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Old 03-31-2014, 02:18 PM
 
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NOPE, Say what you like, I don't buy what I don't need. Grow up you say? I'm 53 and a u.s. vet and have never required insurance and I'm not paying it just to be on your "I'm insured" bandwagon.
You may go your entire life without needing medical care and then drop dead.

But if you get cancer, or have a heart attack or stroke, or contract a flesh-eating bacteria, or fall out of a tree and break your back, do you have a plan for paying for it? Or will you stay home and treat it yourself?

 
Old 03-31-2014, 02:42 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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You may go your entire life without needing medical care and then drop dead.

But if you get cancer, or have a heart attack or stroke, or contract a flesh-eating bacteria, or fall out of a tree and break your back, do you have a plan for paying for it? Or will you stay home and treat it yourself?
I have a little better than layman's medical training (Emt) and I don't see myself climbing any trees in the future, so I will be just fine thank you.
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:01 PM
 
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I have a little better than layman's medical training (Emt) and I don't see myself climbing any trees in the future, so I will be just fine thank you.
So basically, you're going to hope for the best.

Thanks for passing any future medical costs on to the rest of us.
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:05 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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So basically, you're going to hope for the best.

Thanks for passing any future medical costs on to the rest of us.
Think what you like, it's MY decision which works best for ME. You're welcome, oh and enjoy paying dearly out your wazoo for something you probably won't need.
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:08 PM
 
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I have a little better than layman's medical training (Emt) and I don't see myself climbing any trees in the future, so I will be just fine thank you.
You may be fine now, but in a few years that will change. Wait til you get to around 60, that's when all sorts of things happen to a person. Sorry, but that's life. All my relatives have been there. They were perfectly fine and then in a few short months they had one thing after another. Heart problems, diabetes, haitel hernia, metabolic arthritis, stroke, cancer, lung disease, you name it. They would be like, "WTF?? My body is suddenly working against me!" Doctor, "You're just getting old."

But of course, you will not get insurance and it will be us taxpayers who will have to pay for your tab.

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Old 03-31-2014, 03:08 PM
 
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Think what you like, it's MY decision which works best for ME.
Of course it's working out wonderfully for you. The rest of us will pay for any care you and your family need.
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:11 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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Of course it's working out wonderfully for you. The rest of us will pay for any care you and your family need.
Relax, you're off the hook. I'm yanking your chain!
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:13 PM
 
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You may go your entire life without needing medical care and then drop dead.

But if you get cancer, or have a heart attack or stroke, or contract a flesh-eating bacteria, or fall out of a tree and break your back, do you have a plan for paying for it? Or will you stay home and treat it yourself?
I HAD a plan. I worked hard and studied, so that I could get a job that afforded me good health insurance.

Now I'm being told that it's not good enough, and that I must purchase a one-size-fits-all insurance or be fined. And most likely, next year when the employer mandate comes around, my employer will drop my insurance. Which means I'll have to get my own - in essence getting a pay cut.

Good times.....
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:14 PM
 
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So basically, you're going to hope for the best.

Thanks for passing any future medical costs on to the rest of us.
Silly, silly liberals. They LOVE that ObamaCare, not realizing that IT'S the one that's really passing on future medical costs to the rest of you.
 
Old 03-31-2014, 03:18 PM
 
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Silly, silly liberals. They LOVE that ObamaCare, not realizing that IT'S the one that's really passing on future medical costs to the rest of you.
At least with Obamacare people are paying premiums for their health insurance and not sticking the public with the bill.
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