, upper middle class get hurt by this as well. Say your 31, single, a graphic designer living in NYC.
You make $80, 000 a year but your paying $3, 000 a month for rent excluding other expenses such as phone and con ed. Then an extra $400 a month for health care?
Most people wont pay it and go without insurance...if they get sick, they will never have money and be in debt to the hospital, doctors.
Why not lower the cost to even $150 a month?

Answer 7

as with any his plans, Carbon Tax, job Loss, Housing industry, financial gadget, and now wellbeing Care he has shown time and time back to be no longer something greater that a gentle speaking extortionist. On Cap and commerce he suppressed an EPA learn exhibiting carbon emissions and greenhouse gases weren't synthetic. As greater got here forward in contract he recommended us it grew to become into now a fact. click $2 TRILLION. on the financial gadget, housing and job loss he stated if the Stimulus invoice grew to become into no longer exceeded unemployment could leap exceeded 8% summarizing all different strategies maximum excellent purely to doom and gloom. click $787 BILLION. Now wellbeing Care, inflating the numbers of the uninsured, telling horror memories of ones denied life saving care. throughout my life I easily have in no way been grew to become faraway from any medical care I easily have mandatory, insured or no longer. additionally no treatment in touch being mandated to receive counseling on making use of suicide as a treatment. those trillions of money would be taken from the two wealthy and poor , left and precise, and united statesand downs. 0.5 of it's going to be funneled into his ever growing to be monster of a central authority on the price of the previous. click national protection stress This u . s . a . has exceeded rules permitting on the brink of 60 million of the main harmless people all murdered in numerous the main frightening procedures available. Now we can lawfully enable the killing of our maximum knowledgeable and frail. We borrow trillions from different countries at the same time as printing trillions greater with no longer something to back it up. A u . s . a . of morals, a rustic of compassion, charitable deeds and guy or woman rights ? Or a mentally sick, grasping, and death welfare state ran by making use of tyrants?

Answer 8

Remember people, only 1/3 of welfare dollars goes to welfare. That means with free health care we will all pay 3 times as much!!!!!
the experts say that if you base class on income, middle class starts at about 135K/yr
good luck to all of my working class, and working poor answer mates

I think that john d is a little course but nailed it! I wish I could vote!

Answer 9

I'm not a republican and nothing is free. Someone has to pay for it (aka john q taxpayer). I agree (as most people do) that reform is needed but universal heath care is failing in other countries with less poverty than the US. It seriouly wouldn't work here. Insurance companies are making billions and providing almost nothing to most of their customers. Maybe that should be regulated.

Answer 10

All I can do is repeat what I have said before:

Already in place it is called SCHIPs, been in place for sometime and still one third of parents who are eligible for it or Medicare have not enrolled. Before we add a higher level of income to an existing program we need to insure that the current (poorest of the poor) children are covered. Are you interested in children or interested in bashing bush? I am for the children of this country and strongly believe that the House should play the most important part (both parities). They have districts, if they could go door to door to get votes and drive the poorest to the voting booths then by god they can do the same for the children in health care. They and their staff have plenty of time away from Washington to do just that, four weeks off for labor day would have been a perfect time.

Answer 11

Well not saying I am rich because I am not....not saying I am against it but it is not free.

There is no free health care. It comes at the expense of me and everyone else paying taxes. Just want to make that clear