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Originally Posted by manaboutown
To me it is like going into a McDonalds and buying a hamburger. If one is 'poor' he pays $5.00; if he is upper middle class he pays $50.00. Health insurance should cost the same for folks of similar age and health regardless of their income. Successful folks who usually started with little, worked hard, saved their money and invested wisely should not be forced to pay health insurance for profligate wastrels and deadbeats. That is socialism. Now if someone is or becomes disabled through no fault of their own then that is an entirely different matter. They need to be assisted.
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You're not buying Medicare or don't you know that? If you were paying the cost your premium would be huge, not a few hundred a month. The people paying for your health insurance right now are the workers of the US. And they are paying your premiums for you because, well Socialism. See how you benefit when the government takes money from somebody and gives it to you?
But you with your portfolio and your bonds and your IRAs and your 401Ks which just make you money while you do nothing contribute to the GNP, you make so much from being rich that a little more gets asked of you so the workers who are actually paying your medical costs and the other people on Medicare put in a little less.
It is not McDonalds. It never has been. And now you want to base health insurance premiums on the health and age of the insured. Thank your lucky stars that ACA and Medicare did away with such things. Decency, do onto others, share your toys... Did you miss those lessons in basic humanity before you decided dollars are so golden??