Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
. The only ones benefitting from this while fiasco seem to be those who were uninsured before and are now getting something for free while the rest of us pay for it.
Those are the only ones that were ever intended to benefit. That's what Obamacare is all about - making it so people who couldn't afford health insurance before can now get it. In that sense it has been very successful. And naturally, someone has to pay for that.
The idea was that insurance companies would be compensated in the form of a broader market, since young healthy people who didn't buy insurance before would now be forced to do so. For people who already had insurance it was supposed to have little effect. To the OP's question, yes I was able to keep my plan and my doctors and so Obamacare has not affected me one bit. But I know that is not everyone's experience.
Laughable. It's not a matter of feeling superior. It's a matter of maintaining control of the fruits of our own labor. Forcing someone to labor for the benefit of others is slavery. But you're in favor of slavery, right?
I'm in favor of everyone having access to health insurance. Whether it's a right or not is irrelevant. It's a moral obligation. It's part of being a civil society, something cons don't care to have any interest in.
I certainly don't benefit, so your statement that "everyone benefits" is untrue.
And you have the choice of providing your own healthcare coverage by the sweat of your own brow, but why do that when others will provide it for you, right?
And some choose to look for any teat to suck on, no matter how it impacts others. Even when it amounts to theft.
You may think I don't pay for health insurance. You'd be wrong. Keep wrongfully assuming though. As I said, you can opt out of your coverage & get new coverage. However, it appears you just want to complain instead of doing something about it, eh?
And yes, it benefits you. Think about it real hard, it might come to you.
I'm in favor of everyone having access to health insurance. Whether it's a right or not is irrelevant. It's a moral obligation. It's part of being a civil society, something cons don't care to have any interest in.
Everyone has always had access to health insurance. It's just that it comes with a cost. And like any other consumer product, if you want the product you must pay for it. I would never tell anyone that they cannot or should not have health insurance. I'm just not willing to pay for others having it while at the same time paying for coverage for myself and my family. If *you* want it, then *you* go buy it and use *your* money to pay for it. If *you* cannot afford it, then either find a way (if you are motivated enough) or do without. Seems simple enough and imminently more fair than the current mess.
Fragile, I'm not saying you can't drive a Mercedes, I'm just saying I'm not going to buy you one.
Everyone has always had access to health insurance. It's just that it comes with a cost. And like any other consumer product, if you want the product you must pay for it. I would never tell anyone that they cannot or should not have health insurance. I'm just not willing to pay for others having it while at the same time paying for coverage for myself and my family. If *you* want it, then *you* go buy it and use *your* money to pay for it. If *you* cannot afford it, then either find a way (if you are motivated enough) or do without. Seems simple enough and imminently more fair than the current mess.
Fragile, I'm not saying you can't drive a Mercedes, I'm just saying I'm not going to buy you one.
And like I said, we all pay into things that we either don't agree with or don't need.
In other words, you had a crap plan previously. Pick a different one, it's not that hard.
So you may need Obama to tell you what insurance to buy but I don't. It's not that hard.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
