Boo Radley
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- Dec 20, 2009
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deadbeatism is deadbeatism and underpayment is underpayment. you are the one setting up some kind of free rider strawman, as though that is what we were arguing.
No, I'm not. Either you don't understand what is being said, or you don't know the problem I speak to. Today, people get care they can't pay for. Unisured people have amjor injuries or illness and get treated. Working poor. Those bills don't get paid and those costs are pasted on to the rest of us. A banaid at a hosipital costs in excess of $10 when you can get a box for $2 or less. Hospitals are quite open about saying this is because they have to make costs for those who can't pay. Not having enough money is not equal to being deadbeat. And having the government pay somethig toward that bill, as under a UHC system everyone would have some coverage, is a net plus and not a minus.
If you don't know this, well, . . . . I won't speculate further.