Single Payer Healthcare in America, an Obvious Answer... (health care, insurance, money)

[WhyRUMad]

Everyone pays in and everyone is covered. If you want elite coverage, you can pay extra to elite doctors. This is an obvious answer to our healthcare crisis and works in other wealthy nations around the world. It is where we are heading, like it or not. And I don’t know why you would not.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by WhyRUMad

Everyone pays in and everyone is covered. If you want elite coverage, you can pay extra to elite doctors. This is an obvious answer to our healthcare crisis and works in other wealthy nations around the world. It is where we are heading, like it or not. And I don’t know why you would not.

I bet most people, who are against single payer, can't remember the last time when they had a headache or the sniffles.

[neko_mimi]

Or... If you want healthcare, buy it yourself.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by neko_mimi

Or... If you want healthcare, buy it yourself.

Or if you don't have the money, then get on that other Republican Health Care Plan--DON'T GET SICK!

[turkey-head]

Medicare already works very well for millions of ignorant geezers who think they hate eeeebil soshalism.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

I bet most people, who are against single payer, can't remember the last time when they had a headache or the sniffles.

And, then, their argument is "I don't want to pay for other people's health care" as if that's not exactly what insurance is.

[neko_mimi]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

And, then, their argument is "I don't want to pay for other people's health care" as if that's not exactly what insurance is.

The difference is that with insurance, you have the option not to buy it. Or, at least you did before the disaster known as bongo-care came around.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by neko_mimi

The difference is that with insurance, you have the option not to buy it.

What does that have to do with anything that I said?

A person who is never sick and who pays for insurance and who says that they don't want to pay for other people's health insurance, is confused about something.

[neko_mimi]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

What does that have to do with anything that I said?

A person who is never sick and who pays for insurance and who says that they don't want to pay for other people's health insurance, is confused about something.

Sounds like you're the one who's confused.

[ohhwanderlust]

Originally Posted by neko_mimi

The difference is that with insurance, you have the option not to buy it. Or, at least you did before the disaster known as bongo-care came around.

Not true at all. Even before the ACA, if you collapsed in public dying of a heart attack, no one's going to ask if you'd like to purchase medical help. They'll call 911 whether you like it or not. An ambulance would arrive, like it or not. Hospitals would perform whatever services are necessary to stabilize you, like it or not. And you'd be stuck with the bill.

Healthcare was never strictly voluntary.