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Old 04-13-2011, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Reality
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I just don't want the United States government to force tax payers to pay for it. A public option that didn't require funding from tax dollars would be great, single payer would be great if that single payer wasn't the US tax payers.

I hear a lot of people saying that conservatives like myself don't want people to have health coverage which is completely false. I want all US citizens to be healthy and have access to affordable health care, I just don't want my hard earned tax dollars to be spent on it because I work to pay for my own health insurance and that's not cheap. I'm by no means rich, I shouldn't have to subsidize people who may not even want health insurance in the first place.

Call me greedy or heartless, I don't really care because it's not the federal government's place to provide health insurance for people.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:18 AM
 
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You may wish to have a look at how Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands do UHC then.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Refundable tax credit.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Call me greedy or heartless, I don't really care because it's not the federal government's place to provide health insurance for people.
Who job is it?
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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NB4 someone doesn't realize that their insurance premiums pay for others people's health care and other people's insurance premiums pay for their health care
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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NB4 someone doesn't realize that their insurance premiums pay for others people's health care and other people's insurance premiums pay for their health care
I don't think it matters to the people who stand up for corporate interests before their own. They're a lost cause.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:21 AM
 
Location: North America
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Who do you think pays for the uninsured now? The taxpayer. It's a lose-lose in the best of times. I would absolutely love affordable health care. It doesn't exist for the middle class.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:22 AM
 
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A public option that didn't require funding from tax dollars would be great,
It would be great, but it would be impossible. Public means government. That's like saying government out of Medicare. There has to be some type of funding, at least in the start up phase.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:22 AM
 
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I just don't want the United States government to force tax payers to pay for it. A public option that didn't require funding from tax dollars would be great, single payer would be great if that single payer wasn't the US tax payers.

I hear a lot of people saying that conservatives like myself don't want people to have health coverage which is completely false. I want all US citizens to be healthy and have access to affordable health care, I just don't want my hard earned tax dollars to be spent on it because I work to pay for my own health insurance and that's not cheap. I'm by no means rich, I shouldn't have to subsidize people who may not even want health insurance in the first place.

Call me greedy or heartless, I don't really care because it's not the federal government's place to provide health insurance for people.
It is cheaper to pay your taxes that cover it, than to pay for your own private care.
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Old 04-13-2011, 09:22 AM
 
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Everyone does have the freedom to pay for private insurance for themselves. Nothing is free.
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