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So someone poor goes to the ER because they had a stroke or heart attack or had a horrible accident. They have to wait behind people who paid more in taxes? How do you wait months if you need emergency medical care or you die?
I would imagine that with today's technology parents have a pretty good idea if their unborn child will be disabled or not. If someone decides to have the child anyways is that not their responsibility to pay for the child's medical care?
Here's a great idea that is fair to the tax payers:
Pay for your own, do not make me pay for yours. Allow the competition to cross state lines.
Great idea, great system.
No Federal Law precludes Insurance from being sold across state lines. Some states allow out of state insurers to do so. Thus far, no takers.
Insurers have networks that agree to be reimbursed at predetermined rates. An out of state insurer does not have networks in other states. Thus reimbursement would be at the out of network rate with the insured party responsible for the balance.
Then you get into the weeds of state regulations. No two states have the same regulations. Your state may requires insurers to cover ABC medication. The out of state insurer is licensed in a state that does not require insurers to cover ABC medication. You need ABC medication. Which state law applies?
The ACA Mandate has so many exemptions, it’s unenforceable.
While most states eventually expanded Medicaid, those that did not exclude millions.
Healthcare Premiums are a reflection of the cost of healthcare.
We absolutely have a right to healthcare especially when you want more kids born to those who can't afford them. Otherwise, the insured pay for the uninsured.
LOL....I'm so happy that I live in BC, Canada.....Just paid my monthly health care premium of $37.50 this morning....Love our system.... For those of you who think they can opt out and pay their own bills, you should plan to die young, because when you reach retirement age those medical bills will begin to pile up on you.
At retirement age in America there is medicare. Which is free unless you get a donut policy.
You pay a lot more than $37.50 a month. The government just takes the rest before you get it in the form of taxes.
Why do doctors, labs and hospitals need to be subsidized?
EMTALA is now 32 years old. It requires all hospital ERs to stabilize emergency patients regardless of ability to pay. Speculation on my part subsidizing hospitals/ residencies go hand in hand.
Prior to this law it was possible for an ER to decline or refer a patient to a county hospital, regardless of distance or capacity . Early and/ or inappropriate discharges were common when anticipated treatment costs were more than a hospital was willing to absorb.
What is wrong with what I said? I am not saying people should not have disabled kids if they want to. But that should be their responsibility.
Sarah Palin made the choice to have "Trig" and she has the financial means to take care of him.
First of all, people cant just decide these things like that. In rare cases, its possible but often not. And the child should not have to suffer anyway, regardless of whether the parents are well heeled or not. I am sure you wouldnt like that if you were the child. And it doesnt matter whether the child was disabled at birth or became disabled a month later. Thats not the point.
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