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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop
But what is to be done about people, whether it be me (action sports), or the people of Mississippi (obesity), that put themselves in harms way? How will this be evaluated and why would a milquetoast or gym rat that in no way voluntarily has any risk in their lives pay their "fair share"?
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One extreme: places like Canada, France, England, etc. (that have more highly rated and less expensive healthcare than the US) decide that everyone pays in an equal amount once they reach adulthood, and everybody gets everything paid for cradle to grave.
Then it goes down to our type of private system, where private insurance companies charge more, or refuse to pay for some things at all, or refuse to pay after the fact for some things, or $50 million can't afford to participate in the "healthcare system" at all.
That's exactly what all the "healthcare fight" is about in this country. What system to we want for ourselves?
I have severe asthma, but over the past five years have made changes that have enabled me to get off $400/month (copays) of multiple daily asthma meds (that I was on for 10 years). I only use meds in an emergency now, maybe once a year. But I still was being charged hundreds extra than other people without asthma pay, but was still unable to be covered for any health problem that could be remotely associated with allergy, ever, for the rest of my life.
Obamacares changed that. Through the temporary exchanges, now I pay a reasonable amount of several hundred a month, and my health insurance covers everything.
Obamacares allows funding for each individual state to set up and run their own state-specific insurance plan, with basic needs having to be required. But there are some governors (all republican) that have sent that funding back to the feds. The law says they will still have to have the healthcare exchanges, but now they will get the generic federal one.
Meantime, Vermont just voted to use their funding to develop all-inclusive single payer full coverage for every citizen. Looks like moving to Vermont will be a better deal than moving to a Republican state with a generic health plan!