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Many of us aren't as charitable or in bed with corporate interests as y'all. I would rather have every penny from my pocket be used for the purpose I put it forth.
May be the insurance companies be left unregulated. Great idea if the rest of us get to choose between that, and public options. That will be pretty close to Germany's system (although, Germans benefit from some strict regulations on insurance companies).
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All I'm saying is, yes lets ensure everyone has access to health care, but at the sametime, something has got to be done about the costs. ER visits are ridiculous and tax payers no matter what will continue to pay for it in the end.
You both sound like you're in bed with big insurance monopolies?
I would rather have every penny from my pocket be used for the purpose I put it forth.).
By sending it to the government? That's a good one.
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May be the insurance companies be left unregulated. Great idea if the rest of us get to choose between that, and public options. That will be pretty close to Germany's system (although, Germans benefit from some strict regulations on insurance companies).
Insurance companies are far from unregulated. It may be poor regulation, but there is a lot of it.
If you mow your own lawn you are depriving a lawncare service from commerce and economic activity. Where does it end?
When you stop mowing it and the rats living there start spreading out to other peoples property and costing them money to deal with our problem. See how easy that is.
That's why health insurance companies should not be regulated. Their purpose is to provide the least coverage for the most money; to deny claims; and pay big bonuses to their CEO's. That's the American way!
You could. But that conservative blood flow is limiting the abilities.
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By sending it to the government? That's a good one.
Well, yeah, I don't believe in charities that only masquerade as private enterprise. With such thoughtfulness in mind, I must admit, we're doomed. We're incapable of getting things done as a people. Mussolini was right.
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Insurance companies are far from unregulated. It may be poor regulation, but there is a lot of it.
But you want unregulated. I'm willing to give you that! Now, I want public option, instead of dancing with y'all. Free choice?
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Originally Posted by blackandproud That would be your perception of it, either way, your wrong on both fronts. The stupid insurance company paid the entire bill which I called them and disputed it as being ridiculous, 4 Grand for 10 minutes of breathing steroids out of a tube.
Sounds to me like you're still trying to palm the responsiblity off on anyone but yourself -- Please grow up!
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Why try growing up yourself. My point is the COST of health care today is outrages and the fact that folks WITHOUT insurance are told to go to the emergency by Conservatives. WHY when it cost thousands of dollars for a 10 minute visit. Just like the ignorant self-rightous folks to completely miss their complaint of health care cost and jump right into the juvenile rants. Typical.
I am 62 years of age, and have lived with spinal curvature (idiopathic scoliosis) for 53 of those years. I have held a full-time job for all but about two of those years, plus a sideline business.
But my most stable employment ended in the mid-1990's; since then, I've been limited to the no-major-medical policies peddled to the blue-collar market. And I know that, as a mature male, the only plan Obama and Co. have for me is to force me into the Medicaid ghetto. I'll be better off under traditional Medicare, if the Democrats' redistribution scheme doesn't loot and strip it.
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