Re: obamacare is not going anywhere... Archived Message
Posted by Liberal on February 19, 2011, 3:12 am, in reply to "Re: obamacare is not going anywhere..."
I don't understand what you mean by this. By passing legislation to force Insurance companies to make unprofitable decisions. You increase the cost on those that don't need the extra service. I know its cars, but I can't wrap my car around a pole, THEN go get insurance to have my car fixed. That is not the way it works. There is no way to make it work like that, car insurance costing as much as a new car aside. Health insurance companies don't have very large profit margins either. You miss portray the industry completely when you call them "Greed Driven" They do have to make money, that is why they exist after all, but not nearly like some of the other industries out there, Take Microsoft for example. what is not to understand? people who have an illness should not lose coverage and access to healthcare and be bankrupted because they need healthcare. there should be no profit in healthcare - and removing the profit would remove the discrimination in healthcare between those who can afford good healthcare and those who can not afford any at all because they have required the use or need of insurance in the past. apparently you do not know someone who has beaten cancer - i know many - and NONE of them can get affordable insurance if any insurance at all. if insurance companies are more worried about profit than providing access to affordable care for our citizens then they have failed...and thus is when the government SHOULD intervene in the best interest of the people. maybe it would not create profits, and maybe it would be a burden on tax-payers - but it would be tax money well spent if we used it to make our nation healthier - a nation battling obesity and heart disease...a nation with terrible healthcare... i do not care what excuse or attempt you give to justify our terrible healthcare system - the fact of the matter is people go without care, and small ailments over time become serious disease...because they can not get access to healthcare or can not afford healthcare. most Americans know healthcare as a visit to the ER when the pain is intolerable - which an ER visit is not only expensive but provides the worst care. it boils down to one basic point: do you you think everyone is entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? i do - and i think a government of the people should have no qualms providing services that maintain and prolong the life of it's people. we have had this discussion before metalhedz - i care about American people, you care about money.
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