Sick People Should Pay More
- Thread starter hvilleherb
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What I'm fine with is those of you thinking someone should get something they can't pay for themselves funding it on their behalf. If they can't and you won't do for those to which you claim to care, tough.
The government is only the go between. That money is coming from the taxpayers as the government produces no goods nor provides any services that brings in revenue to fund it.
The grocery store still isn't giving away the food. They're getting their money to the same level as if a responsible person that's willing to do for themselves pays. I was in the grocery store earlier today and didn't see one price for those using their own money and for those using someone else's money.
Apparently you do rejoice since you claim to care for them and say they should have something you're unwilling to provide them.
There's another good idea. Have their family pay for their healthcare if they can't instead of someone else's family getting the bill. Now you're on to something.
If you follow the anti UHC people's thinking to it's logical conclusion.
Soylent Green.
Sirthinksalot
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There's a basic model for insurance. People pay rates in accordance with the risk that the insurance company will have to pay a claim and the value of that claim. Health insurance shouldn't be called "insurance" under your second model of thought.
Then why do you think someone else should care if you don't?
There is a short list of people to which I hold that level of responsibility. Sad part is bleeding hearts think it's their place to add people to MY list. Funny thing is they aren't adding anyone to their own.
For it to honestly be called health insurance, it would have to operate under the concept of risk with premiums based on those risks. What we have today and what has been proposed by the left isn't insurance. It's a transfer of money from those willing to take responsibility for themselves to those unwilling to do so.
Eagle_Eye
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Soylent Green.
Why would accountability for someone to whom I hold no responsibility involve my time?
Maybe that's why he's so adamant about others paying more.
"Health insurance shouldn't be called "insurance" under your second model of thought."
That's the only part of the Health Care System that is Nationalized. And only for those '65 and Older'.
The Hospitals aren't Publicly owned.
The Doctors and Nurses aren't paid by the State.
Irish Exit
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The more or less do. That is why there are age steps in insurance premium because odds are the older you get, the more you are going to cost them, especially once you cross 50.
Some doctors still take chickens and livestock as payment. Why not????............
I don't espouse what you lefties currently call insurance. It isn't insurance. For it to be called that, risks have to be taken into account and if the risks are too much for those paying, they can deny to take that risk.
It works that way with automobile insurance in my State.
What we call health insurance today isn't insurance. Insurance involves letting those that would assume the risk determine if they want to assume it. Works that way with car insurance. Why not with health insurance.