Son of a Grunt
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Oh yeh, I though that you would like to know that I have a 4.0.
So, let's get to the nitty gritty: outside of increased taxed, why do you not want to help an individual unable to help themselves?I do want to help. I shall resist the government TELLING me to because I don't feel that that's protecting MY rights.
Freedom = free to choose whether or not to help, right? If you/the goverment tells me to help, either by giving time or money, is that freedom?
They are able to protect themselves...it's called insurance. HOWEVER, YOU must decide what protection level/cost you want. For instance, you are required to have a minimum auto insurance policy...that does not, include the medical coverage if you are injured in a wreck.
So, YOU get in a wreck that is YOUR fault and YOU declined that medical coverage. Now, the guy YOU wrecked with would have to pay YOUR medical bills that resulted from YOUR carelessness. See my point? It was YOUR action that resulted in UHC paying for YOU. You made a choice to deny the medical coverage in the insurance to save a few dollars and end up with more benefits than you are entitled to.
See you and I are alike, because I would do the same. But that's the individual choice that makes you feel better about yourself. If you were required to provide that assistance by law, I would argue that it would take your sense of pride away...so by regulating assistance, the government has taken the joy you feel by being a good dood.
Sure, like the countries of Europe have done...most of which have lower life expectancies than the US.
I don't need to have pride in the charitable acts that I do. I don't do them because of any recognition or self-satisfaction, I do it because I don't want to look in an ailing person's eyes and know that I could have done something to diminish that look.
The UHC plans currently being supported are about insurance; it is about requiring that EVERY individual has health insurance on the same scale as auto insurance. The difference being that when a person is unable to provide for their own health insurance, the government will pay; they aim to increase the coverage of individuals. It is not about abolishing all private health insurance plans and creating one unified health insurance plan administered by the government.
If I go to the ocean and am accidently knocked into the water, I will surely hope that someone would come to my rescue. Should they stop and ask themselves: well, what is she doing here on the beach if she can't swim? Should they then desist in offering assistance?
My school doesn't get a penny in government funding because I am homeschooled. Hence my parents have to pay for their kid's schooling and everyone else's'.
The War on Poverty has been going on for over 40 years, yet the poverty rate has remained basically constant.
Billions of dollars have been dropped into that black hole.
Your notion of wanting to help those in need is admirable. Right now, that's a relatively miniscule portion of society.
What happens when, maybe not in this generation, that people come to expect and abuse a UHC system because it's taken for granted?
Why would anyone make lifestyle changes for reasons of health if health care is free? And don't pretend that there would be any "penalties" for poor habits.
The solution? Pay as you go. No HMO's. Yes, it would be a painful adjustment. But the market would adjust prices accordingly. How many people are involved in the medical billing and insurance industry? What if you, shudder to think it, paid at the doctor's office?
The UHC plans currently being supported are about insurance; it is about requiring that EVERY individual has health insurance on the same scale as auto insurance. The difference being that when a person is unable to provide for their own health insurance, the government will pay; they aim to increase the coverage of individuals. It is not about abolishing all private health insurance plans and creating one unified health insurance plan administered by the government
Pay as you go? So, you expect the individual who lives check to check (most Americans during this time) to be able to possess the funds at hand when an emergency arises? I have yet to schedule my throat infection but I will make sure to do so in the future so that it arrives around the first of the month
Yeah, I paid $3000 in public education taxes this year to my county. Yet my kids have not stepped one foot in public school. My choice.No public education?? >falling out of chair<
I don't need to have pride in the charitable acts that I do. I don't do them because of any recognition or self-satisfaction, I do it because I don't want to look in an ailing person's eyes and know that I could have done something to diminish that look.
The UHC plans currently being supported are about insurance; it is about requiring that EVERY individual has health insurance on the same scale as auto insurance. The difference being that when a person is unable to provide for their own health insurance, the government will pay; they aim to increase the coverage of individuals. It is not about abolishing all private health insurance plans and creating one unified health insurance plan administered by the government.
If I go to the ocean and am accidently knocked into the water, I will surely hope that someone would come to my rescue.
Public schools and emergency management are some of the better examples.
Surprise, surprise - statistics prove opinions. Junior...look for a little less biased info source for your alarmist propoganda...
MSNBC = for profit.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html = Not for profit. Note the extremely lower infant mortality rates. Oh, and the higher life expectancy. I hate when I'm right.
It is prudent to note that the United States spends about 40 percent more per capita than the most expensive European countries with socialized health care.
Surprise, surprise - statistics prove opinions. Junior...look for a little less biased info source for your alarmist propoganda...
MSNBC = for profit.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html = Not for profit. Note the extremely lower infant mortality rates. Oh, and the higher life expectancy. I hate when I'm right.