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So you as a socialist want the government to own your body and tell you what treatment you can have under their care.
Given your very vocal, Biblical position on most social conservative issues, it appears that the government telling people what they can or should do with their own bodies would be a natural thing for you to support.
Except for Libertarians, conservatives always support behaviorial control of the populace, and social engineering by making certain behaviors and lifestyles deemed are "immoral" or "against God" or "against the family," and thus ripe for government control and restriction.
You are already a slave to traditions, superstitious religions, Holy books ghost written by ignorant men, worship of the rich and power structures, so it's funny to watch conservatives laugh about "socialism!"
So you as a socialist want the government to own your body and tell you what treatment you can have under their care.
Reading comprehension was a prerequisite for my short post.
First, I didn't say I was a Socialist.
Second, I was pointing out how flagrantly wrong the fanatical right-wing was about Medicare. Reagan called Medicare 'Socialized Medicine," which it was not. The same private doctors were still going to be your doctors. He also said in that video, 'doctors will be told where to live' and 'how much they could earn' -- along with 'you'll tell your children what it was like when men were free.'
None of that ever happened after Medicare passed. My doctors live in exclusive areas of Long Island and earn a million a year. We are still free -- actually, more free. We are free from the yoke of catastrophic medical bills and illnesses that we can't afford to treat.
While you say, "you ...want the government to own your body and tell you what treatment you can have under their care," that's exactly the relationship between me and my for-profit insurance company. If my doctor gives his medical evaluation of my treatment, the insurance company determines if they will pay for it, which for expensive care my life is in the balance of their decision.
It is truly odd how conservatives have no faith in the government, that they elect and full faith that corporations, who only exist to enrich their shareholders.
While you say, "you ...want the government to own your body and tell you what treatment you can have under their care," that's exactly the relationship between me and my for-profit insurance company. If my doctor gives his medical evaluation of my treatment, the insurance company determines if they will pay for it, which for expensive care my life is in the balance of their decision.
Which of course is scary, because doctors' recommendations about YOUR treatment is viewed through the prism of the private insurance company's balance sheet.
Sometimes, it's a better business decision to just let the patient die:
"You have cancer?! That treatment your doctor wants to give you? Oh, that's EXPERIMENTAL! See sub pargraph 5(c), page 368 of your policy exclusions. Oh yeah, and through our investigation, it appears you failed to disclose a wart on your foot back when you were in college. This was material to the risk we underwrote when you applied for insurance, so we're rescinding your policy for misrepresentation and fraud because that is a "preexisting condition."
Oh, and because we're not HEARTLESS, here's some pamphlets on social security and Medicaid! Good luck!"
Reading comprehension was a prerequisite for my short post.
First, I didn't say I was a Socialist.
Second, I was pointing out how flagrantly wrong the fanatical right-wing was about Medicare. Reagan called Medicare 'Socialized Medicine," which it was not. The same private doctors were still going to be your doctors. He also said in that video, 'doctors will be told where to live' and 'how much they could earn' -- along with 'you'll tell your children what it was like when men were free.' Why? Because the hospitals pass on the cost of the free health care in the cost of treatment for those who can pay though insurance.
None of that ever happened after Medicare passed. My doctors live in exclusive areas of Long Island and earn a million a year. We are still free -- actually, more free. We are free from the yoke of catastrophic medical bills and illnesses that we can't afford to treat.
While you say, "you ...want the government to own your body and tell you what treatment you can have under their care," that's exactly the relationship between me and my for-profit insurance company. If my doctor gives his medical evaluation of my treatment, the insurance company determines if they will pay for it, which for expensive care my life is in the balance of their decision.
You believe the government will run healthcare efficiently and be able to treat all that need medical care. Their track record is waste and fraud.
When the tax payers have to pick up the bill there is waste, big waste and abuse.
We have allowed many illegals to have millions of anchor babies here to get free health care. Do you think they will be at the head of the line? Of course.
Americans have to pay the higher costs to the insurance companies. Why? Because the insurance companies have to pay the higher costs that have escalated to a great degree because of all the free health care provided by the hospitals and doctors for many illegals here and their anchor children.
We are paying for all the many new recipients that are taking advantage of free health care and this is sucking the American people dry. Thanks to the lack of control by the democrats who look for a voter than use common sense to treat Americans with respect and not overload them with tax burdens and health costs because of the freebee society of the democrats.
So you as a socialist want the government to own your body and tell you what treatment you can have under their care.
I guess you would rather have some 30 something or twenty something employee at United Health Care or Kaiser or Aetna or Blue Cross make those desisions for you. Most chronically ill Americans and there are over a hundred million of us run up about 15,000 dollars a year in health care costs. When the Insurance Co can usually collect 5-10,000 dollars a year do you really think they want such clients. There's no profit only red ink for as far as the eye can see! Do you think they are that stupid? Or are you that stupid?
Which of course is scary, because doctors' recommendations about YOUR treatment is viewed through the prism of the private insurance company's balance sheet.
Sometimes, it's a better business decision to just let the patient die:
"You have cancer?! That treatment your doctor wants to give you? Oh, that's EXPERIMENTAL! See sub pargraph 5(c), page 368 of your policy exclusions. Oh yeah, and through our investigation, it appears you failed to disclose a wart on your foot back when you were in college. This was material to the risk we underwrote when you applied for insurance, so we're rescinding your policy for misrepresentation and fraud because that is a "preexisting condition."
Oh, and because we're not HEARTLESS, here's some pamphlets on social security and Medicaid! Good luck!"
Problem is the insurance companies are charged exorbitant rates by the hospitals . Why the higher rates? The hospitals pass the cost onto the paying insurance companies for the free hospital treatment the illegal immigrants recieve for free.. the hospital has to pick up that cost so they pass it on to the cost of those that do pay... the insurance companies...
If two illegals get an operation, that treatment is covered by the higher cost of that same operation if you the payer to that insurance company has to pay. In effect, you have to pay for the freebees by higher costs and some treatment will be denied to you as well to keep the insurance company in business. The more free operations the hospital and doctors give the more the insurance companies have to pay as the hospital has to pay the bills and cover all those freebee operations and treatment.
So the more free operations, the higher costs are passed on to you through your insurance company.. and you will get less care because of the policies of the democrats.
And if you're 75, you believe that you would be served better by private corporations as they have YOU not profits as the top priority.
But then, Fascism took root in that beliefs, so yours won't be a novel idea.
Those corporations pay for the government programs.. without the private corporations no programs would exist.. you should be thankful for free enterprise because it pays all the bills through taxes.. without that tax base there would be nothing coming in.
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