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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
We will never agree on this.To me,healthcare is no different than fire protection, or police protection.Then add to that a good military,and a good educational system.Obviously the majority of Americans want healthcare to be based on how much wealth somebody has.Notice how we don't fight about the cost it takes to put out a poor person's fire? We have accepted that as a shared risk,but we don't want to accept shared risk with healthcare.We took the profit out of fighting fires.People aren't looking to make more and more money off the next fire that pops up.Healthcare needs to be more like that.
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it's funny you mention fire protection, i have to pay out for that every year, as i'm in a rural area, and mostly volunteers. if i don't pay dues, and have a fire, it's ten times the amount after they answer. and of course my home owners ins would also be a lot more.
but, you could also equate health ins to car ins, every one has to have that as well. but we all pay our own.
the problem regarding health ins is that people don't have to have it, then they hold out their hand if they have an illness. i don't think most people realize how much of an effect one illness or injury can have on you. it can be catastrophic. but so many choose not to get it, and then find too late they needed it. my secretary chose not to get it, she's facing hefty bills as a result because she suffered a mild stroke.
arkids here covers a lot of children not covered federally. we have systems to cover the needy. i think part of the problem is those who aren't really needy, but choose not to be covered.