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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Gnu, I'm sorry, but I do not get the point of this post at all. I'm confused. Your friend could afford private insurance, but gambled on his health, then went broke??? Again, what does this have to do with the millions of people that want health insurance but cannot afford it?
Now he has "scammed" Medicad for an operation for his son?
Wellllllll.... I'd say I'd trust the government more than your friend!!! OK, snide remark... taken back.
Again, my concerns are for the millions of hard working people, or people with pre-existing conditions that legitimately cannot afford or get decent health care. Sorry, but the example you gave here doesn't equate.
Rshoffer, I can't buy the "Medicare Part D Formulary is impossible to figure out" as a viable argument. Maybe some people should quite trying to figure out if Obama was born in American and sit down and figure this out with the same enthusiasm.
Also, why is the USPS, Fed-Ex and UPS a bad example??? It's creative competition! We need more of that in this country. Bring it back!!! It is what made this country great!  |
It has everything to do with the millions that don't have health insurance because they won't spend their own money on it. The point is directed at the fact that all to many people would not buy health insurance until after they were diagnosed with an illness. For insurance, whether government or private, to accept pre existing conditions is not just foolish but stupid.
Yes he did go broke, spending all the money he accumulated in his life of not buying health insurance, tens of thousands of dollars. It was said in this thread that people wouldn't buy insurance until AFTER they came down with an illness and the case I point out shows an example of someone that did it. He didn't agree to meaningful medical care until the government (you and I) was paying for it.
We CAN"T trust the government to have a clue as to how their (our) money is being spent. My friends example showed how easy it is for the Government Medicare program to be ripped off. I did trust my friend with thousands of my dollars in unsecured loans and he paid me back every dime. What he and all to many people think, is that ripping off the government (taking from the big pot you and I provide) is OK. It's not personal to them. In their mind government SHOULD provide them with their needs and they shouldn't have to spend their dollars on something they don't want to spend it on.
I hope this answer's you questions on relevancy and shows that many people that say they can't afford insurance really mean they don't want to spend THEIR money on anything they feel the government should do for them. There are resources available to everyone that needs health care, if truly in need.